ESPN's NBA analyst Tim Bontemps believes the Mavericks should trade Anthony Davis this summer, as he said on a recent episode of the "Hoop Collective" podcast with Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon.

The most charitable possible explanation for the Luka Dončić trade -- and this was already a stretch -- was that it improved the team's short-term prospects. Nico Harrison told us as much when he said,

There’s no denying the disastrous season the Dallas Mavericks are having. With Luka Dončić traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis was meant to help Kyrie Irving lead the team to the playoffs.