Dallas Mavericks Want To Acquire New Orleans Pelicans’ 2026 1st-Round Pick From Atlanta Hawks
The Dallas Mavericks want to acquire the New Orleans Pelicans’ 2026 first-round pick from the Atlanta Hawks, according to NBA insider Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated.
The Hawks and Mavericks have discussed an Anthony Davis trade.
“I can tell you with certainty that the Mavericks have been trying to pry away that New Orleans Pelicans pick away from the Hawks for some time now,” Mannix said. “That has been on the mind of the Mavericks’ front office for some time now.”
The Mavericks are prioritizing the acquisition of at least one impactful young talent in a Davis trade and have interest in Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher, NBA sources told Grant Afseth of DallasHoopsJournal.
It’s unknown for certain if Atlanta is willing to part ways with Risacher to acquire Davis.
A future Hall of Famer, Davis is eligible for a four-year, $275 million maximum extension in August. The 2020 NBA champion is making $54.1 million this season. He’ll make $58.5 million next season and has a player option worth $62.8 million for the 2027-28 season.
Sources told Afseth that Davis will seek a contract extension from the Mavericks in the offseason if he doesn’t get traded this season. If Dallas does trade Davis, the Chicago native and his agent — Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group — will pursue an extension with the team he gets traded to.
The Hawks are “open” to trading Trae Young, sources told Afseth. The team has played much better without the All-Star point guard in the lineup.
“Atlanta has also remained linked to Davis, but skepticism persists regarding the Hawks’ willingness to assemble a return the Mavericks would consider sufficient. Sources told DallasHoopsJournal.com that Risacher is viewed as a key piece Dallas would want from Atlanta, though the Hawks have yet to show enough motivation to include him in a trade,” Afseth wrote. “League sources believe Atlanta has the cleanest structural ability to construct a trade package in a two-team deal, but its willingness to do so has been described as contingent on the right price.”
The 2026 NBA trade deadline is Feburary 5. It will be fascinating to see if Davis gets traded by the Mavericks.
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