FORT WORTH, Texas — Twenty-nine games. 587 points. 312 rebounds. 53 blocks. Sixteen wins. Zero playoff appearances.

There are other numbers involved, but these are the contributions from Anthony Davis in his career with the Dallas Mavericks after they acquired him in the Luka Doncic trade.

Boston Red Sox, you’re off the hook. Dealing Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees looks like a decent move. At least the Red Sox received $100,000, and a $300,000 loan, for Ruth.

Former Mavs general manager Nico Harrison sending Doncic to the L.A. Lakers one year ago in exchange for Davis is now the worst deal in the history of All-Time Stupid Brain Dead Awful Terrible Trades.

Forget sports, the Doncic trade is now in the same conversation as the Brooklyn Native Americans illegally selling the island of Manhattan to the Dutch in 1626 for $24. The Doncic trade is now in the same conversation as Russia selling Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 for 2 cents per acre.

This all became official on Wednesday when the Mavericks traded Davis to the Washington Wizards, a franchise that exists only to take on contracts of any size. It concludes the most disappointing one-year span of any major sports franchise in DFW.

This deal is another sign the Mavs are moving on from the Luka trade, shedding payroll, and tanking the rest of the season to land a high pick in the 2026 NBA draft.

According to ESPN reporter Shams Charania, the Mavs sent Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to Washington for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, two first-round draft picks and three second-round picks.

Basically, the Mavs dumped a player who was never going to work here, Davis, and traded a point guard, Russell, that their head coach did not want to see play point guard. Both Davis and Russell were added by Harrison.

Max Christie ... and that’s about it

After all the moving pieces and parts are settled, this is what the Dallas Mavericks acquired for one of the best players in the NBA: Max Christie, and some future first round picks, which the Mavericks desperately need.

Christie is a solid, developing player who averages 13.1 points and looks like he may be a third scorer on a good team. That’s what the Mavericks have to show for Luka Doncic. Max Christie.

The other players in this deal with Washington are secondary role players.

Middleton was a nice player with Milwaukee, but he’s 34 and on the back end of a solid career. Johnson and Branham are end-of-the-benchers. Bagley’s distinction is that he was picked one slot ahead of Doncic in the 2018 NBA draft, and he is now mostly a reserve player on what will be his fifth team.

Bagley may see some minutes as a backup center, and the Mavs might give Johnson a look as a developing guard. He’s only 21.

Mavericks’ future draft picks

The draft picks the Mavs receive from Washington are, in order: ‘26 first-round (from Oklahoma City), ‘30 first-round (from Golden State, top-20 protected), ‘26 second-round (from Phoenix), ‘27 second-round (from Chicago), ‘29 second-round (from Houston).

The Mavs will have a first-round pick in the 2029 draft, which was obtained from the Lakers in the Doncic trade. The priority pick is their own here in 2026, which is currently seventh.

The Mavs are 19-31, have lost five in a row, and are done for. Rookie Cooper Flagg is it, and they have no choice but to spend the rest of this season doing everything in their power to develop him, and surround him with talent.

Wednesday is not a day to be celebrated if you are a fan of the Mavericks, but a necessary one. It’s over.

A trade that should never have been conceived, much less approved, is done and done, and all the Mavs have for it is Christie.

The legacy of the Doncic trade goes way beyond sports. This is one of the dumbest deals in the history of the world.

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