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Player profiles and performance snapshot Player Age Prior-season team Contract status Notes Anthony Davis 33 Washington Wizards $175.4M/3-yr extension; eligible for $275M/4-yr deal Extension talks on hold Davis gives Golden State a rim protector and a second offensive option who does not need the ball in his hands, extending the Curry-Green championship window by at least another season.
Category Details Player Anthony Davis Current team Washington Wizards Rumored team Golden State Warriors Contract status 3-year, $175.4 million extension; eligible for new 4-year, $275 million deal Salary cap hit $58.46 million (2026-27) Trade likelihood Low for now, could rise in-season Latest insider update Blake Silverman, Sports Illustrated Potential return Jimmy Butler, future first-round pick(s) “The Wizards likely want to at least try the Anthony Davis experiment, but there’s a world where a team like Golden State gets desperate enough to improve the roster and offers a package general manager Will Dawkins can’t turn down,” wrote Silverman. Jimmy Butler’s inclusion is less about need and more about mechanics. His salary is the piece that most easily bridges the gap for Davis’s number, and Golden State could loop in a third team if keeping him matters more than the picks going out. Moving Butler’s money out also frees the front office to shape the rest of the roster around the new fit rather than around an aging wing.
