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Mavs Trade Deadline: 3-Way Deal with Hornets & Wizards Feasible?

The Dallas Mavericks have been seeking frontcourt upgrades ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline, and this hypothetical three-way deal with the Charlotte Hornets and Washington Wizards could solve most of their problems.

Dalton Trigg

Mavs Trade Deadline: 3-Way Deal with Hornets & Wizards Feasible?
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When it comes to the Dallas Mavericks at this year’s trade deadline, which happens on Feb. 8, two things are true: 1) The Mavs will likely have to include their 2027 first-round pick to have the best chance of making a needle-moving trade. 2) The trade would have to be worthwhile for the Mavs to further mortgage their future by trading that 2027 first-rounder.

The Mavs have been linked to several versatile forwards in recent weeks, including Washington Wizards’ Kyle Kuzma and Charlotte Hornets’ P.J. Washington and Miles Bridges. What if Dallas could find a way to get two of those three players while also getting an upgraded backup center in the process? Here’s a three-way trade idea that we could see working for all teams involved:

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Mavs receive: Kyle Kuzma, Daniel Gafford, Miles Bridges

Wizards receive: Grant Williams, Josh Green, Maxi Kleber and 2027 first-round pick (DAL)

Hornets receive: Richaun Holmes, Jaden Hardy and a 2025 second-round pick (DAL via TOR)

Given that Kuzma’s trade price reportedly isn’t what it was initially expected to be, this should be a deal that is attainable for the Mavs. One first-round pick for both Kuzma and Gafford might seems cheap, but if the Wizards’ front office considers how valuable that pick could end up being based on what Luka Doncic does during 2026 free agency, maybe that changes things.

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As far as Bridges goes, that part of the deal would just be Dallas taking a flyer on a talented, but controversial forward — who they likely wouldn’t be able to retain in free agency anyway due to not being able to get his Bird Rights in a trade — as well as getting off Holmes’ contract.

As the trade deadline nears, you can listen to our Mavs Step Back Podcast trade deadline primer below. What do you think the Mavs should do before the deadline buzzer sounds? Tell us what you think in the video comments on YouTube.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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