Report: Anthony Davis To Demand Trade From Wizards

Anthony Davis hasn't played a single game for the Washington Wizards since being "blindsided" at the trade deadline and sent there from Dallas. But he's already reportedly looking for an out to extract himself from the team.

There’s widespread belief that Anthony Davis will request a trade from the Wizards after never playing a single game for them.

Davis wants to be on an immediate title-contending roster, which Washington isn’t.

Davis was blindsided at the trade deadline being sent to Washington. pic.twitter.com/asI08cexNQ
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) April 14, 2026

Evan Sidery reports that "There’s widespread belief that Anthony Davis will request a trade from the Wizards... (He) wants to be on an immediate title-contending roster, which Washington isn’t."

Joshua Robbins reports in The Athletic that AD will demand a sit-down meeting with Wizards' brass this summer to find out if they intend to win a championship... Like, NOW. If not, he apparently wants out.

Davis reiterated Monday that he wants to have in-depth conversations with Monumental Basketball president Michael Winger and Wizards general manager Will Dawkins over the next few months to learn whether team officials have a concrete plan to compete for a championship either next season or during the 2027-28 season.

Davis said on the Draymond Green podcast this past week that, essentially, "he doubts that the team, as currently constructed, can go from having the league’s worst record in 2025-26 to contention in 2026-27 even with himself and Trae Young on the roster."

The oft-injured big man will earn $58.5 million during the 2026-27 season, then has a $62.8 million player option for one more year after that. He's said to want an extension. Whether there's any team—in Washington or anywhere else—that would give him a contract past his age 35 season at that point, given his propensity to spend most of every year in street clothes, is seriously in doubt.

Davis played just 20 games this season and 51 last year. He's reached the 60-game mark just once in the past six years.