Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont won't let Anthony Davis return until he's at no risk of re

Anthony Davis

Tim MacMahon: Sources: Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont has requested medical data indicating that Anthony Davis is not at risk of aggravating his left calf strain before giving a green light for the 10-time All-Star big man to return. Will miss seventh straight game tonight.

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Zach Lowe: Anthony Davis — I mean, I can tell you teams are already having internal conversations like: ‘What would the price point be?’ ‘What do we think their price point is going to be?’ Obviously, this is a shell-shock time for the Mavericks’ new front office. I don’t think anything is really going on. It’s before December 15th — when free agents signed over the summer become eligible to be traded. Really, it’s almost impossible to make anything happen before then. YouTube | Nov. 12, 2025

Marc Stein: As for what Nico Harrison's dismissal means for Anthony Davis' future in Dallas: Sources tell @TheSteinLine and @DLLS_Sports that Davis' agent Rich Paul has established a strong relationship with Mavericks owner Patrick Dumont since February's trade. They are in regular contact. x.com | Nov. 12, 2025

Monday’s loss to the Bucks marked the sixth straight game Anthony Davis has missed with a left calf strain. Multiple league sources said Davis has tried to convince the Mavs to let him return to the court, and Harrison urged him to return, but the team’s medical staff forbade it, citing the potential for a torn Achilles if Davis returned too soon. New York Times | Nov. 12, 2025

Duane Rankin: Out of these five Mavs, three are on their injury report for tonight's game vs. Suns. Anthony Davis (left calf strain) and Dereck Lively II (right knee sprain) QUESTIONABLE. x.com | Nov. 12, 2025

Cuban: When (Davis) he is that player, we’re obviously better. But you can’t ask a big that’s not meant to bring the ball up the court every play, to do that all the time. That’s really, really hard, and it’s difficult. But we really didn’t have him and Kyrie at all. So between those two together, we’re always going to be in every game, but still, our roster composition, even with everybody healthy, still has some shortcomings and and that’s the issue. But there’s no question. AD is like an incredible Hall of Fame player. You know, you know are on off with him right now. His net rating is really spectacular, but you can’t play him 48 minute, and that’s the problem. Dallas Morning News | Nov. 11, 2025

A teenager wearing a gold Los Angeles Lakers version of Doncic’s No. 77 jersey sat next to Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont for roughly five minutes while the two shared a conversation Monday. The scene was perplexing, given Dumont was a strong supporter of general manager Nico Harrison’s decision to deal Doncic to the Lakers in exchange for a package headlined by Anthony Davis. Dallas Morning News | Nov. 11, 2025

It's uncertain what the trade market for Anthony Davis would be due to his durability issues, although he is still a dominant force on both ends of the floor when healthy. Several league sources were adamant that determining that market over the upcoming months is due diligence that Dallas should do as it's become clear that Harrison's hopes of a three- to four-year window of contention won't come to fruition. "You don't go two timelines anymore," a West executive said. "You say, 'We're going to take what we can get [for Davis].' At this point, I'm not sure what they can get." ESPN | Nov. 11, 2025

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