WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Wizards are not expected to offer Anthony Davis a max extension, according to David Aldridge and Josh Robbins of The Athletic.
Davis will make $58.5 million this season. He has a player option worth $62.8 million for the 2027-28 season.
If Davis declines his 2027-28 player option, the big man would be eligible for up to a four-year extension worth as much as $275 million.
“But there’s almost no chance the Wizards will give him that max extension — not with his injury history, not at his age, not with the team in this stage of its development and the punitive first and second aprons looming,” Aldridge and Robbins wrote.
The Wizards acquired Davis from the Dallas Mavericks last season.
Davis didn’t play for Washington in 2025-26 because of ligament damage in his left hand.
Davis To Wait Until Next Offseason To Discuss Extension With Wizards
Davis will wait until next offseason to discuss an extension with the Wizards.
That’s what the future Hall of Famer told reporters at Washington media day.
“When the season is over. We’re going to go through the season and try to do what I do at a high level,” Davis said. “And then when it’s over, sit down and have those conversations again with the front office.”
Washington enters this season nearly $76 million above the salary cap, $17 million below the first apron and almost $30 million under the second apron.
The Wizards, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2021, signed Trae Young to a four-year, $210 million extension in July.
Wizards’ Future Looks Promising
Washington drafted AJ Dybantsa with the first overall pick in this year’s draft, reunited with Khris Middleton in free agency and acquired Deandre Ayton from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Wizards are expected to start Young, Kyshawn George, Dybantsa, Davis and Alex Sarr this season.
“Doing what they’re doing shows that we’re trying to win,” Davis said at media day. “Now change the narrative around the Wizards of being this off night that people would say. You going to DC or DC come to town, you know, guys stay up a little later and kind of mess around the game. So, kind of change that narrative of how we want to be the team that we want to be for this season. So, I’m very excited about that.”
The Wizards begin the 2026-27 season at home against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Davis has played for the New Orleans Pelicans, Lakers and Mavericks. He’s a 10-time All-Star and one-time NBA champion.
A top-75 player of all time, Davis has career averages of 24.0 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game in the regular season and 26.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.2 blocks per game in the playoffs.
