It took just over a year for Anthony Davis to go from Lakers to basketball purgatory

A little over a year ago, Anthony Davis was a co-star for one of the biggest franchises in the NBA — the Los Angeles Lakers. Things were bad when the star big man got sent packing to the Dallas Mavericks. Things just got a whole lot worse after the Mavs passed him along to his next home.

Shams Charania reported: "Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 first-round picks and 3 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN."

Raise your hand if you thought Davis ending up in Washington would be how his NBA trade deadline was going to go. If your hand is up, you are a liar and not to be trusted.

In all seriousness, it feels surreal just how far the former Lakers star has fallen, in terms of basketball situation, in such a short time. Davis is still in search of the light at the end of the tunnel following the seismic Luka Doncic trade that went down last season.

Anthony Davis should already be eyeing his next team following the Wizards trade

For those who are interested, there is an updated trade haul for the Mavericks that connects to the original Doncic deal after Dallas rerouted Davis to Washington. It does not look all that much better for the Mavs.

The deal that landed the Wizards their new big man did not even involve any of their own picks. The Mavericks should have wanted that above all else, but who were they to say no when negotiating from a position of weakness.

Davis' injury troubles made it hard for Dallas to get as good of a trade return as they probably wanted. The former Laker has only managed to play 29 regular season games for the Mavericks since being dealt away from Los Angeles. It would have been a tough sell for any serious buying or contending team to risk significant value in a deal here.

The Wizards have no such problem. They are still rebuilding and can afford for Davis to rehab properly and not even dream of rushing back to the court. At least there is some comfort to be found in that for the former NBA champion.

Davis has two more years left on his current contract before it ends. One would imagine at least one of those seasons is not spent in Washington. The Wizards should hopefully reroute him again when the time comes. For now, it will be basketball purgatory, though.