This got here throughout my social media feed lately and I need to admit, I received caught up within the scroll. Clickbait apart, there are some attention-grabbing trades that made fairly a distinction for a participant or a crew.
#47- Hawks commerce Rasheed Wallace to the Pistons (2004). This was a direct impression because the Pistons received the Championship that yr in opposition to a stacked Los Angeles Lakers. And the commerce was lopsided as thr Hawks made no actual good points from the trade.
#44- Pelicans commerce for Dejounte Murray (2024). Murray has struggled to discover a residence, and accidents haven’t helped. Dyson Daniels has shined for the ATL, making the commerce even worse for New Orleans.
#42- Suns commerce for Kevin Durant (2023). Simply the thought that buying and selling for KD may very well be a nasty factor makes me shudder. Whereas KD continues to be one of many purest scores, his time to steer a crew towards championship appears to have handed.
#40- Spurs commerce Dennis Rodman to thre Bulls (1995). That is the primary commerce listed involving the Silver & Black. Whereas Rodman is the best rebounder of all-time, San Antonio appears to be the place he determined to let his freak flag fly. However The Alamo Metropolis, with its heritage and army background, was not the spot for him to plant it. The Spurs took successful on the commerce in hopes of retaining the Spurs tradition via its chief David Robinson.
#35 and #34 each contain Damian Lillard, however Portland is just not the loser on both.
#27 Timberwolves commerce Kevin Garnett to Celtics (2007). Celtics get a Defensive Participant of the 12 months and a title in KG’s first yr. Minnesota received some items who by no means panned out and nonetheless search a title.
#25 Cavs commerce the choose that turns into James Worthy (1980). Are you able to think about the totally different trajedctory for the Los Angeles Lakers had they not acquired James Worthy?
#19 Pacers commerce Kawhi Leonard to Spurs on draft night time (2011). Love him or despise him, he introduced quite a bit to San Antonio in his time with the Spurs. The 2014 Finals MVP impeded LeBron’s three-peat and grabbed a pair of Defensive Participant of the 12 months trophies throughout his time in San Antonio.
#17 Luka Doncic on draft night time. You suppose that was a nasty concept not realizing hoe Trae Younger and Doncic would develop, take a look at #1…
#10 Hornets commerce Kobe Bryant to the Lakers (1996). And the legacy begins.
#7 SGA to OKC whereas Paul George heads to Clippers. It sounded good on the time. Nobody knew simply how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would blow up. Hindsight.
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Did any of those trades stand out to you?
There have been a number of dangerous trades involving the identical groups, or the identical gamers. What does that say about entrance places of work and the longevity of a participant? How about these few that traded for franchise legends- Kobe, Dirk, Dr. J, Invoice Russell all may have (ought to have?) ended up on different groups.
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