10 WORST Trades In NBA History

It's tough being a general manager in the NBA, you rely on future projections and player development when making critical decisions, and sometimes those projections don't turn out favorably. Drafting and trading players often makes some GMs look incredibly smart and others. not so smart here are ten of the

worst

mind-blowing, lopsided

trades

in NBA

history

James Harden to the Houston Rockets 2012 James Harden was selected with the third overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft a year after OKC selected to Russell Westbrook in two years after they got Kevin Durant in James' third season, OKC made the finals even though they lost to Bron James and the Miami Heat, who were still extremely young and had the brightest future of any team in the league and, despite the poor performance in the final, the pardon was Coming off the best year of his career and having won the Sixth Man of the Year award, his contract is in extension after the final and the team owners were reluctant to give him a max deal because they already paid Durant and Westbrook and even Kendrick Perkins, who got a $32 million extension, the max pardon deal would have been $60 million over four years and the team He decided to sell it for 55 and a half. 4.5 million fewer deals dragged well into the summer and ultimately failed for Houston and its general manager Daryl.

Morey smelled blood and quickly orchestrated a trade that brought Harden to Houston and OKC got Kevin Martin's big contract and an awkward throw along with Jeremy Lamb and a pair of draft picks from the trade. James Harden scored more points than anyone in the NBA and won. an MVP award OKC never reached the finals again and for $4.5 million they ruined the best young core in the league, which would ultimately lead to the departure of both Durant and Westbrook, as well as Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in 2013, there is an unspoken word that rules among teams in the league when Danny Ainge calls and proposes a trade, do not answer as he will try to mentally trick you like Jedi into accepting the trade that will go badly for you and great for him , it's safer to just say no.

Preview, Highlights of the footage include orchestrating Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen's moves to Boston, earning him the Executive of the Year award, fooling the sisters in the Jayson Tatum deal, and fooling the injured Isiah Thomas with the Cavs for Kyrie Irving, but the best cheated trade he pulled off. What he accomplished was the trade of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in 2013, for which he received four years of the Nets' top draft picks and a multi-player deal. Ainge absolutely pleased Nets general manager Billy King, who expected Pierce and Garnett to deliver. win him a championship instantly like they did when Garnett had just landed in Boston, however, this was 60 years later and they were no longer the same players.

Brooklyn reached the second round of the playoffs with evens and kg, after which Pierce left the team and Garnett followed him. Six months later, the Nets' future was buried in the sand because they had no draft picks and no free agent wanted to come to a lottery team. It took them five years to make the playoffs again, while Boston enjoyed a plethora of picks and made the playoffs every year since 2015 dirk noowitzki - Dallas Mavericks in 1998 Dirk Nowitzki is a symbol of the Dallas Mavericks and few people remember who wasn't even selected there in the 1998 NBA Draft Dirk was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks who didn't think much about Germany's long, unathletic 7 running back, they had their eyes on Robert Traylor, whom the Mavericks selected in trailer number 6, he was extremely physical and looked more like a football player at 6-8 tall and weighed around 300 pounds (his nickname in College was a trailer and because the league was much more physical in 90s, they wanted to add more volume to their team, which they certainly wouldn't get with Nowitzki, considering the trailer averaged 216 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan State University, it was thought. to be a much safer choice than the German of course they were terribly wrong whiskey became the best European player in

history

first in the European MVP and in a Mavericks legend trailer he lasted seven years in the league and averaged less than five points and four rebounds per game Kobe Bryant to the Lakers by Vlade Divac 1996 Jerry West is probably the best general manager in NBA history, almost every move he made turned into gold and recruiting Kobe was one of his best and most famous agreements.

The Lakers were interested in a tall young man. prospect from Lower Merion High School and brought him in for a workout. Jerry West called on recently retired veteran Michael Cooper to help out and play one-on-one against a 17-year-old Kobe Cooper and everyone else thought he would be able to do it. He defeated the young prospect based on his experience and strength, but Kobe completely annihilated and embarrassed the NBA veteran. He also showed incredible poise and maturity for his age, and Jerry West was enamored. He later said it was the best workout in an interview he's ever had with a draft pick. prospect and was determined to do everything he could to recruit Kobe.

The Lakers were a playoff team and only had the 24th pick, so West knew he had to make a trade. Charlotte Hornets took the bait and sent the draft rights to Kobe for Vlade Divac, a fan favorite. In Los Angeles, T-Bob was more than a solid starting center, but Jerry planned to sign free agent Shaquille O'Neal in the summer of '96. West completed two moves that would create the greatest one-two punch in history and bring three championships to Los Angeles. Angels. Kareem abdul-jabbar to the Lakers 1975 a happy coin toss rewarded the Bucks with the first pick in the 1969 NBA Draft and gave them the opportunity to select the greatest college player of all time, Lew Alcindor, and the Marriage was initially crowned successful. with the championship in 1971 and three MVP trophies while a senator, who later changed his name to Kareem abdul-jabbar, however, after Oscar Robertson retired, Milwaukee struggled and missed the playoffs, leading to Jabbar to give the team owners an ultimatum to change the team.

He was not as good as he wanted and also wanted to play in a bigger city that appealed to his cultural interests. He listed two teams where he wanted to be traded: Los Angeles or New York, the Bucks obliged and sent the best player in the league to the Lakers in exchange, they received junior Bridgeman Dave Myers Elmore Smith and Bryan Winters, all decent players , but none of them were close to the caliber of Jabbar Milwaukee has not reached the finals again to this day. Kareem won five more championships with the Lakers Bill Russell to the Boston Celtics 1956 Red Auerbach is one of the greatest basketball minds and team builder of all time many people don't know that the greatest champion in basketball history was not even Bill Russell was supposed to play for the Celtics Russell was selected second overall in the 1956 NBA Draft by the st.

Louis Hawks The Hawks had a history of all-white teams and black players weren't banned there, but they weren't exactly welcome either. Red Auerbach knew this and proposed a trade for Bill Russell in exchange, the Hawks received two white players, Cliff Hagan and Ed McAuley. who were good players and future stars however none of them were Bill Russell the best basketball player in the world at the time and winner of 11 NBA titles with the Celtics Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers 1968 LeBron James is often considered the pioneer of player empowerment movement in the NBA with the practice of signing one-year contracts by changing teams on their terms, but the decision as the most defining moment of this era is a lesser known fact that Wilt Chamberlain did the exact same thing about 40 years earlier in 1968 after the 76ers lost in the Conference Finals to his arch-nemesis Bill Russell and the Celtics were unhappy with the franchise, he had a dispute with the team's owner and threatened to leave for the ABA if he was not traded. good.

He wanted to go to Los Angeles because of the lifestyle of other celebrities and women. He told the Sixers general manager that he wouldn't play another minute for the team even if he couldn't play basketball for a year, which would happen if he changed leagues and moved to the ABA even though that hand was forced, the The Sixers gave up very little for a player of Chamberlain's stature, receiving raw center Soy Hoff, who averaged seven points per game in his career, forward Jerry Chambers, who left for the Army and never played for the team, and a talented shooting guard. combined Archie Clark who played only three seasons for the Sixers will play five more with the Lakers reaching four finals and winning another championship Scottie Pippen to the Chicago Bulls 1987 Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame speech was memorable for many things, including who stands out for crying that became a meme but I always respected that the first thing he said on stage was that in the highlights of each championship he won you not only saw him you also saw Scottie Pippen Scottie Pippen was the definitive Robin for the pimp Jordan's Batman was the best facilitator position in league history, aside from Larry Bird and LeBron James, he was also one of the best defenders of all time and an extremely brave competitor, which was a prerequisite to playing with Jordan;

However, Scottie was not even drafted by the Bulls. he went to the Seattle Supersonics, who traded him for Chicago's former Polynice because they needed a center. Colonies averaged five points in five years for the Sonics and Pippen won six championships for the Bulls, slightly better than Charles Barkley - the Phoenix Suns 1992 Charles Barkley began his career with the 76ers along with future Hall of Famers and the Dr. J and Moses Malone after a few years, Moses was traded and dr. J retired leaving Berkeley as a leader and superstar on loan even though his numbers were fantastic and he was the best power forward at the helm.

Bob didn't help him and he never got very far in the playoffs in the 91-92 season. The Sixers missed the playoffs. all together and Berkeley had enough, demanded a trade and was sent to the Phoenix Suns for Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry and Andrew Kane, which was a return of a quarter for a doubt. Barkley won MVP the following season and reached the Finals with the Suns, while the Sixers sank to the bottom of the league and missed the playoffs for the next six years. Moses Malone to the Buffalo Braves 1976 after the NBA and a merger, a dispersal draft with me filled with players from ABA teams who wouldn't participate. in the NBA Moses Malone was in that draft and was selected with pick 5 by the Portland Trail Blazers without realizing that they had just recruited one of the best centers of all time and a future three-time MVP, the Blazers sent Malone to Buffalo Braves to a team that would later become the Los Angeles Clippers, in exchange Portland received the first-round draft pick and $232,000 in cash with which they would win the title the next year, but it was the last in the history of the franchise. which perhaps would not have happened if they kept Moses