8 HORRIBLE Trades In The NBA Since 2010

I get one and you get another, you scratch my back and I scratch yours. An NBA trade is supposed to benefit all parties involved equally, but as we'll soon see, sometimes that's not the case, here's a

horrible

eight. NBA Trades Since

2010

. Alright guys, let's open this list with the Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas trade after losing in the 2017 Finals. Kyrie no longer wanted to play behind LeBron's Shadow and requested a trade and they finally found a suitable trade partner in Boston and with that the Celtics traded Isaiah Thomas along with a bunch of role players and a draft pick in exchange for Uncle Drew.

Now, at first, the trade seemed to overwhelmingly favor Boston, I mean, after losing the first two games of the season. They had a 16-game winning streak, but the good times didn't last long because he got injured in the latter part of the season and missed the playoffs, then the following season, tensions began to arise within the locker room. where he started blaming his teammates and soon after Celtics fans started hating him for his behavior, while Isaiah never recovered from his hip injury and only suited up for a total of 15 games for the Cavs and then he was traded to the Lakers midway through. season and has been bouncing from team to team ever since, this was a lose-lose scenario.

I mean, Kyrie actually made Boston worse in those two seasons, and on the other hand, the Cavs received an injured player who never performed. Anyway, up to his expected potential, guys, while that trade appears to be really bad, it's actually nothing compared to the next one After a disappointing first-round exit in 2021, the Lakers drafted Russell Westbrook in exchange for the Herald kcp from Kyle Kuzma mantra and a first round pick. The Lakers essentially bet their depth and future on picking up rust because they believed having a group of superstars was the key to winning another title, but as we all know, that formula doesn't always work and the Lakers, well, they deserved it.

As the season progressed, we began to see that Russ was clearly a poor fit alongside A.D and Braun and, for the most part, seemed lost and confused for most of the year, in front of the triple glass center, tonight, game three of five games. I mean, Westbrook was averaging career lows last season on the Lakers as a whole and also suffered a major setback on both ends of the floor as his offensive and defensive ratings dropped significantly compared to his championship season just two seasons before, the Lakers failed to get rid of Russ this season. offseason and now they have no choice but to re-execute it with the pieces they currently have, it has to be championship or bust for the Lakers once again, otherwise this trade will go down as one of the worst

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in the season.

Lakers history anyway. for Superstars it doesn't always result in success, but some teams like Minnesota are willing to pay the price just to get the job done. Get this, the T Wolves literally gave up multiple key pieces along with five future picks just to get Rudy Gobert, I mean. There are 10 players in exchange for a safe bet. Bear is a three-time All-Star and three-time Defensive Player of the Year, but to me this is a bad trade for the T Wolves in terms of suitability and financial consideration. I mean, before that trade, the T Wolves were already locked in on Cat for $224 million over the next four years and now Minnesota has to take on the remaining $170 million on Go Bear's $205 million contract, which to me is an insane amount of money given to someone who can't shoot more than 10 feet from the rim with Gobert added to the mix, the T Wolves will definitely use their size in the front court to win ball games while this It seems to be a good strategy that most small teams are currently using. ball to counteract this and Gobert is one of those guys who is a nightmare against small ball lineups as he is very slow to recover and although he is a good protector inside the paint, he does not defend well against faster guards in pick and roll. the perimeter calls it highway robbery or whatever Danny Ainge is a master at making

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like this and in 2013 he executed a trade that was very similar to this in a salary dumping move Danny Ainge let go of his veterans Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Nets in an attempt to completely rebuild the Celtics from the ground up in exchange for some young players and a handful of first-round picks before the trade the Nets already had Joe Johnson and Darren Williams on their roster and the addition of Pearson kg made them a legitimate contender on paper, as well as the highest-paid roster at the time, but once again the Superstar formula didn't work and the trade turned out to be

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for the Nets, I mean, for the next two seasons, The furthest the Nets have gone was just the Eastern Conference semifinals and after that they were irrelevant again, while the Celtics felt like they just won the lottery with that trade because the first-round picks they got from the Nets turned to Jalen Brown in 2016 and Jason Tatum in 2017.

By far, this has to be the worst trade in Nets history, while for Boston this is one of their best trades in franchise history. Now, among the Blockbuster trades that occurred in the last 10 years, the next one didn't create much. There's a lot of hype, but he's definitely worth including on this list In 2014, the Mavs were looking for someone with championship experience to fill out their strong roster that included 36-year-old Monte Ellis Chandler Parsons and Dirk Nowitzki, so made a trade that sent key players like Jay Crowder Jamir Nelson Brendan Wright and a couple of picks to Boston for Rajon Rondo before the Mavs acquired Rondo, they were actually doing quite well and were near the top of the qualification in the west with a 19-8 victory. losing record, however, just a few weeks later it turned out that acquiring Rondo did more harm than good for the mabs.

I mean, Rondo had a long history of problems with his coaches and his time with the Mavs was no different, frequently disobeying Rick. Carlisle by calling his own plays and doing his own thing and Carlisle would respond by benching him in the end, Rondo only played a total of 46 games for the Mavs and during that time span he actually made the Mavs worse because after starting with 19 Record of -8, the Mavs finished with a 31-24 record after that trade took place anyway guys, for the next bad trade, let's look back at what happened in 2011 between the Spurs and the Pacers in In the 2011 NBA draft, the Pacers originally selected Kawhi Leonard. as the 15th overall pick, but a few moments later they decided to give him away to the San Antonio Spurs.

Indiana has always had its eye on George Hill. In fact, they had a chance to get him in the '08 draft, but that didn't happen. Because the Spurs got him first with the 26th pick, now that Indiana had the bargaining chip, they finally closed the trade to get Hill in exchange for Kauai, a big Arizona shooting name and the 42nd pick in the draft. of 2011, which turned out to be Davos Burtons, aside from the fact that they really wanted Hill, the Pacers had a frontcourt loaded at the time with the likes of Danny Granger, Lance Stevenson, and a rising star named Paul George, which made The trade made even more sense for the Pacers, although it seemed Initially, no one thought that Kauai would become a legitimate superstar who would win multiple championships and the Finals MVP, moving here to the next on the list.

We got the Lakers to trade for Steve Nash in 2012. Just two years. Eliminated from their championship season, the Lakers looked to revamp the roster by adding 38-year-old former back-to-back MVP Steve Nash. Now after adding Nash, they also acquired Dwight Howard and along with Kobe and Pau Gasol, this Lakers lineup was ready to win. 82 games and destroy all the teams that stood in their way; However, as stacked as they were on paper, this lineup was already considered failing before it even fully took off. I mean, Nash was too old. Pow was injured, then Kobe and Dwight had their problems too.

Well, about some of what really happened that season, here's Steve Nash explaining why this Lakers team really didn't work out. I didn't think it fit very well. I think everyone thought winning a championship would happen, but then when it started happening. many factors: one, I broke my knee in the second game. I was never the same and I still am not the same. Powell was going through a time where he was exhausted from playing for Spain all the summers. Dwight just got out of back surgery. You add it all up and I don't think it would have ever worked, it was doomed to fail guys next time we're going to take a look at what happened with the trade that sent James Harden to Houston in 2012.

Thunder did the unthinkable by trading James Harden to Houston in exchange for a ton of picks and rising players like Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb seen after reaching the 2012 Finals. OKC looked to turn things around the following season by keeping their core intact first they signed. Russ and KD landed lucrative contracts with Max and then convinced Ibaka to stay by giving him a decent amount of money which then left James Harden at the negotiating table with KD. Russ and Ibaka were already committed to OKC, which now created a big problem in their payroll because if they had offered a lot of money with the same amount of money as Katie or Russ, then OKC would have been penalized and they would have been forced to pay a high luxury tax with this in mind.

OKC toughened up and only offered him $54 million for four. years despite knowing his real value and to make matters worse they only gave him 24 hours to think about it Harden on the other hand was clearly not happy and as they say the rest was history in the end OKC got the worst of this trade because Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb turned out to be below average players, while Hardin became MVP within a few years and also transformed into one of the best Elite scorers the NBA has ever seen.