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The Most Lopsided Trades in NBA History
By Andrew Katz
Sep 7, 2007 / 10:08 am
The other day in the office, we were talking (and laughing) about some of the
awful trades that have gone down in the NBA over the years. We quickly came
up with some of the most lopsided trades in NBA history …
The Sixers trade Charles Barkley to the Phoenix Suns for Jeff Hornacek,
Tim Perry and Andrew Lang.
- This was the official start to a dark age for the 76ers. They dealt a Hall
of Famer (albeit a Hall of Famer who wanted out of town) for a version of
Jeff Hornacek that wasn't quite the Hornacek who knocked down bucket after
bucket for those great Jazz teams, a disappointing role player in Perry and
Lang, who only played one season in Philly.
The Raptors send Vince Carter to the Nets in exchange for Eric Williams,
Aaron Williams, Alonzo Mourning and two first-round draft picks.
- VC was dealt for an entire frontcourt - one that was totally defunct.
'Zo refused to play above the border, and Eric and Aaron averaged a
cumulative 3.95 points in their seasons with the Raptors.
The Sonics trade Scottie Pippen to the Bulls for Olden Polynice.
- Granted, Seattle made this deal before Scottie ever suited up for them, but
they should still be reprimanded dealing a Top 50 NBA player for a big who's
claim to fame will forever be that he was charged with impersonating a police
officer, not once but twice? Um, yeah.
The Suns trade Steve Nash to the Mavericks for Martin Muursepp, Bubba Wells,
the draft rights to Pat Garrity and a first round draft pick.
- This deal isn't quite as bad as it would seem to be at first glance (which
is pretty awful). That first round pick was used to take Shawn Marion and the
Suns eventually lured Nash back to Phoenix as a free agent.
The Hornets send the rights for Kobe Bryant to the Lakers for Vlade Divac.
- True, Kobe made it known that he didn't want to play in Charlotte (as
ChrisGO points out in the comments below), but could you imagine if the
Hornets had convinced Mamba to stay?
The Bucks acquire Oscar Robertson from the Cincinnati Royals for Flynn
Robinson and Charlie Paulk.
- Big O led the Bucks to a chip alongside Lew Alcindor the next year, while
the Royals celebrated their success by being booed out of Cincinnati two
years later.
The Bucks trade the rights to Robert "Tractor" Traylor to the Mavericks for
the rights to Dirk Nowitzki and the rights to Pat Garrity.
- Garrity appears again in this list as part of this lopsided deal. Do we
even have to get into how poorly this worked out for Milwaukee?
The Celtics send the rights to Joe Barry Carroll to the Warriors for Robert
Parish and the rights to a draft choice that turned out to be Kevin McHale.
- Parish and McHale are two-thirds of what was arguably the best frontcourt
in history, while Carroll earned the nickname "Joe Barely Cares" from Peter
Vecsey.
The Warriors deal Wilt Chamberlain to the 76ers for Paul Neumann, Connie
Dierking, Lee Shaffer (who retired rather than play) and $150,000.
- No breakdown necessary.
http://dimemag.com/2007/09/07/the-most-lopsided-trades-in-nba-history/
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