Trades that almost happened

[Michael Jordan.]

Kobe to Dallas/Chicago

Stoudamire to Cleveland for Hickson


Which others stand out?

[irishock]

Chris Paul to the Lakers


There, MJ, I accomplished your mission, tbh... :lol

[ElNono]

The Los Angeles Lakers had found a trade for Bryant, but Buss warned him that it wasn't to one of his selected destinations.

"Detroit," Buss said.

The Lakers had agreed to a deal to send Bryant to the Pistons and needed Bryant's approval to waive his no-trade clause. The package included a combination of Detroit's core players and draft picks, sources say. Buss and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak needed an answer soon, because they refused to let the issue linger into training camp.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kobe-bryant-passed-on-trade-after-this-lesson-from-jerry-buss--it-s-good-to-be-a-laker-for-life-002209469.html

[ElNono]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Spurs arrived Thursday evening with 13 players, one more, apparently, than with which they intended to depart San Antonio.

The Spurs nearly traded Brent Barry on Thursday afternoon in a multi-team deal that would have netted New Orleans guard J.R. Smith, two NBA sources said.

The deal was close enough to completion — one opposing team executive said he had heard it was done — that Spurs officials initially told Barry he might not need to board the team's charter flight here.

The deal unraveled near the league's 2 p.m. trade deadline, which was an hour before the Spurs were scheduled to depart. After Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told Barry the trade was dead, Barry accompanied the team here.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=109306

[spurraider21]

The spurs almost DIDNT trade Paul George

[MeloHype]

LeBron to San Antonio

[ElNono]

Tyson Chandler from New Orleans to the Thunder...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3917505

[spurraider21]

Weren't there Shaq-Dirk rumors after the 04 season?

[Michael Jordan.]

Larry Hughes for McGrady in 99.

[elmanutres]

Barkley was really close from going to the lakers but instead went to the suns. We also had a chance at him that summer too but we didn't bother and he had that mvp season while knocking us out the playoffs the following season.

[spurraider21]

Kirilenko sign and trade this past summer, until Oligarch made an offer he couldn't refuse

[elmanutres]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Spurs arrived Thursday evening with 13 players, one more, apparently, than with which they intended to depart San Antonio.

The Spurs nearly traded Brent Barry on Thursday afternoon in a multi-team deal that would have netted New Orleans guard J.R. Smith, two NBA sources said.
Wow I can't believe the spurs even considered a guy with an attitude like j.r.
The deal was close enough to completion — one opposing team executive said he had heard it was done — that Spurs officials initially told Barry he might not need to board the team's charter flight here.

The deal unraveled near the league's 2 p.m. trade deadline, which was an hour before the Spurs were scheduled to depart. After Spurs coach Gregg Popovich told Barry the trade was dead, Barry accompanied the team here.

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=109306I can't believe the spurs even considered a guy with an attitude like jr

[spurraider21]

I know this is for trades that didn't happen, but Lew Alcindor was traded for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

[Spurs da champs]

I can't believe the spurs even considered a guy with an attitude like jr

:lol Stephen Jackson?

[elmanutres]

Tony parker was really close to being traded around the 2011 draft. Shit we were waving goodbye and everything.

[Michael Jordan.]

1986: James Worthy and Byron Scott for Roy Tarpley and Mark Aguirre

[elmanutres]

:lol Stephen Jackson?

Well he did get cut before playoffs began

[Michael Jordan.]

This trade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80RGtvZQqc) was terrible from all angles, and its subsequent veto momentarily saved the 76er brain trust from themselves, though their “genius” would eventually take shape. Rather than discuss and dissect the epic failure of this proposed trade, let us just reflect:

Sixers Get: Eddie Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80RGtvZQqc), Glen Rice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80RGtvZQqc), Jerome Williams (please see montage above) and Dale Ellis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80RGtvZQqc)

Detroit (http://bleacherreport.com/detroit-pistons) Gets: Allen Iverson and Matt Geiger
Charlotte Gets: Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner and Travis Knight
LA Lakers Get: Anthony Mason, Toni Kukoc and Todd Fuller

[Michael Jordan.]

1994: Scottie Pippen for Shawn Kemp

[Michael Jordan.]

5) 1997: Scottie Pippen for Tracy McGrady

[Michael Jordan.]

3) 1987: Michael Jordan to the Los Angeles Clippers

[Michael Jordan.]

2) 2007: Kobe Bryant to the Chicago Bulls
Deng is very much in play in the conversations between Chicago and Los Angeles, ESPN.com has learned.
And it's mainly because of Bryant's wishes that Deng is still wearing a Chicago uniform.
A source with knowledge of the trade talks said Deng has been included in proposals swapped between the teams, but Bryant has continually threatened to veto almost any deal in which Deng would be included. Bryant wants to be sure that the team he joins has enough talent remaining to compete for the NBA title.

:lol

[Michael Jordan.]

1) 1984: Ralph Sampson for Michael Jordan
1984 Draft:

Portland offered Houston the 1984 #2 pick + Clyde Drexler for Ralph Sampson

Houston picked Hakeem with the #1, could have picked Michael Jordan with the #2 and could have acquired Clyde Drexler from the trade.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1102429-top-11-trades-that-would-have-changed-the-game/page/12

[Michael Jordan.]

Former Suns GM Steve Kerr on the Stoudemire for Curry almost-trade in 2009: “We were very far down the road”http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2014/02/11/former-suns-gm-steve-kerrs-view-on-the-stoudemire-for-curry-almost-trade-on-draft-night-2009-we-were-very-far-down-the-road/

[Clipper Nation]

Larry Bird's draft rights to the Braves in the Celtics/Braves franchise swap

Pippen to the Clippers for our 1995, 1997, and 1999 first rounders

Jordan to the Clippers (dead serious) (http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2011/06/michael-jordans-near-trade-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-1988)

[spurraider21]

There were talks of Bynum, Odom, and Walton for KG

[Michael Jordan.]

Garnett to the Lakers in 07

[Michael Jordan.]

McGrady for Vince Carter in 08.

[baseline bum]

Didn't the Lakers almost trade Kobe to Vancouver for Mike Bibby and Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 00-01 when he and Shaq were at each others' throats until Good Buss jumped in and axed it?

[elmanutres]

1) 1984: Ralph Sampson for Michael Jordan
1984 Draft:

Portland offered Houston the 1984 #2 pick + Clyde Drexler for Ralph Sampson

Houston picked Hakeem with the #1, could have picked Michael Jordan with the #2 and could have acquired Clyde Drexler from the trade.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1102429-top-11-trades-that-would-have-changed-the-game/page/12
:lol To think Portland could have screwed up worse in the 84 draft by throwing away Clyde. Houston fucked up still

[Michael Jordan.]

Deron Williams to the Rockets (Utah backed out last minute)

Stoudamire to the Rockets

[Thread]

Former Suns GM Steve Kerr on the Stoudemire for Curry almost-trade in 2009: “We were very far down the road”

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2014/02/11/former-suns-gm-steve-kerrs-view-on-the-stoudemire-for-curry-almost-trade-on-draft-night-2009-we-were-very-far-down-the-road/

It was donePERIOD Then GS reneged. They still ain't over it here.

[baseline bum]

Weren't the Spurs really close to a trade for Damon Stoudamire in 1998?

[Venti Quattro]

5) 1997: Scottie Pippen for Tracy McGrady

This was the one that Jordan himself vetoed. Threatened to leave Chi-town if Pippen was traded for McGrady...

Also, Jermaine O'Neal for Odom and Bynum almost happened in 2007. Three years and a back-to-back later, that trade really sounded so fucking stupid.

[baseline bum]

Punk ass Red McCombs almost salary dumped David Robinson to New York for Ewing.

[spurraider21]

Anybody remember that Sheed played 1 gam for the Hawks before getting shipped to Detroit?

[Thread]

Also, Jermaine O'Neal for Odom and Bynum almost happened in 2007. Three years and a back-to-back later, that trade really sounded so fucking stupid.

Yep, I remember that one. Makes the stomach roil in retrospect.

[Katherine Robinson]

1) 1984: Ralph Sampson for Michael Jordan


1984 Draft:

Portland offered Houston the 1984 #2 pick + Clyde Drexler for Ralph Sampson

Houston picked Hakeem with the #1, could have picked Michael Jordan with the #2 and could have acquired Clyde Drexler from the trade.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1102429-top-11-trades-that-would-have-changed-the-game/page/12

With trade value of Drexler, this would have given Houston a dynasty rivaling the early Celtics.

[baseline bum]

Tony Parker, Malik Rose, and Antonio Daniels for Gary Payton was getting a lot of play after the Sonics saw Parker's Summer League play in 01

[Michael Jordan.]

Read on another forum Kobe was almost traded for McGrady in 07. McGrady and a first rounder.

[spurraider21]

This was the one that Jordan himself vetoed. Threatened to leave Chi-town if Pippen was traded for McGrady...

Also, Jermaine O'Neal for Odom and Bynum almost happened in 2007. Three years and a back-to-back later, that trade really sounded so fucking stupid.
Yeah the O'Neal came at the same time as the KG rumors, with Luke Walton being the kicker in the KG trade

[Venti Quattro]

Anybody remember that Sheed played 1 gam for the Hawks before getting shipped to Detroit?

Yup...wish he just stayed there

[Michael Jordan.]

Another was Deng, Chandler and the #2 pick for Kevin Garnett.

[spurraider21]

The spurs were pushing hard for Brad Miller for a while. Not sure if that one was ever close though

[Michael Jordan.]

The Magic offered Tracy McGrady to Phoenix for Shawn Marion and Joe Johnson

[Michael Jordan.]

Suns offered Marion and Kidd in 2000 for Kobe

Bulls offered Chandler, Deng and #2 for Garnett

[baseline bum]

Wow, Isiah Thomas killed a trade to the Knicks in January 1994. CROFL Ewing.

[spurraider21]

KG and Pierce to the Clippers for Blake :lmao

[Michael Jordan.]

Chris Paul and Emeka Okafor were almost traded for Portland's Andre Miller, Joel Przybilla, Nicolas Batum, Jerryd Bayless and the 22nd pick

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/17470/teams-still-pursuing-cp3

[Michael Jordan.]

. Larry Bird to the Pacers

[Michael Jordan.]

9. Dennis Rodman to the Suns

[Michael Jordan.]

11. Hakeem Olajuwon to the Heat
Kids these days with their trade demands. Back in the glory days of -- hang on. Olajuwon threw one in Houston's direction in 1992 (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-09-06/sports/9203210416_1_leonard-armato-hakeem-olajuwon-retract)? Yep. There were ongoing discussions with the Heat and many players named (http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-09-05/sports/9201190877_1_salary-cap-rony-seikaly-rockets) (DJ Rony Seikaly (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/sports/basketball/09seikaly.html?pagewanted=all)!) before things calmed down, allowing Olajuwon to win two titles and Seikaly to stay on South Beach before taking his talents to Ibiza.

[Chomag]

David Robinson for Chris Webber almost went down years ago if I remember it correctly.

[Michael Jordan.]

Horry for Sean ******

[baseline bum]

David Robinson for Chris Webber almost went down years ago if I remember it correctly.

Are you thinking of summer 2001 when Pop was trying to sign Webber, and Robinson went public about going to New York to take Knicks' mid-level exception? Pop signed his ass to a two year, $20 million deal the next day.

What a disaster it would have been had Webber ever returned Pop's calls. :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

James Harden for Klay Thompson, then Harden for Bradley Beal

[baseline bum]

Avery Johnson for Derek Anderson was really close in 2000.

[DMC]

Weren't the Spurs really close to a trade for Damon Stoudamire in 1998?

Pretty sure we ended up with him.

[Clipper Nation]

KG and Pierce to the Clippers for Blake :lmao
That was just the delusional ramblings of Stephen A. Smith, tbh....

[baseline bum]

Pretty sure we ended up with him.

Seriously, that's why he talked all that shit about Avery Johnson.

[spurraider21]

That was just the delusional ramblings of Stephen A. Smith, tbh....
That is blasphemous

[Thebesteva]

There are a few that really bother me currently.

1) Pau Gasol for Rajon Rondo 2011-2012. Apparently, Boston was good with the deal going through but the Lakers wanted more. Fuckin Rondo for washed up Pau?!

2) Dwight Howard for Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes. GSW offered the trade but Fredo said D12 to LA is a shoe in. Then after the playoffs the begging followed and ultimately another horrific move by the stellar disaster that is Fredo Buss.

[Thread]

^Though without Jim Buss we're light two NBA World Titles.

[Rogue]

Kidd for Kaman + B-Diddy in 09 :lol

[jimbo]

2) Dwight Howard for Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes. GSW offered the trade but Fredo said D12 to LA is a shoe in. Then after the playoffs the begging followed and ultimately another horrific move by the stellar disaster that is Fredo Buss.

Why would you need either of those losers when you've got a 5 time NBA world champion taking all of your shots? The chance at a big man who could rebound and give the ball back to Kobe was worth it over 2 guys who'd never touch it.

[Thread]

^At the moment of truth Kobe tried to explain to Howard what it took & what it would take for him to win a championship....L.A., Houston, bumfuck Egypt....game 6 in South Florida.........Howard knew better.