NBA: Has a trade ever ruined a franchise so badly?

[Spurs 4 The Win]

If OKC never trades Harden then they dont face the Rockets in the first round the next year and Westbrook never gets hurt (and his subsequent knee problems never happen)...



Was this the all time biggest backfire in NBA history?

[Dex]

Trading Harden so you can keep Kendrick ing Perkins.

[Raven]

Trading Harden so you can keep Kendrick ing Perkins.

[Clipper Nation]

Not quite as bad as det time the Lakers traded Vlade Divac for some D-League scrub with a huge ego, tbh.

[Mark Celibate]

That Rondo trade looked even worse in hindsight imho. We could've kept the assets and gone for Dragic two months later, and it turned out that Brandon Wright was exactly the guy Phoenix wanted. We ranked 2nd of the league in offense before the trade, and were safely perching on the upper half of the playoff table but after we acquired that son of a we struggle to maintain a winning record, and eventually fell to the 7th spot... It's true that Rondo did us a huge favor leaving this team after two games in the playoffs, but it was already too late, son of a should've never joined us to kill our chemistry. That little skinny son of a turned us from a ing contender to 1st round fodder.

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I'll tell ya Perkins has impacted in the playoffs, rung.
I'll tell ya Rondo has impacted in the playoffs, rung.

Harden? Ended up like a drugstore Indian...Everybody laughin' at him,,,Media tryin' to make 'em stop. Everybody still laughin' at him. No rung.

[Raven]

That Rondo trade looked even worse in hindsight imho. We could've kept the assets and gone for Dragic two months later, and it turned out that Brandon Wright was exactly the guy Phoenix wanted. We ranked 2nd of the league in offense before the trade, and were safely perching on the upper half of the playoff table but after we acquired that son of a we struggle to maintain a winning record, and eventually fell to the 7th spot... It's true that Rondo did us a huge favor leaving this team after two games in the playoffs, but it was already too late, son of a should've never joined us to kill our chemistry. That little skinny son of a turned us from a ing contender to 1st round fodder.

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[daslicer]

That Rondo trade looked even worse in hindsight imho. We could've kept the assets and gone for Dragic two months later, and it turned out that Brandon Wright was exactly the guy Phoenix wanted. We ranked 2nd of the league in offense before the trade, and were safely perching on the upper half of the playoff table but after we acquired that son of a we struggle to maintain a winning record, and eventually fell to the 7th spot... It's true that Rondo did us a huge favor leaving this team after two games in the playoffs, but it was already too late, son of a should've never joined us to kill our chemistry. That little skinny son of a turned us from a ing contender to 1st round fodder.

I thought that trade from the start was stupid. Wright and Crowder were 2 solid players that were pretty good in the system the mavs ran. Wright was a great energetic big you could use off the bench while Crowder was good defensive ;player. I felt those 2 brought a lot of energy towards the mavs when they were in the games and also provided intangible hustle plays.

[benefactor]

Tractor Traylor for Dirk was far worse.

[JoeTait75]

Robert Parish and the draft rights to Kevin McHale for the draft rights to Joe Barely Cares...

Ron Harper for Danny Ferry...

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Robert Parish and the draft rights to Kevin McHale for the draft rights to Joe Barely Cares...

Ron Harper for Danny Ferry...

if that trade didn't happen, the Lakers would be sitting on 20 right now, far and away the top ringer in NBA history.

[Chris]

I thought they traded Harden so they could hang on to Ibaka, not Perkins?

[Raven]

I thought they traded Harden so they could hang on to Ibaka, not Perkins?

you thought wrong.

[baseline bum]

Billups for Iverson was pretty disastrous too.

[K...]

Okc was still a contender with or without harden. It sucks but it wasn't franchise crippling. It's not like Westbrook and Durant will ever miss the playoffs if there remotely healthy.

[djohn2oo8]

Okc was still a contender with or without harden. It sucks but it wasn't franchise crippling. It's not like Westbrook and Durant will ever miss the playoffs if there remotely healthy.

And what if Durant and Westbrook leave and they have to move the franchise? Disastrous?

[Thebesteva]

Not necessarily a trade but the trade decline of Chris Paul destroyed the Lakers.

[disciple]

Easy yet you never hear it. The worse trade ever was easily Ed McCauley and Cliff Hagen for Bill Russell. Are you kidding ? The man only brought the Celtics 11 Championships in 13 years. No comparison anywhere.

[Thread]

Not necessarily a trade but the trade decline of Chris Paul destroyed the Lakers.

Nonsense. He's proceeded to drift another 4 season since + the 6 before. GIGO

[Thread]

That one that State made on draft day when they sent Curry here. The Suns war room erupted in joyous celebration, high fives, playin' flinch, cuttin' farts.

Nellie reneged. tee, hee.

[Twisted_Dawg]

That Rondo trade looked even worse in hindsight imho. We could've kept the assets and gone for Dragic two months later, and it turned out that Brandon Wright was exactly the guy Phoenix wanted. We ranked 2nd of the league in offense before the trade, and were safely perching on the upper half of the playoff table but after we acquired that son of a we struggle to maintain a winning record, and eventually fell to the 7th spot... It's true that Rondo did us a huge favor leaving this team after two games in the playoffs, but it was already too late, son of a should've never joined us to kill our chemistry. That little skinny son of a turned us from a ing contender to 1st round fodder.

You said son of a three times.

[Spurtacular]

If OKC never trades Harden then they dont face the Rockets in the first round the next year and Westbrook never gets hurt (and his subsequent knee problems never happen)...



Was this the all time biggest backfire in NBA history?

This is sort of the if you go back in time and step on a fly, then all of history changes thinking. For all we know, worse stuff could have happened. All the same, the Thunder were stupid to not re-sign Harden and solidify their big three. He was all set to sign at the bargain price of 4yrs/$56 mil, too.

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This is sort of the if you go back in time and step on a fly, then all of history changes thinking. For all we know, worse stuff could have happened. All the same, the Thunder were stupid to not re-sign Harden and solidify their big three. He was all set to sign at the bargain price of 4yrs/$56 mil, too.

We don't have to step on a fly, Spurts. We need only watch Harden gets the DT's come Spring.

[cd021]

The Tyson Chandler to OKC that got called off because of a failed physical is probably as bad.

He wound up getting moved to Charlotte before Dallas traded for him. He helped them win the championship (The Mavs beat the Thunder in the PS that year) OKC traded for Perkins the year after the Chandler trade fell through and that lead to Harden being moved a couple of years later.

They could of have a front line of Durant, Ibaka and Chandler

[LkrFan]

Trading Harden so you can keep Kendrick ing Perkins.

Wow, never thought about it like that!