It was a few deals that got us Branham, of which the DDR deal was the centerpiece:
- Got Detroit's 2022 1st by taking in Hutchinson
- Traded DDR for Thaddeus Young + Al Farouq Aminu + Chicago's 2025 1st (protected 10/8/8) + Lakers 2022 2nd + Chicago's 2025 2nd
- Traded Thaddeus Young + Eubanks + Detroit's 2022 2nd for Toronto's 2022 1st + Goran Dragic
Then we:
- Drafted Branham using Toronto's 1st (#20)
- Traded Lakers' 2022 2nd for Lakers' 2024 2nd (by drafting Kennedy Chandler and trading his rights to Memphis)
So essentially what we did is:
- COST: S&T DDR (who was gone anyway) to Chicago and took in the expiring contracts of Hutchinson, Aminu, Young (half a season) & Dragic (half a season)
- GAIN: Got Branham (Toronto's 2022 1st) + Chicago's 2025 1st (protected 10/8/8) + Lakers' 2024 2nd + Chicago's 2025 2nd
This trade was good then and turned out great. It's mind boggling to me how some people were griping about it back then (check the first few pages of this thread).