Continuing from the previous article:Kevin Durant’s Deal of the Century Shoutout! Inventory of modern NBA superstar transactions (Part 1)
8. Shaquille O’Neal Swim into Miami (2004)
ESPN original ranking：9
Heat get:Shaquille O’Neal
The Lakers get:Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, 2006 first-round pick, 2007 second-round pick
At that time, the relationship between “Knight” O’Neal and “Peter Pan” Kobe Bryant was already like water and fire, and the Lakers had to make a choice to trade Ou Fei, who was regarding to end his peak, and the price of this Hall of Fame center was also The result is one of the biggest deals in league history.
As a result, the Butler in the package was traded to the Wizards as a bargaining chip following only a short season with the Lakers. The Lakers exchanged for the 2001 (parallel import) champion Kwame Brown; however, the main dish, Odom, became the next Lakers dynasty. The missing pillar, entered the championship game for 3 consecutive years, and won 2 championship rings.
7. Kawhi Leonard be the king of the north (2018)
ESPN original ranking：14
Tyrannosaurus gets:Kawhi Leonard、Danny Green
Spurs get:DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl, 2019 first-round pick (top 20 protected)
After Leonard emerged from the Spurs’ cocoon, he looked like a sign of the future of this ever-successful team; unexpectedly, due to a major injury in the 2017 season, his relationship with the team broke down and only appeared in the 2017-18 season. After nine games, the Spurs forced the Spurs to trade him in the offseason.
Leonard then led the Tyrannosaurus to smash the Warriors’ three-game winning streak and won the Northland’s first championship in team history; however, he then headed to the Los Angeles Clippers. DeRozan, who was traded to the Spurs, has become a better playmaker in Texas, but following winning 48 games for the Spurs in the first season, the Silver and Black Army finally failed to escape the fate of rebuilding and completely eliminated the retraining this summer. .
6. Kyrie Irving Switch to the Green Shirts (2017)
ESPN original ranking：7
Celtic gets:Kyrie Irving
The knight gets:Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Zizic, 2018 first-round pick (Nets), 1 2020 second-round pick (Heat)
Just helped Cleveland win the championship, a year later, Irving high-profile want to fight for a more important role, and announced his determination to leave Cleveland, and finally the Cavaliers agreed to the Celtics’ trade request, will be the one-time player. It was a supporter of “flat earth theory” who traded to Bean City.
At that time, the pick exchanged for the exchange was the Nets’ first-round pick, so there was a high probability that it would be the top 5 pick (the predicted record of the 2017-18 season was 20 wins and 62 losses). As a result, the Nets played better in the end. Finished the season with a 28-54 score, which also slipped the year’s pick to No. 8, and finally cashed in as Collin Sexton.
The most unfortunate thing in the trade case is Thomas, the main dish of the other side. He played well in the Celtics’ two seasons and was even the representative of the league’s “Mr. 4th quarter”; He also failed to regain his former star skills, and the hip injury severely damaged his NBA career in the future.
5. Russell Westbrook Arrive in space city (2019)
ESPN original ranking：8
Rocket gets:Russell Westbrook
Thunder get:Chris Paul, 1 2021 first-rounder, 1 2024 first-rounder (top-4 protected), 1 2026 first-rounder (top-4 protected) and two pick swaps
Westbrook and Paul are both 100% sure Hall of Famers, but the trade chips are so short, mainly because Paul was just finishing an injury-riddled season, and the Houston Rockets, who were aiming to win the championship, still had to. Paying him $100 million over the next few years, in order to avoid wasting Harden’s prime, the Rockets have to find a way to get rid of the hot potato of CP3.
As a result, no one expected that Paul, who returned to Oklahoma City, was rejuvenated. One person turned the Thunder into the fifth seed of the playoffs, and even beat the Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, and finally lost in Game 7. Thunder successfully reached a god-level deal, not to mention the peak of combat power, and even got a truckload of first-round picks. The talents currently cashed include Josh Giddey and rookie center Chet Holmgren. God knows what monsters will they have in the future?
4. Kevin Love go toKnight Guard (2014)
ESPN original ranking：6
The knight gets:Kevin Love
Grey Wolf gets:Anthony Bennett、Andrew Wiggins、Thaddeus Young
The Sixers get:Alexey Shved, Luc Mbah a Moute, 1 2016 first-round pick (Cavaliers)
