It's not a deal, it's a robbery! The NBA has been called a "robbery" of 5 trades, and the Lakers have 2 times

There is no 24th in the rivers and lakes

2024-06-09 21:07Posted in Henan Sports Creators

Preface

There are many miraculous transfers in the history of the NBA, such as the 1995 Rockets trade for Clyde Drexler, which made up for the team's lack of offensive ability in the guard line, and finally defeated a strong opponent to win the championship, and in the summer of 2020, the Suns became a low-level team in the West by introducing Chris Paul and entered the Finals strongly. And the few transactions we are going to talk about today are no longer a simple exchange of interests between the two teams, but a naked "robbery" behavior. Let's take a look at how "rebellious" these transactions are!

In 2008 the Lakers got Pau Gasol

If you want to ask about one of the most classic "robbery" trades in NBA history, it happened in the 07-08 season, when the Lakers, the No. 1 team in the West, acquired Pau Gasol of the Grizzlies by trading the rights to Kwame Brown, Aaron McGee, Gavaris Clittanton, and Marc Gasol, as well as two future first-round picks.

Although the Lakers sent a lot of players and draft picks, it was still a priceless trade, Kwame Brown had already proven himself to be a parallel commodity, averaging only 6.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in his career, and Aaron McGee had even retired, plus Crittenton, who was the team's leftovers at the time, the Lakers almost didn't pay much to get All-Star level interior player Pau Gasol, and Spurs coach Popovich learned the news and directly said that it was a robbery.

In fact, the old coach is not exaggerating, the Lakers have been unprecedentedly strengthened after getting Gasol, and Phil Jackson's triangle tactics have finally made up for the most needed piece, and then the Lakers have entered the Finals for three consecutive years and completed the feat of two consecutive championships.

During this period, Kobe and Gasol were also a perfect match, Kobe Bryant won the only regular season MVP of his career, two Finals MVPs, and completed five championships ahead of Duncan and O'Neal. Gasol, on the other hand, has been upgraded from an All-Star interior to a top-tier interior player, not only becoming an All-Star regular, but also being selected to the All-Star team many times. Even from today's perspective, the Lakers' trade is a shock.

In 1992 the Suns got Charles Barkley

Back in 1992, Charles Barkley, who had finished his 8th season in the NBA at that time, formed a luxurious dream team with his friends Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and others, and was competing in the men's basketball game at the Barcelona Olympics.

However, Barkley was still troubled at that time, at the age of 29, he had become a superstar in the 76ers, and he had contributed 28.3 points, 11.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists in a single season, but the reality of not being able to win the championship for consecutive years gradually deepened the contradiction between him and the team. And this summer, the Suns seized the opportunity to use Jeff Hornacek, Andrew Long and Tim Perry as chips to offer Barkley, and the 76ers actually chose to accept it directly, and this deal can be called one of the best deals in the history of the Suns.

Although Hornacek was selected as an All-Star, he is not worth mentioning at all compared to Barkley's ability, let alone Long and Perry. After Barkley came to the Suns, he quickly had a strong chemistry with Kevin Johnson, and the Suns themselves were not bad, so they got a 62-20 record in the 92-93 season, ranking first in the league, and Barkley won the only regular season MVP trophy in his career with 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 assist.

And this year, under the leadership of Barkley, the Suns were invincible in the playoffs and made it all the way to the Finals. But that doesn't stop Barkley from becoming a star for the Suns, and it doesn't negate just how good the deal really is.

In 2013, Celtic sent the second elder away

As one of the best general managers in NBA history, Danny Ainge, he has never played cards according to common sense, and his foresight for the future is very terrible, especially during the tenure of the Celtics, he can help the team win the championship as a team, and as a general manager, he can help the team complete the best reinforcements at the minimum cost, whether it is to get Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to form the Big Three, and to trade Thomas Jr. to get Kyrie Irving, etc. And if you want to ask Angie the most shocking hand, then it is naturally the summer of 2013, sending away Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, two veterans.

Although the team made the playoffs in the 12-13 season, the overall roster was seriously aging, and after being eliminated in the first round, Pierce and Garnett also decided to leave the team together to help the Green Army complete the rebuilding task. You know, Pierce was about to be 36 years old at the time, averaging 18.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, while Garnett was 37 years old and his average data per game dropped to 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Overall, although their capabilities are still there, it seems unrealistic to expect too good resources through trading.

However, the scary thing about Angie is that he has a full sense of what the free market is going to do, especially when he saw the Nets relocate back to Brooklyn, and their owner at the time, Russian magnate Mikhail Prokhorov, wanted to complete the championship in a short period of time, so he made a trade inquiry directly with the Nets. Augie said she could send two veteran stars and was willing to take over some unwanted garbage contracts from the Nets, and in the end, Aegie got Gerald Wallace, Chris Humphries, Reggie Evans and Keith Bogans while sending Pierce, Garnett and Jason Terry.

Angie doesn't care too much about these four players, and what he really has his eye on is the first-round picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018. As expected, the Nets had to start rebuilding after failing to win the championship the following year, and the Green Army got a lot of high-pick picks for nothing, and these picks brought Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and others. It can be said that the current Celtics can complete the rise, and Angie is definitely the most important founder of the year.

In 1975 the Lakers got Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In the history of the Lakers, in addition to "robbing" Pau Gasol, there are more classic transactions, such as exchanging Divac for Kobe Bryant in 1996, and getting Magic Johnson from the Jazz for the top pick, etc., but these transactions also paid a lot of price at the time, such as Divac was the core of the Lakers at that time, and trading the Jazz's draft picks paid Gudrich, one of the team's celebrities.

Of course, there was another trade that was definitely one of the best in Lakers history, and that was the acquisition of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then the NBA's No. 1 center, from the Bucks in the summer of 1975. At that time, Abdul-Jabbar had already won the championship in the Bucks, and at the same time won the regular season MVP, Finals MVP, best team and other honors.

And the most critical reason at that time was the issue of faith, Jabbar believed in Islam, and changed his name for this, but Milwaukee was not very inclusive, and even extreme racial discrimination.

In addition, the Bucks relied on Abdul-Jabbar, since the trade to get the "big O" Oscar Robertson, helping the team win the first championship in team history, actually no longer made strong reinforcements, and finally various factors on and off the court drove Abdul-Jabbar to leave here, and the Lakers, who are in big cities and culturally diverse, seized the opportunity to use Juniel Bridgeman, Duff Hayes, Al Moore Smith and Brian Winters, four players who are not famous, From the Bucks got one of the most dominant centers in NBA history.

And we already know the story later, after Abdul-Jabbar came to the Lakers, he and Magic Johnson created the "showtime" era of the Lakers, and won five golden championships, and Abdul-Jabbar became the NBA's all-time scoring champion when he retired.

In 2023, the Mavericks get Kyrie Irving

Finally, let's talk about a great deal from last year, which was the Mavericks acquiring Kyrie Irving from the Nets by sending Spencer Dinwiddie, Finney Smith and three future draft picks. The reason behind the deal, which was evaluated as a D-class deal at the time, is also ironic.

During his time with the Nets, Irving refused to play for the team many times due to various off-court factors, even though he averaged 27.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game in the 40 games he played for the Nets in the 22-23 season, but he still chose to leave the team in a torn face, and the Mavericks also seized the opportunity, hoping to get Irving, so as to reduce the offensive pressure on Luka Doncic and find a way to break the game that season.

However, although Irving came to the team, the Mavericks failed to enter the playoffs last season due to a series of injuries, which caused a lot of controversy.

However, only a year has passed, and let's see what exactly Irving has brought to the Mavericks now! Not only did the Mavericks return to the playoffs with a 50-32 record this season, but they also beat the Clippers, Thunder and Nuggets in a row to advance to the Finals.

And Irving, as Doncic's strongest lieutenant, can contribute 22.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5 assists in the playoffs, and has repeatedly saved the team at key moments. And what about Smith and Dinwiddie? They were all on the fringes of their respective teams, and even had no ball to play for a while. And this deal is enough to go down in the history of the Mavericks, which can be called a typical transaction of the "robbery" style.

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