7/1/2023 0 Comments Nba transactionsThe worst part about it, especially for the Mavericks, is that Irving will be a free agent this summer. The jury is out on their pairing, but freefalling out of the playoffs is by no means an indication that the deal helped the Mavs. Number one, he and Luka Doncic could become one of the best duos in the league, or number two, the two wouldn't mesh well with each other and Dallas fails to make a breakthrough. There were two scenarios pointed out by analysts on how Kyrie could fit with Dallas. The Mavericks went into win-now mode when they traded for Irving. They can only hope that Simmons gets back into All-Star form to offset their losses. In total, the Nets traded away seven picks, two solid role players in Seth Curry and Caris LeVert, and an All-Star in Jarrett Allen for an 80-game rental of Harden. In their two seasons together, the trio only played 16 games together-as each missed time due to injuries and other issues, like Irving's COVID-19 vaccination stance. The Nets’ big three of Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving seemed destined to win a championship. After letting him go, they went on an 18-9 run to make it to the NBA play-in tournament, and then the NBA Playoffs. Before trading the 2017 MVP, LA had a 25-30 win-loss card. If the Lakers hadn’t traded Westbrook prior to the trade deadline, it's likely that the Purple and Gold could have missed another postseason. Nothing against Russ, but their level of play showed that the fit was awful. Many analysts and pundits have been dismissing Westbrook's style of play as the antithesis to championship basketball, and they said the same thing when Russ got to Hollywood. The Lakers probably thought that Westbrook was the perfect piece to add to the LeBron James and Anthony Davis pairing. With the three-time Defensive Player of the Year stuck with the Timberwolves for the foreseeable future, it looks like the team will also stay in mediocrity for years to come-unless Anthony Edwards hails a miracle. They were in the playoffs as an 8-seed, after all. It also didn’t transform Minnesota into being a good defensive team. While the French center's production did not see a major dip when he moved to Minny, his presence didn’t translate to wins for the Timberwolves. If you count the picks? That's kissing your future away for someone as pedestrian as Gobert's first year in a Wolves jersey. The players alone can make a case that this was a fleecing, with some even saying the promising Kessler is already replicating Gobert's production with the Utah Jazz. In case you forgot, the Timberwolves traded Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bolmaro, Walker Kessler, Jarred Vanderbilt, a pick swap, and four-yes, four-first-round picks for Gobert. With the Timberwolves already out of the NBA Playoffs, the Gobert trade will go down as one of the worst trades in NBA history. It’s been one hell of downtrend for Simmons-and honestly, it’s been sad to see. (Dis)honorable mention: Ben Simmons to Brooklyn Nets With that, here are five of the worst NBA trades in recent memory, in no particular order of rank. Over the past five years, fans have seen several NBA teams go all out in bringing a franchise player to their team, however, several of these trades didn’t pan out as expected.
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