NBA Trades That EVERYONE Got Wrong...

NBA trade history is really interesting because so many things can change after a deal that impact how it works out for both teams, despite how we felt about it in the moment. And we were all wrong about these NBA trades.
#nba #nbatrade #nbatrades

[@brendancoomey4227]

I think eventually the Haliburton-Sabonis trade will end up on a list like this, people just aren’t quite willing to admit yet that the trade was a win-win and that the Kings didn’t get fleeced🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@RD-zx6py]

JJ Redick called it 'malpractice' at the time 😅 although TBF to him he's since apologised to them for that harsh take.

[@Mdksupreme1]

It wasn't a win-win indiana got fleeced, sabonis led them to 3 seed and first playoff appearance in 16 years, indiana's horrible with haliburton, indiana got fleeced hard

[@Maloman05]

@@Mdksupreme1 they were bad with him *injured*. They were a promising rebuilding team before that

[@NewAgeSlaves]

Easier to claim your right then admit your wrong

[@kpaukeaho6180]

@@Mdksupreme1 really bad take

[@achrisparker]

DeMarcus Cousins was good with the Pelicans. Pelicans swept Portland in the first round that year. Cousins tore his achilles. The Pelicans offered him a 2yr-40mil deal that was basically a 40mil for 1yr because 1yr would be rehabilitation. He turned it down. He hasn't made 10mil since then. The worst decision of his career.

[@CheepsAhoy69]

Yeah really is an awful decision if you think about it. 2 years is a short contract if he performed better he could earn a better one fast and 40mil is no low ball offer considering what he took from the warriors

[@zergmare7]

Yeah but to be fair, our team was trash that year. But this offseason will be different

[@peterko7181]

ikr

[@TheWheelsOnTheRideGo]

​@@zergmare7He also got hurt before the playoffs. I think if he didn't get injured y'all definitely would've beat the Warriors. They could barely hold AD let alone guard both AD an Cousins. They where a problem for anybody.

[@vinnye930]

When the Knicks traded porzingis, I thought it was an all time low for the team. But now, looking back, porzingis probably never would have been viewed as highly by that point in his career if he wasn't the only good player on a huge market team. And trading a guy who's 7'3 and had barely played for like 2 years because of constant lower body injuries, rather than giving him a rookie max extension, was actually one if the smartest moves the Knicks have made. Even tho I think they made that smart move almost accidentally because their whole reason for doing it was to clear out cap space in their half assed pipe dream attempt to sign kyrie and kd. But hey it worked out well for us

[@dennismoore4977]

as a dallas mavs fan, i remember the talk at the time was that we won the trade. we gave y'all absolutely nothing of value for a player people believed would run the league with luka. in actuality, his injuries persisted during his tenure with dallas and we ended up trading him for nothing and if we dont get that top 10 protection on that pick, you guys easily win this trade. but its a lose lose as of now, which was not expected at all

[@quixotic115]

@@dennismoore4977 well I’d say Knicks won the trade even without the 2023 pick. We were able to sign Randle with the cap space we got from this trade.

[@PR-ux5mg]

They didn’t do it accidentally and it was not about the cap space really. Porzingis wanted out and his brother was talking crazy in the media. The Knicks had no choice they did what was necessary

[@jbizz80]

As it turned out, the Knicks were lucky not to get Kyrie and KD after all.

[@tj5180]

@@PR-ux5mg kp also said he would go to europe and play. I believe him or his brother said that to the knicks

[@pc6970]

A trade I was wrong about was the Dallas Mavericks acquiring Christian Wood from the Rockets. I thought that when they got Wood, Doncic and Wood would be an incredible offensive duo, that with steps up from both Doncic and Wood, would be a top 3-4 team in the west, possibly leading to Luka winning MVP

[@austinidkneededtomakeanewa6303]

That’s Jason kidds fault. He doesn’t hardly use wood for anything I’m not saying top 3-4 team but wood is for sure better than what he looks like right now IMO.

[@getplayed7272]

They missed the playoffs because of defense and Lukas injury

[@dennismoore4977]

it could've been as seen in the beginning of the season when wood was playing 25-30 mins a night and was averaging about 23 and 9 with 1.5 blocks but then he got a minor injury and lost the trust of jason kidd for some reason. had he been used enough and properly, it would've definitely worked but our franchise sucks

[@MistaTofMaine]

Same c woods good but once he injuries a bit he done

[@theman4884]

@@austinidkneededtomakeanewa6303 How does Kidd keep getting coaching jobs? I know he is something of a hero in Dallas but this should definitely be his last gig.

[@kpaukeaho6180]

I’m just amazed at how well OKC always seems to do with these trades, getting picks and turning them into great players

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

When you are such a small market even tho they have a great fan base you have to do everything perfect if you want to win

[@StarvinLG]

Wouldn't have swung the 2018 title (probably) but I still wish the Cavs wouldve traded for PG in 2017 if all it took was two young players.

[@LessGo7921]

Speaking of a Sabonis trade, my favorite trade everyone got wrong was when Kings pulled a “malpractice” and traded Haliburton, and immediately would snap their playoff drought 🙃

[@jzeigler5201]

I actually think it will age well for both sides. Sabonis is going to be an All NBA player and that’s probably what Halis ceiling is too.

[@t4d0W]

The Sabonis trade itself in a vacuum wasn't what helped snap that drought. If the Kings didn't make a run for Kevin Huerter, the spacing would not look as dynamic and there wouldn't be a moving shooter to take advantage of Sabonis' passing.

[@jzeigler5201]

@@t4d0W and Keegan being an elite shooter from day 1

[@ThatHavardStudent]

❤❤❤

[@mrjayfoggy]

I'm a cavs fan and I was unsure about the Donovan Mitchell trade at first. Then during the season thought it may have been a good trade, but now I'm starting to wonder if it was worth it again. You can't tell me that the cavs wouldn't have had a similar level of success if they kept the same roster as the 2022 season. Sexton wanted too much money, so you can still trade him but trade him for Malik Monk or someone else instead. Now we're locked into a tiny backcourt and a frontcourt that has no shooting. The team's construction is becoming questionable and the only way I see it getting fixed is by moving Jarrett unless you can somehow get a good wing in free agency.

[@poet5641]

Knicks fan: I was paranoid about the Jalen Brunson signing I thought it was way too much money for a nepotism contract and couldn’t have been more wrong

[@tiamatt44]

I too was wrong about that. Just to show sometimes in life it feels good to be wrong. :)

[@t4d0W]

I mean it is way too much money but you get exactly that kind of stable production from him. The difference is the Mavs couldn't give him that contract so they took a hail mary of a deal to trade pieces to get Kyrie who is also looking for a big contract (thankfully for Cuban the Mavs have Kyrie's bird rights so he can offer him more than what other teams can).

[@poet5641]

@@t4d0W Given Jalen Brunson’s production it is absolutely not too much money, if anything he’s proven to be underpaid this season

[@bryanhernandez4641]

As a Mavs fan, I agree. At the time, I was saying that it was a massive overpay. But now, the Mavericks letting him go was a complete disaster.

[@speachless88]

I would also love to hear how the draft picks traded impact teams as well.

[@daniellander1534]

I’m a Kings fan, and I was pissed when we traded the one dude who seemed to like Sacramento lol, but after thinking about it logically it made sense, we had a log jam and guard and the Pacers had a logjam at Center and needed a refresher. And it motivates Fox to prove they made the right choice keeping him. Win-Win-Win

[@saiken811]

The sabonis-haliburton trade comes to mind.

[@halfdayofthejackal9372]

Presti buying low selling high ten times in a row = future dynasty

[@PricefieldPunk]

Nearly everyone was wrong about the Westbrook to the Lakers trade. Some people thought they'd go to the finals and it was a superteam. When in reality the Lakers ruined their own cap space and lost all their depth trading away Kuzma, KCP, and Harrell

[@-13eNnY-]

The Thunder easily won the trade for Paul George. Oladipo had a lot of injuries and would've had no value in a few years if they had kept him. Sabonis never really ended up doing much for the Pacers. The Thunder flipped Paul George to the Clippers for so many picks and SGA. Paul George also helped Westbrook get to the playoffs and helped get him his MVP season. That one move for Paul George was a smashing success. SGA is a huge part of the Thunder's young core right now.

[@russellst.martin4255]

There was an outcry over Memphis trading Pau to the Lakers for "nothing", but it turned out Pau's brother was pretty damn good. I also remember everyone thinking the Magic were stupid for trading Webber for Penny on draft day, despite those 3 additional firsts that came their way.

[@t4d0W]

The Win-Win for that trade wasn't realized for the Grizz until years later. Kobe needed talent around him to ring chase so that is why it was obvious the Lakers win out. Grizz finally got an infusion of key talent beyond the Hasheem Thabeet cursed draft and they would have their foundational front court for years to come.

[@lukehusky3630]

Love you’re videos bro! Thank you

[@silent229]

A Kings insider named James Ham has a podcast called the Kings Beat Podcast. He has some very interesting details about the Cousins trade. Remember after the trade the Kings GM Vlade said he had a "better trade" package for Cousin and everyone was stunned that he didn't take that trade offer. Apparently James Ham said the Kings were suppose to get one more first round pick from the Pelicans. But when Cousin's and his Agent found out about the trade they didn't like it because they wanted to stay in Sacramento to get that huge contract extension. Cousin's didn't want to go to the Pelican's because he knew they wouldn't get that much money if he resigned with them (I think this was the main reason). So Cousin's agent called the Pelican's and told them that Cousin's did not want to be in New Orleans. When the Pelicans heard this they called the Kings back and somehow were able to make a deal but with one less first round draft pick. So the Kings were suppose to get 2 first round picks instead of 1 fist round pick before Cousin's team interfered. I can't remember if James Ham told this story on his podcast or on the D-Lo and KC show on ESPN Sacramento 1320. (I'm trying to find the video when he said this)

[@tj5180]

Interesting. So cousins wanted to stay in Sacramento if they had offered him a huge extension but they traded him to new Orleans for Buddy hield and picks to the kings or I'm wrong

[@jzeigler5201]

I thought Denzel Valentine was going to be awesome when the Bulls drafted him😅

[@codyhadley5685]

Ask a bucks fan I was super excited when we traded Greg Monroe for Eric Bledsoe.. it wasn't all bad, they managed to get Jrue for him so I guess we should focus on that😂

[@neo1343]

dwight is just.... such an enigma. on one hand he was incredible in orlando, but between his antics, his lack of polish in the post over years, and his genuine lack of seriousness, pair that up with the way his career has gone the last few years, i can understand why he was left off NBA 75

[@paulallen3665]

The Kings got absolutely shredded when they traded Tyrese Haliburton to the Pacers, to the point that the question was asked as to whether the league should have vetoed the trade or not. Turns out that the return from Indy including Domantas Sabonis would cause the Kings to snap their playoff drought and and end up with the 3rd seed in the west

[@jordansball1932]

Very surprised you didn’t mention the porzingis knicks trade. People thought it was an impulsive trade for the knicks but they ended up winning it

[@kaufmankieran]

The thunder also took the rockets to game 7 that same year

[@tcoop-4795]

Going into his 2nd season with the pelicans which I believe was the 2017-2018 season boogie was playing like the best player on that team and I would even say the first quarter of the season he was in the lead for MVP, mind u this was hardens crazy mvp year, Westbrook averaging a TD again and LeBron playing all 82 games, that injury changed everything for his career because it never stopped after that

[@elijahsturm576]

I was so far off about Ty Lawson to the Rockets. Thought that was gonna be an all nba backcourt for many many years w harden

[@danimalman3]

I was super wrong about the cavs trade with the celtics. I was a big isaiah thomas fan ever since he was in Washington. I thought that the cavs were getting a great deal with IT, Crowder and picks. Boy was I wrong.

[@kevinwillette5161]

Not to be THAT guy, but I was definitely positive for the PG trade. Having watched his dad I was very high on Sabonis and recognized a lot of the same qualities, especially the ball IQ as a passer

[@davincerica7232]

Tbh, I was very wrong on the Jrue Holiday trade... I thought the Bucks overpaid to get him and thought he wasn't going to be strong enough of a factor to made as much difference as he did 🤔

[@leungkeith614]

Mine is when D'Angelo Russell was traded to the Timberwolves as I though him and KAT can be a good duo with the bust Jarrett Culver too...

[@akamikedavid]

I expected that trade on the list too. Everyone thought the warriors were crazy too and that Wiggins was a high volume stat stuffer that can't win. Must pundits assumed the warriors were done and that they were never gonna win another ring. So... About that lol

[@t4d0W]

@@akamikedavid I dunno whose 'everyone' that believed that. Wiggins wasn't a first option player that the Wolves and some of their fans wanted to believe. Warriors chose to play him as the 3rd/4th option behind Dray's playmaking and Klay's scoring once he came back. That worked out marvelously because that was the role Wiggins was best at. Russell I feel did alright but there is no surprise with all the long term deals done last season involved KAT (his buddy) and Anthony Edwards (the real prized talent for the T-wolves). His contract would be up 2023 and the Wolves wanted to go a different direction with the Gobert trade and his contract won't be up till 2026. So it was fine for the Wolves to flip Russell and have some other team figure out paying him his new contract.

[@MistaTofMaine]

I know not everyone was sold on first one brought up because George kobeish in that his efficiency is poor. Domantis was young son of a legend, so wasn't surprised by that one really.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Imagine PG13 land Cleveland 🤔🤔🤔

[@christianflores1534]

Actually pacers - OKC pacers really won that trade

[@Alisdairneighbors]

As a Pelicans fan, I knew the Cousins trade was bad. We had 3 dudes I would consider good players on that team, no picks, no promising players other than AD... It made the only chance we had at contention a very crappy risk

[@carlosariza6191]

It’s early but I think I was wrong about the Murray to the hawks trade

[@PlaymakerCentral]

“i had a better deal 2 days ago” 😂😂😂😂

[@chugcanthoop]

That lakers team was lit on 2k tho

[@CrisKRA]

1. The Ben Simmons- James Harden trade. Not necessarily what I thought but what everyone did. Some said it was a win win, I remember thinking that it was a win for Philadelphia which considering the things they gave up for him I'd say it still is a win but not on the level we thought it would be. I also thought that Ben Simmons could have found a better role for him in Brooklyn but he just sucks and I remember people thinking that Brooklyn with KD, Irving and Simmons were a serious threat. Not quite 2. Demarcus Cousins going to the Warriors. I dont remember if it was a trade or a signing but point is, I thought the Warriors had just gotten stronger, coming off a championship in 2018 and that they would dominate for a lot more. Thankfully I was wrong, I hated the lack of parity in those seasons, everyone felt that the Warriors would just crush anyone

[@tj5180]

Cousins to the warriors was a signing not trade

[@ojeyston]

The porzingis dinwiddie trade should be in this video

[@CameronShull]

you sir are my favorite nba KZbinr. You make me want to make KZbin videos .

[@anthonydanaher2146]

bynums knee injury absolutely destroyed his career beast of a big man

[@yusufblessed22]

As thunder fan i know Sam presti will never let us down again after what he did in 2012 off-season

[@HJ17GAMING]

I can’t believe I’m saying this the Cavs won the kyrie trade. Got sexton and salary that eventually let us get daunte exum which gave us jarret Allen and spida

[@Quantum_Humanics]

You have to remember that cousins was thought of as a bit of a problem off the floor

[@samuelbrooks7788]

When will you be doing your illogical awards

[@drakon2538]

Harden for Simmons. I remember everyone talking about how Ben would be a better fit than harden and that the sixer gave up too much. Now the trade reads as harden for injured Seth curry and a protected 2027 first

[@dusan2001]

I thought Simmons would do good in Brooklyn, but...

[@larryfreakgerald1182]

Being a avid lakers hater in my youth I knew the Howard trade wouldn’t work lol

[@jairorivas1805]

Jusuf nurkic to the blazers trade smaller but yeah

[@mrjermz5406]

Anyone that saw Sabonis' dad play in the 90s (or 80s) knew he would have the skills.

[@htown11465]

I don't think anyone who knows anything about basketball thought the Kings lost the DeMarcus Cousins trade. He wasn't an incredible player. He couldn't help his team win, he had huge issues off the court. He was the classic player who does well statistically but can't win games. Only people who look at statistics and not wins thought Cousins was actually a really good player.

[@IsaiahSZN]

You didn’t add the Sabonis Haliburton trade

[@jonahsunshine9273]

Kemba for Terry s&t as a hornets fan had me so mad… guess I was wrong

[@Unpackaged_Vinyl]

I knew Paul had something left. He just wasn't a good fit with Harden because Paul is systematic in his approach whereas Harden is more of an ISO player

[@uncledrew4698]

Another common Presti masterclass

[@sawyertuide7636]

The biggest failed Superteam (and biggest failure in NBA history) is the KD-Kyrie Brooklyn Nets 2 years after formation the team was dismantled. They have gone from Top 2 in the East on multiple occasions to a Play In seed in one year (+ trading Harden) and trading KD-Kyrie in another. And the timeline of how it happened is something we will never see again (I know precedents get set regularly but I’d be surprised if anybody tops the KD-Kyrie Soap Opera)

[@officialjdukes5327]

Cant forget about that horrible Cleveland trade when they had to trade away their whole roster at the trade deadline

[@tj5180]

In 2011 where they traded Mo William's to the clippers in exchange for Baron davis who was basically a injured prone at this point also hiring a new coach, trading or waiving their key pieces. Jamison had retired after

[@trentwilkes4293]

Ingram and ball and whoever was the 4th pick in the Zino class. Thought the lakers handed the pelicans a dynasty

[@RedisNotaFlavor]

Im a rockets fan I didn't think CP3 was done. He had one bad year. Rockets were trying to ISO him forever on a bum hammy. Rockets offense failed him..

[@BDubbyy]

Tf you mean everyone?? I got all these right 😂

[@zoulogist9171]

Most of these trades fell apart because of injuries, not because people were wrong

[@Elegost3000]

AD and Cousing were way too fun of a duo

[@blaiserena4521]

Kawhi and PG to the Clippers, i thought they would be 100% a Finals or WCF team every year

[@Thouartwithme3]

I thought the kyrie trade would make mavs a contender

[@Opium64]

Pretty much don’t have when a superstar get traded for pennies because he could get injured no one knew

[@DeVoidAS]

Buddy wasn't good in 2016/17. He struggled with his 3pt efficiency at the time and people questioned the trade since he was like a 24 yo rookie that was supposed to be a 3pt specislist. People thought he was a close to being a bust at the time which made the trade even more questionable. He definitely wasn't a sure thing that year

[@MCSROkickz]

Real ones remember sporting logically trying to roast the knicks about the porzingis trade (even tho I think we can all agree he was horrendously wrong about that).

[@TheWGBMUSIC]

Jimmy butler for Josh Richardson, instead of keeping jj redick too and trading Simmons for dearon fox n Halliburton

[@getplayed7272]

Couldn't predict the cousins trade failure, cousins just got fucked and nobody could know how prone he was to injuries because he wasn't before

[@mza3115]

Westbrook to LA, thought they would be great....... oh wait, no, I knew It wouldn't work

[@conlenodriscoll4464]

Living in Boston it’s gotta be the Celtics-Nets trade. When the Celtics did that everyone here was freaking out like wtf

[@t4d0W]

There was a bit of a freak out but it was destined to go there anyway. Unless there were some blind Celtic fans who didn't see the Garnett-Pierce-Allen had a short championship window from 2008 on. If anything what the fans didn't realize is HOW MUCH VALUE the Nets gave up just to help the Celtics safely rebuild for 5-7 years straight. Just to have old Pierce and Garnett along with some overpaid mid players outside of their prime with that Nets group that was overpaid thanks to Proky's pockets. Dude straight up thought he could still buy a chip.

[@johnelway9879]

Thé Kawhi trade who would’ve though t he’d play again

[@MrTommygunz0482]

If the reason we were wrong is based on injuries to a previously healthy player. It's a bad argument 😢.

[@EzMoneyMir]

The kings with DeMarcus were probably the worst drafting team ever they never got their picks right

[@trevorjacobus9936]

Almost every trade the Mavs make lol. I was super excited about Rondo for Wright/Crowder and KP/hardaway for young players and picks

[@aidanstephens_]

I thought the Lakers would win the Finals with Russ 💀

[@mikej8678]

Rudy to the wolves in exchange for a treasure chest

[@cleokey]

AD to Lakers, then just like that, they won a championship.

[@tj5180]

Most people had the lakers winning the west with ad being added

[@jakewinokur5481]

Blake griffin to Detroit

[@edbrewington3]

Sabonis and Haliburton trade definitely. Everyone, including you on this channel, called it a horrible trade and it was a win-win, or even a King's win because they made it to the 3rd seed in the playoffs, broke their 16 year drought, and Fox became an All-star with Sabonis, who had his best season in his whole career. Yeah....the Kings proved everyone wrong, including you, Tucker.

[@JonKwong916]

My Kings was ran like shit by Vlade, who had no business being at his position.

[@mhskingtanner6310]

I got one. The Chauncey Billups-Allen Iverson trade. At the time, the Pistons were still a championship caliber team (despite being 4 years removed from their ring). AI was seen as an upgrade from Billups, and people thought "what was Denver thinking?" Turns out, Piston's team chemistry broke, and they have not won a single playoff game since then. Meanwhile, Denver made it to the WCF that year. Although that was about all that happened to the nuggets, you can still argue that everyone was wrong, and Denver won that trade.

[@diesel9324]

Play-in games are happening and the playoffs are around the corner; what am I going to talk about? Trades that nobody understood and everybody was wrong about. Sure. It’s not like there’s any interesting games going on.

[@grammysworld5449]

Definitely Jerami Grant going to Portland.. I thought he was ready to take the next step after a decent year in Detroit.. But it was fools gold

[@salgarcia8021]

Everyone but the gm seen as the loser at the time.

[@laronnechance]

First

[@brendenkaminski6118]

Dont mean this as an insult, but why are his cheeks so red?

[@er7776]

He is blushing because he is embarrassed about getting these trades wrong

[@tj5180]

@@er7776 lol

[@lilv3966]

Kinda insulting premise to this video. Thumbs down