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[bksballer89]

The Nets/Celtics trade a couple years ago that better the Celts all those picks is probably the worst NBA trade of the last 20 years.

Funny thing about the awful trade is that the Nets really thought they could win/compete for a title with Pierce and KG past their prime. Brooklyn would be in such a better position had they not made that stupid move.

 

[Bolts]

Love the new avatar!

Really funny.

I feel your pain. The Wizards have done much better recently, but they 90s and 00s were quite tough on Washington fans. Perhaps the crown jewel highlighting the stupidity of that era for the Wizards was the deal that ignited the Kings run as a contender. They dealt Webber for an aging Mitch Richmond because CWebb and Howard were not seeing eye to eye.

Brilliant.

I'm obviously happy the Wizards were stupid enough to make that trade, but it's shit to see a great player sent off for less than what he's worth. The Wizards are one of the teams I enjoy watching these days, Wall is great on both sides of the ball and Beal has really taken off this year. I'm rooting for them to face the Cavs in the ECF.

I found this avatar online a year or two ago and somehow knew the team would do something stupid enough for me to find a good use for it. They didn't let me down there.

 

[bksballer89]

Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear was very happy the team traded DeMarcus Cousins

 

[Bolts]

Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear was very happy the team traded DeMarcus Cousins

To use a Grant Napear quote: If you don't like that bad trade for the Kings, you don't like NBA basketball!

 

[Fountain City Blues]

I don't even watch the NBA that much and I feel bad for @Bolts

 

[wildturkey]

Just a reminder that outside of that brief period in the early 00s, this is pretty much standard operating procedure for the Kings. This franchise has always been a mess. NBA should have let the Seattle group buy it and rebrand it as the Sonics

 

[msgkings322]

Just a reminder that outside of that brief period in the early 00s, this is pretty much standard operating procedure for the Kings. This franchise has always been a mess. NBA should have let the Seattle group buy it and rebrand it as the Sonics

It does seem wrong that Sacramento has a team but Seattle doesn't.

 

[flyerhawk]

No team can with with shitty ownership

 

[shopson67]

Marc Gasol was part of that trade. In retrospect, it is arguable who won that trade. (at the time it looked bad)

I doubt if Cousins trade looks good ever. (unless they get lucky and hit 2 HRs with the picks -- but I haven't been impressed with their drafting -- including Skip L last year)

The Cousins trade could look better if he continues to be a cancer of a player. He could also leave New Orleans next summer, leaving them just Casspi out of this trade.

 

[shopson67]

No team can with with shitty ownership

I loathe interfering owners. Hire great basketball minds for your front office and trust in them.

 

[flyerhawk]

I loathe interfering owners. Hire great basketball minds for your front office and trust in them.

Sadly, too many owners think that being a fan is the same as being a general manager.

 

[trojanfan12]

Sadly, too many owners think that being a fan is the same as being a general manager.

Definitely. The best owners are the one's who are smart enough to know how much they don't know. Part of the reason Dr. Buss was so beloved by Lakers fans (and why Jim is hated) is because Dr. Buss hired the best people he could find, stayed out of their way and only stepped in as a "closer" when it was needed to get a deal done.

 

[shopson67]

Sadly, too many owners think that being a fan is the same as being a general manager.

They should try fantasy sports for a decade first, lol.

 

[tlance]

I loathe interfering owners. Hire great basketball minds for your front office and trust in them.

The trouble is, those same owners who interfere too much often have no idea which basketball minds they should actually trust.

See Vlade Divac as exhibit A, and Isaiah Thomas as exhibit B.

 

[ChrisWebber]

KANGZ!

 

[GNG]

It would seem they are trying to tank so they can move the team. Havent they been trying to do that for years now.

They haven't had much support in Sacramento... Of course they usually play like crap.

 

[flyerhawk]

The trouble is, those same owners who interfere too much often have no idea which basketball minds they should actually trust.

See Vlade Divac as exhibit A, and Isaiah Thomas as exhibit B.

While I agree generally, it is also hard to know how much Divac is really involved in some of these deals.

If the ownership tells the GM "Do whatever you can to win now, I don't care the cost" that's a pretty clear mandate. And when the owner picks the players to keep and not keep that becomes even more of a problem.

I don't think there is s sport where this is a bigger problem than basketball. The small rosters and the top heavy skill needs to succeed in the NBA, make amateurs think they know what they are doing very quickly.

 

[shopson67]

It does seem wrong that Sacramento has a team but Seattle doesn't.

Sacramento just got a new arena, NBA won't move them now.