10. 2001, New Jersey Nets traded rights to Eddie Griffin (7th overall pick) to the Houston Rockets for rights to Richard Jefferson (14th overall pick), Jason Collins, and Brandon Armstrong.
9. 2004, Detroit Pistons acquired Rasheed Wallace and Mike James. Boston Celtics acquired Lindsey Hunter, Chucky Atkins, and a 2004 first round pick. Atlanta Hawks acquired Bob Sura, Zeljko Rebraca, and a future first round pick.
8. 2002, Chicago Bulls traded Ron Artest, Brad Miller, Ron Mercer, Kevin Ollie to the Indiana Pacers for Jalen Rose, Travis Best, Norman Robertson, and a second round pick.
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7. 2002, Boston Celtics traded Joe Johnson, Randy Brown, Milt Palacio and a first round pick to the Phoenix Suns for Rodney Rodgers and Tony Delk.
6. 2005, Los Angeles Lakers traded Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins to the Washington Wizards for Kwame Brown and Laron Profit.
5. 2006, Minnesota Timberwolves traded rights to Brandon Roy (6th overall pick) to the Portland Trail Blazers for rights to Randy Foye (7th overall pick).
4. 2006, Chicago Bulls traded rights to LaMarcus Aldridge (2nd overall pick) to the Portland Trail Blazers for rights to Tyrus Thomas (4th overall pick) and Viktor Khryapa.
3. 2006, Houston Rockets traded rights to Rudy Gay (8th overall pick) and Stromile Swift to the Memphis Grizzlies for Shane Battier.
2. 2001, Chicago Bulls traded Elton Brand to the Los Angeles Clippers for Tyson Chandler (2nd overall pick) and Brian Skinner.
1. 2008, Memphis Grizzlies traded Pau Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, rights to Marc Gasol, and 2008 and 2010 first round picks.
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about 1 month ago
Great article these are all of the trades i think should be on the top 10
about 1 month ago
Joe Johnson and a first rounder for Rodney Rogers and Tony Delk should be top 3, in my opinion.
Battier for Gay wasn't really a bad trade. Both teams got what they were looking for - Houston got a veteran who has helped them a lot and Memphis has watched Gay develop into a great young player.
And where is Vince Carter for Eric Williams, Aaron Williams, Alonzo Mourning and some picks?
about 1 month ago
some of these trades should be in here but back 5 or 6 years ago they dident know what artest would become and jalen rose was averaing close to 20 ppg a game so it seemed like a good trade at the time. same with rookies people dident know what kwame rudy richard or tyrus thomas would become so its hard to trade
(plus whers vince carter trade)
from about 1 month ago
yea i was thinking about that VC trade
about 1 month ago
good article. I agree with most of ur picks
about 1 month ago
so the rockets trade gay and swift for battier...why was this a bad trade...was it bad for the rockets or the grizzles?...or better for both...
about 1 month ago
That's exactley what I was thinking Sam. That's a pretty good trade for both sides. No way should that be on the list.
Also, I wouldn't put Tyrus Thomas in there just yet. He's still very young and has showed flashes of being very good.
from about 1 month ago
Rudy Gay is a great scorer and a solid defender. If he can develop an around game, he will be a great player. I think the Grizzlies got a lot better in that deal. Battier is just a great defender and that is all he will ever be.
from about 1 month ago
A great defender is all Houston wanted. They already have scorers. They didn't want another one with a lack of interior game; hence trading for Battier.
about 1 month ago
Either way, that is not the 3rd worst trade of the decade. They are both solid players and the Rockets didn't need or want a project on their team when they are trying to make the playoffs. Battier fit much better with the Rockets then Gay did. He takes a lot of pressure of McGrady on the defensive end and still gets you 10 points and 5 rebounds. Apparently the trade hasn't been that good for memphis because they still suck.
about 1 month ago
Shaq to the Heat for Odom and Butler was a bad trade, at least number 10. Nobody knew what Butler would become, so...
about 1 month ago
Missed a lot of worse trades IMO:
Baron Davis acquired for crap
Vince Carter acquired for crap
Eddy Curry who's a bad contract, acquired for #2 overall and #9 overall
Luol Deng acquired for #21 overall in a future draft
Brandon Roy acquired for Sebastian Telfair
about 1 month ago
Not a really good list. Baron Davis, Vince Carter, Luol Deng, Tyson Chandler (to NO), Eddy Curry, and Brandon Roy are probably worse trades than most of the ones on this list. Some of these can hardly be justified at all. Aldridge vs Tyrus? While Aldridge clearly looks much better now, he was much further along in college and this one has a way to go. Brand for Chandler? Chandler's been to the all star game as many times as Brand, though clearly it didn't work out well for the bulls who traded Chandler for nothing (which is a worse trade).
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