As we are heading into the final handful of games for the regular season we finally have good knowledge of what teams trade deadline moves have been worth their while and for other teams what trades have been a disaster. Let’s go through my three best and worst trades.
With the worst trade by far is the Kyrie Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks, the Mavericks gave up Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finny-Smith a 2029 first round pick and two second round picks in exchange for Kyrie Irving and Markieff Morris. Since this trade the Mavericks have been under .500 and close to missing the playoffs completely.
One of the best trades is the Russell Westbrook trade to bring in D’Angelo Russell, this trade has made the Lakers since the trade deadline and with new faces on this fresh new Lakers team it’s made them go from a fringe playoff contender to a championship team in the matter of a few smart moves.
Another great trade is the Brooklyn Nets trading Kevin Durant for Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson and four first round picks. Now this seems like a bad deal for the Nets but with Mikal Bridges getting more minutes on this Brooklyn team he’s turned into a two way star this far, and with the Suns picks ranging from 2023 to 2029 these picks could be top eight picks in just a couple years.
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