What Happened To The Greatest NBA Trades That... Almost Happened?
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What Happened To The Greatest NBA Trades That... Almost Happened
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They traded Monta Ellis for some ankle braces for Curry, best trade in NBA history
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Yessir
Kobe for divac in my opinion
Bogut was a problem, don’t forget. He was just injury prone as well.
We got better with bogut..he was one of the best big men out there that can score.
I agree that Ralph Sampson is the 80s Wemby before his injuries.
Thank you
Sampson was wayyy better than Wemby is now,stronger-TOO.
That "Jesus Christ" kid always makes me laugh. But tbh... Dream, Air & Glide all on the same team?! Daaaammmnnn!
Killian Hayes asking for a trade for pocket lints. Instead he's working at Walmart now
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Dude the use of the Riker/ Jonathan Frakes meme. I love it and I appreciate it. 😂❤
Well done, Kid! Love seeing young fans research and show appreciation while doing it well with class and style! Two I would mention is Kevin McHale for Sam Perkins and Detlef in the 80s as well as Kemp for Pippen
Det was a bucket
All these young kids don't respect the 80s and 90s era basketball. Best defense ever played in the history of NBA basketball.
it was a different game back then compared to now
Had OKC gotten Klay they'd be the new dynasty not Warriors, Harden and Steph would never work because of their similar style of play. Splash bros were so good because Klay not only shot the lights out he was constantly guarding the opposing best player as well as saving Curry from getting demolished defensively. Klay would've complimented KD and Russ well but Harden could never do what prime Klay was doing defensively
fair take!
Everyone likes to focus on Portland in the 84 draft but the thing that bothers me is a trade that DID happen. As a native of Indiana, that 2nd pick was a Pacers pick that we traded to Portland in like '79 for a guy past his prime. So we could have had Jordan but alas we did not
i don’t know, if you have the opportunity to get one season of 32 year old TOM OWENS you do WHATEVER you can to make that happen.
@@mjisthegoat88 100%
Jordan and Chuck Person selected in 86 would have been a high scoring duo.
Nice job on the beyond belief clips awesome vid!
Yessir glad you liked them!
Great work on this vid, really enjoyed it!
glad you liked it!
Barnes wasn't in Golden State until a year later. Barnes came in with Festus Ezeli and Draymond Green in the 2012 draft. Bogut came in after the 2011 draft, as well (mid-2012). If that trade went through, there's no telling where Golden State would have drafted in 2012 or if the Warriors would have pursued Bogut. The line-up would have been something like Curry, Ellis, Harden, David Lee, Ekpe Udoh/Lou Amundson. However, Smart wasn't obsessed with shorter players, so he probably would've gone for a taller wing, sending one of Curry, Ellis, and Harden to the bench in favor of Dorell Wright (who had an amazing year in 2010).
Great Take!
I was there for the Kobe farewell game in Utah. My very first NBA game experience. What makes this even better was that I was able to stand on the court during the national anthem on the Lakers side. Also keep up the fantastic content. Found this channel a few weeks ago and has become a watch on upload for me.
Wow what an experience for your first game ever! How where you able to stand on floor during national anthem
@@LockdownK the coach of my travelling basketball team, which is why we were in Utah in the first place, managed to get in contact with an organizer or something. Anyways it was wild. Super awesome experience considering It was a Canadians first NBA experience
thats lit
First time watching you. This is a great video! Got a new Sub, Keep it Up!
Awesome, thank you!
There was another trade between Cleveland and Phoeinx Amar'e Stoudemire for J.J. Hickson but the Cleveland didn't want to give up a younger J.J. Hickson
hindsight is 2020 for sure
Im only 39 seconds in & I subscribe 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 boutta catch up on your videos
this the most underrated channel on here istg
Preciate you!
Duncan to the Magic with T-Mac might be the biggest what if ever and it fell through because Orlando wouldn’t allow Duncan’s wife to fly with him on team plane , I’m sure they feel silly in hindsight about as silly as the newspaper there that asked if Shaq was worth 100 mil , just think how many titles Orlando would have had they played their card correctly in those 2 instances.
To the Milwaukee doctor…thank you for being stupid and taking Ellis 😂
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I’m a hawks fan. Trading Luka Doncic haunts me every day
I'ma Mavs fan and I couldn't be happier lol
@@LockdownKDAMN RIGHT!! #MFFL
As a lifelong Cavalier fan that potential “Kyrie George Bron Melo Wade” scenario made my heart skip a beat lmao
A Cleveland fan 😆 🤣 😂
@@DJReyzor357 a grown ass adult obsessed with modern WWE 😆🤣😂
Respect the loyalty man
Can you do the 2019 draft? Great work man keep it up
I gotchu!
1st time i get to see that "ultrastar" MJ ad.... LOL 😂😂😂😂😂
You really have a high quality NBA channel bro, One day you will have much more than the current 22k subscribers.
I appreciate that!
The problem with these fun thought experiments Is the teams the players goto. Does kwahi Leonard become a superstar without the spurs???? It’s just too impactful who these players play for
great vid. could you make a 09 draft vid? if its not to much trouble
New sub here 👍🏽 great work brotha
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Even after OKC blew the Harden trade, they still had a pick from that trade that could have been used to draft Giannis or Rudy Gobert. Instead they took Steven Adams.
Kobe on the wizards with mj may have probably destroyed their friendship
Debatable. Kobe's work ethic was something MJ desired the most from his teammates being someone that has it as well. MJ would surely soften his words and see a little bit of himself had Kobe been his teammates.
They would have loved it. They both would be practicing everyday.
Kobe and MJ talk to each other all the time.
how did magic win that mvp?... i paused the screen, those stats for the top players that year were pretty outrageous... mj averaged almost 34....barkley had 11.5 rebounds AT SIX FOOT FOUR....look at freaking Ewing... 29 points, 11 rebounds and FOUR BLOCKS per game... that's a crazy stat average... i don't remember centers averaging damn near 30 back then there is no way today's players are head and shoulders better like people are claiming
The ultra star commercial is top tier lol man they had Jordan in some cheesy commercials lol
Jordan looked like he was panicking being next to a black woman
These videos are amazing. Keep it up. Can you make a video about Marcus Camby?
Preciate it! I'll see in the future if I can fit him in a video for sure
@@LockdownK thank you sir! Maybe a video about the most underrated role players of all time 😊
a few more ones 1986 Lakers almost swapped Worthy to the Mavericks for Aguirre, but much like Love to the Warriors, Jerry West talked them out of it In 1994 Bulls almost traded Pippen to the Sonics for Kemp, but the Sonics backed out, had the trade gone down, maybe Jordan doesn't come back
yuppp I remember the Worthy one! Kemp for Pippen, I thought about adding it but decided not too for the video
A dirk and kobe duo would be a fucking nightmare to guard
Fadeaways for breakfast lunch and dinner lmaooo
Dirk would've complained about not getting enough shots with-BLACK-HOLE-Kobe. LOL. And Kobe would hark about Dirk's non-defense package.
the fact or fiction intro was genius
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The one that still burns me is the 2009 Draft Night deal between Golden State and Phoenix. Don Nelson agreed to trade the rights to Steph Curry to Phoenix for Amare Stoudemire, letting Phoenix think the deal was a go so they passed on Jrue Holiday and Jeff Teague, then backing out of the deal. The Suns wanted the "heir apparent" to Steve Nash and thought they had Curry, so they picked Earl Clark at 14 instead of Holiday or Teague.
Can you imagine the Bulls as OKC getting Barkley (Westbrook), Stockton (Harden), Jerome Kersey (Ibaka), and his Aireness as Michael Jordan (Kevin Durant). Do you think that Jordan would have needed to leave this Bulls lineup to win a Championship with another team? And they would have had the muscle to contend with the Bad Boy Pistons, Barkley and Kersey, and Jordan because even before hitting the weights he was tough.
Even if the CP3 deal went through to the Lakers and getting Howard, I don't view them as championship contenders. We saw Kobe and Howard don't get along. They'll be still competitive but not a championship contender.
The world may never know...
The Pistons twice with Kobe & Iverson but got him also K.G trade that didn’t fall through because he was close to Billups we were giving up Some future first round unprotected picks Carlos Delfino & Darko then don’t forget the Demarcus Cousins trade For Greg Monroe Brandon Knight & first round pick top 4 protected
Most people get this wrong, The bulls were willing to include Deng in the trade for Kobe, but Kobe had veto power and vetoed that deal because he wanted to play with Deng. That’s where it all broke down. It’s a bummer because I would’ve loved to have seen Kobe, deng, and noah play together and see what happens.
Hakeem, Clyde, and MJ appeared in 9/10 finals and won 8/9 in the 90s…it was 8/9 because the Bulls beat the Blazers in 91 lol
Jesus christ, Jordan, Hakeem, and Clyde?? That would've been insane to grow up with!
I am shocked you don’t have 1 million subscribers
Preciate it!
I had no idea Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom were on that failed trade. Imagine if that trade happened but somehow either Gasol or Odom were kept. They could’ve had Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, and possibly Dwight Howard. That would’ve been absolutely crazy, but also Pau Gasol played both PF and C so if Odom got traded, it could’ve been Gasol there. I never even thought about this at the time (part of it I didn’t pay as much attention to more details at the time) but my goodness they could’ve had a Big Four, maybe Big Five considering Ron Artest/Metta World Peace was on the 2012-13 roster which I do remember his brief stint there.
I would have included the time Michael Jordan almost got traded to the Shaq and Kobe lakers
There was a trade package for Lebron before he was drafted. The Lakers were going to send Kobe to the Cavs for rights to the 2003 1st pick but Gund said no way. True Story
Ralph Sampson was a monster on the court but unfortunately injuries robbed us of seeing how truly great he could have been.
I've watched some highlights of him, man oh man he was slick with the rock
I can’t front if MJ and Nique were on the same team at any point the highlights would be CRAZY!!! Plus they might have overcame the Pistons and dethroned the Lakers. That’s a lot of what if but it would’ve been great to watch
13:41 Terry Cummings -forward... You even cut the picture there 😃
You have your Warriors timeline mixed up, which makes things that could have happened sound implausible. Klay Thompson was drafted June 2011, not 2012. Also, Richard Jefferson wasn't on the Warriors before Klay's 2011 draft for a trade to be possible to OKC. The Warriors traded Monta & Co. to Milwaukee for Bogut & Stephen Jackson in March of 2012. Then turned around a couple days later and traded Stephen Jackson FROM the Warriors to the Spurs for TJ Ford, the aforementioned Richard Jefferson, and a 1st rd pick that became Festus Ezeli (man, what lost potential he turned out to be). I could believe the Thunder tried to trade for Klay at some point in the year 2012, but the way you described it would have been impossible. Just an fyi.
Love these videos, especially the content combined with the length, but these random gifs come way too often and add nothing most of the time. Was it Jonathan Frakes's birthday or something?
haha not yet just felt like adding that into the video! Anyways appreciate the feedback!
Deep breath. Everyone knew Tracy McGrady was going to be a star in Toronto, except for the coach. The Raptors could have had Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady for a lot longer, but instead, since the waters were muddied Tracy left. But the true madness was the former Raptors GM passed over was an offer Dallas made where they asked for Vince Carter and Antonio Davis in exchange for Nash and Dirk... before Tracy McGrady left. So the Raptors could have had MVP Nash, with Tracy and Dirk.
The Dennis rodman to phx trade for Richard Dumas would Had benn fire.
Alternate universe: Golden warriors blow 3-1 lead to klay Thompson inspired thunder😂😂😂
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Not sure Paul could’ve made the Kobe-Dwight chemistry work
As a long-time Houstonian I still think about that fantasy of MJ, Olajuwon and Clyde on the Rockets together. There would be no Magic’s Lakers, Bird’s Celtics. That potential Rockets team would’ve won 12 rings.
easily
As a kobe and laker fan idk how i would feel if we did trade pau away for cp3
Yall remember when Lebron thought about heading to the Knicks or bulls just imagine how that would’ve changed NBA history in the 2010s
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Was a Tyson chandler to okc trafe... anyhow its always forgotten that the okc could have amnesty Perkins to have space and keep Harden
One minor correction-Ellis was NEVER an All-Star😂
unrelated note what do you think about the Mavs trade for gafford?
Actually saw the Mavs Wizard game last night. I think he'll be a good trade off for when Derrick Lively is off the floor. they both rebound a lot, Lively plays above the rim a bit more vs, Gafford looks more like a traditional big. Other than that I'm not sure I haven't looked at analytics. but from an eye test it looks like he could be a good role player
@@LockdownKi personally think the mavs can go far with shooters and defenders
I think if they had like a 6'7-6'9 scoring forward, that could be a champion squad
I am not a very great Klay fan, but...him on the GSW is probally one of the best things to happen to the league, ever. The splashbrothers are fkcing amazing. Like really really amazing. I was on the LeBron team hoping he would win it in Cleveland, witch he ofcourse did, but those finals and games are amazing, and I think that would not have happened without Klay and Steph together. Althou, that thunderline up is fcking deadly
Man 2015-2017 was amazing I absolutely loved watching Klay & Steph playing it was literally all I looked forward to in life haha
You didn’t mention how Kobe still won two rings with Gasol and he beat the super team Celtics in the finals to do it. Lebron was bounced by the same team. Kobe also had to do it in the west which at the time was ridiculously stacked. Lebron had to form a super team in the weak ass east and he still came up short.
Playing a kg coming off a huge injury that was never himself again 💪
I try to readily admit when I'm just outright wrong about something. And at the time, I was pretty well convinced that while the Warriors splitting up the small/smaller backcourt of Ellis/Curry (and yes, at the time it was very much Ellis first in that listing) was a good thing, they should have stuck with Monte. I mean, he was our guy, he was there on the We Believe team. I (and many fans) thought we should have stuck with Monte and gotten a big by trading Curry before he fell apart on us. I have been wrong about many, many things over the years. This one, this was a big ol glaring "ooof", but dang if I'm not okay with how things turned out.
Takes a real one to admit! Anyways dub fans have been on the up for the last decade so I guess it was good to be wrong about this lol
I guess when we've had to watch so many comically bad years over time, these last few years are where we eat good. @@LockdownK
Kobe almost went to Kings for Peja
Imagine Payton Kemp and pippen damn
The Blazers wouldn’t have gotten Jordan they already had Drexler. The blazers drafted for the need at the time. Even if it backfires down the road
That Paul George story just proves Bron don’t like competition. He wants stacked teams all the time. I don’t like Kobe but at least Kobe welcomed the challenge
Kobe & Lebron had different agendas on how to win titles, all that matters is that you get to the finish line no matter how you do it.
you could also say Steph & KD & Kawhi don't like competition because they wanted to build the best team possible by moving or recruiting top level players
@@LockdownKSteph won without KD. U 4get GS team was drafted. They lost in the finals to a super team. Bron Kyrie and Love was the super team not GS. People make this fake narrative that GS was a super team cause they won 73 games. But the Cavs was the favorite going into that season with that built super team. All GS core players was drafted and developed.
So they would have lost gasol, Odom, and I forget if there was a third guy I apologize. But getting Chris Paul and letting go of Odom and gasol it actually doesn't seem that great because then they would be terrible in the front court if they didn't go out and get someone else. I don't know why this trade was canceled, I remember the time everyone thinking the Lakers were making out like But Houston getting pau in his prime, In the hornets landing three solid players for Chris Paul they could have rebuilt with. I don't know I think they should have just let it happen, does Chris Paul instantly bring you a title? He never has before.
Klay almost got traded for Dwight Howard when it was clear he was leaving the Magic too
If my grandmother had two wheels, she would be a bike 🚲
Wow never knew jokic could have been traded for griffin
that harden klay trade would have helped thunder way more than the warriors
100%
please tell me since i'm NOT certain why 7 teams had shaquille o'neal 3 teams had patrick ewing 3 teams had alonzo mourning 2 teams had hakeem olajuwon and kareem abdul-jabbar 3 teams had wilt chamberlain and PRETTY MUCH only 1 team only had bill russell
The s's strong af in this video
What does that mean lollll
The CP3 trade to the Lakers is only half of the story of why the trade was vetoed the NBA on the New Orleans Hornets were owned by the NBA and they were looking to sell them and keep the team in New Orleans the trade with the Clippers was pretty much guaranteeing did they get a first round draft pick also let's not forget that the NBA rigged the system so the New Orleans could have the number one pick that year plus we got Austin Rivers and this is coming from New Orleans Pelicans fan go Pelicans
why does the thumbnail say happned
Worst trade that ever happened, Minnesota trading Allen for Marbury
Beyond belief fact or fiction
Yesssirr
Pippen to the sonics for kemp
The failed physical that kept Horry off the Pistons. That broke my heart, until I pretended that Horry faked an injury to block the trade. #checksOut 🤣🤣
If the Okympics in 84 happened before the draft, i guarantee the Rockets would have traded Sampson for that 2nd pick.
Didn’t Kno about that Blake for jokic trade
Right
I never knew Gasol and Odom would’ve been involved with the CP3 trade. If somehow they kept Gasol then the starting 5 for the 2012-13 season could’ve looked something like this: PG- Chris Paul SG- Kobe Bryant SF- Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) PF- Pau Gasol (he played both PF and Center so he could’ve been moved to PF) C- Dwight Howard I didn’t really pay much attention with details at the time but looking back into that roster I think the Lakers could’ve made things work out to where they wouldn’t have had to sacrifice too much of their bench to make this starting 5 a reality which would’ve been quite scary if that happened and assuming everybody stayed healthy.
Damn if my spurs had gotten Kobe 😭😭😭
OKC could’ve been something special if egos weren’t a factor
As a Sixers fan, NOT trading Simmons for Leonard. I wasn’t low on Ben at the time. But JoJo, Butler, Harris, Leonard would have won that title. Instead I had my heart ripped out by a circus shot and am stuck in hoops purgatory….
Wait wasn’t klay in the 2011 nba draft ??
Yup every GSW fans was mad Ellis was traded.
12:20, Please Gawd No❗️ Don’t asked for another MJ vs LBJ discussion.. Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and countless others have run that into the ground has jumped the 🦈 way too long ago‼️
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Jesus christ is right 😂😂😂 Gawd damn that was close but Iike Jordan in the bulls uni anyway
Dream and Jordan would have broken reality.
Kobe to the Clippers
The Lakers losing the Odom and Gasol would have put them out of contention. It was overall a good move
Jordan Hakeem and Drexler. Ig they stayed together they would have 10 rings
easily would of been the basketball gods
So Jordan could have started his career with Olajuwon and Drexler, and ended it with Kobe. He could have had 15-18 rings.
he would of been undisputed GOAT
He still is.
Hakeem drexler and jordan oh fuck no... the whole league would have ptsd til this day 😂😂😂😂
They would have been near impossible to beat. But could they have built around them?
Jordan is the best when you can’t beat a team what do you do get tougher and then beat that ass!!!!
Would you guys PLEASE stop saying CP3 and Kobe would've won a chip. NO TEAM CP IS A APART OF IS WINNING ANYTHING! HE IS A LOSER. NOT A POINT GOD
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@LockdownK it's just facts. He either injured or turning the ball over when it counts. It's no in-between.
@@LockdownKit's true, Kobe was in his twilight years, Dwight wouldn't be able to deal with CP3 and CP3 still would be Injury prone.
That is cap. Klay Thompson is not the second best shooter in history that title goes to ray allen.
Tim Duncan to the Magic