re: Is the Luca Doncic trade the worst in sports history?

If the Lakers win something yes. But at this point it's a wash.

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The Cubs traded Joe Carter

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The trade was in mid-June, and the pitcher(Sutcliffe) they acquired went 16-1 won the CY Young and Cubs won the division

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And Carter won a couple of rings in Toronto.

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but the Cubs traded him to Cleveland, not Toronto

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There is no doubt it’s the worst NBA trade ever. I can’t think of another that’s even close.

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The Paul George trade is looking way worse right now. Clippers didn't win shite with PG and gave away what turned out to be a league MVP and a massive amount of draft capital that OKC built a monster with.

The Luka trade will always be bad in the fact that the Mavs should have gotten a much bigger haul for him at the time....but it might not be looked at in as negative of a light if Cooper Flagg pans out and becomes a superstar.

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How many rings did the Cubs get out of that deal?

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So, you think the Cubs trading Joe Carter for a Cy Young winner, cost them a World Series? That’s certainly an opinion.

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This one is pretty bad. Clippers never won with PG, and never even got close. OKC has been to a conference Finals and won it all with SGA.

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The clippers trade was easily the most lopsided. OKC fleeced them silly.

The Mavs got a 10x all star who is now trade bait for more draft capital and Cooper Flagg, who is a highly marketable 18YO whiteboy phenom that doesn’t have chronic ailments, history of weight problems, and lazy Defense.

Nico might come out the back side of this looking like a genius or a retard, but the jury is going to be deliberating for a long time.

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The Mavs got a 10x all star

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that doesn’t have chronic ailments

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lmao

I'm saying, between the two, they traded over 800 HR for a Cy Young and a division title.

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Meh. Everyone would have done the clippers trade at the time it was made and talking shite about it is pure hindsight

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Who gives a frick about opinions at the time of trade? A trade is a prediction of the future on both sides and is graded as time elapses.

One side got a league MVP and a ton of R1 picks who brought them a title. The other got a guy who was injured a lot and never made the finals.

To be fair the Clippers got two oft injured players and never made the finals, and one was fresh off leading a team to a championship. Signing Leonard was contingent on the trade which was why the return was so huge.

You can have a sound process where you take a calculated risk and it backfires like the Clippers, and you can just completely misjudge the value and conduct things in a way where it’s impossible to get the best return like the Mavs. I think the Mavs trade was far worse. It also has ripple effects to their business off the court with how much it has alienated the fanbase