Originally posted by badguytony:
That brings up another trade the Bucks made: 1998 Draft day- Bucks draft some guy named Dirk Nowitzki from Germany and trade him away with Pat Garrity to Dallas for Robert "Tractor" Traylor. I was ecstatic at the time, being a huge Michigan fan. Now it has to go down as one of the worst trades in NBA history.
That was a bad trade, but I think it is universally agreed upon that the worst trade happened in 1980 between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics. The Celtics sent the #1 pick to Golden State for the #3 pick and a young center. The #1 pick ended up being Joe Barry Carroll (who was later nicknamed "Joe Barely Cares"), and the #3 pick ended up being a pretty good player named Kevin McHale. And that center was some guy they called "The Chief," Robert Parish.
Speaking of the NBA draft, I was thinking about the best top 5 picks of all time. I would have to say that the 1984 draft had a great top 5. In order, they went Akeem Olajuwon, Sam Bowie, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, and Charles Barkley. That's 3 first-ballot hall of famers and a solid 15+ year pro.
