NBA Trade Deadline 2016: 5 worst trades of all-time

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The NBA Trade Deadline has had its fair share of misses of the years as teams have looked to get better before the stretch run.

The 2016 NBA Trade Deadline is approaching fast, with the date for it on Thursday, February 18. This is the time of the year when teams in the playoff hunt look to improve their squads to either solidify their spot or get into the top-eight teams in their respective conference.

However, there are also teams who look to unload players to tank for higher odds in the annual NBA Draft Lottery, meaning they trade away one or multiple players for picks.

Some of these deals on both sides have turned out great. Others have not, though, and go down as some of the worst deadline day deals of all-time.

Sometimes teams feel they are one role player away from a title, but could get over-aggressive and trade away a top asset. Other teams’ assets that they don’t value could also turn into someone’s treasures. It seems to happen almost every year.

There have been some awful deals over the years at the trade deadline. An example of this is the New York Knicks trading Penny Hardaway and Trevor Ariza to the Orlando Magic for Steve Francis. Adding Stevie Franchise only put the Knicks in more salary cap problems while the Magic acquired a solid player in Ariza and freed up money for free agency.

There are worse deals, though, believe it or not. Here’s a look at five deals that fit the bill as the worst NBA Trade Deadline deals of all-time.

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