20 worst NBA Draft trades ever

Sometimes trades can be very one-sided, leading one team to a championship and the other to mediocrity. Here are the 20 most lopsided NBA Draft trades ever.

For every team that seems through the course of history to have won a trade, the other team involved in that deal is ultimately deemed a loser. Trades happen all the time in the NBA, but some of the most lopsided and crushing ones have come during NBA Drafts.

Many of these draft day trades go on to change the course of two franchises’ histories, with one going on to win one to many NBA Championships, while the other fades into relative obscurity for their poor judgment on a draft day deal.

Some teams learn their lesson from a poor trade gone awry to ultimately ‘steal’ a superstar player from another team that doesn’t fully appreciate that player’s potential value. Other teams continue to make horrible decisions during the NBA Draft with both their selections and draft day trades.

Then there are teams like the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs who never seem to make a bad pick or trade each summer. Great draft day decisions have made the Celtics and the Spurs two of the four greatest franchises in NBA history. With the 2016 NBA Draft rapidly approaching, here are the 20 worst NBA Draft trades of all-time.

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