Like Kobe Bryant before him, LeBron James was taken first overall by the Cavaliers in the 2003 NBA draft straight out of high school. James was sent from the Cavaliers to the Heat for two first-round picks and two second-round picks after he had already been a seven-time all-star by the time he was 25.<\/span><\/p>\nJames was acquired by the Heat in one of the best transactions in NBA history, along with fellow All-Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The trio won both titles in the 2011\u201312 and 2012\u201313 NBA seasons. James won championships with the Heat before returning to Cleveland in 2014 and then the Lakers in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- 76ers signing Dikembe Mutombo<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
At the trade deadline in 2001, the Philadelphia 76ers made headlines by acquiring Dikembe Mutombo from the Atlanta Hawks. Philadelphia traded Mutombo and Roshown McLeod to Atlanta for Theo Ratliff, Nazr Mohammed, Toni Kukoc, and Pepe Sanchez.<\/span><\/p>\nThanks to Mutombo’s contributions, the 76ers and Allen Iverson made it to the NBA Finals that year but ultimately lost in five games to the Lakers. In the following year, 2001-02, Mutombo was recognized as an All-Star and started all 80 games he appeared in.<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Detroit signing Rasheed Wallace<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
This move at the deadline involving three teams has the potential to be historic. In the deal, the Pistons, Hawks, and Celtics all made some moves. In exchange for a first-round pick in 2004, the Hawks got Zeljko Rebraca and Chris Mills. Lindsey Hunter, Chucky Atkins, and a first-round selection in 2004 were traded to the Celtics.<\/span><\/p>\nOn the other hand, the Pistons traded for Mike James and also acquired Gerald Wallace. As a result of this transaction, the Pistons went on to win the NBA title the very same season, making it the move with the quickest impact. Wallace’s playoff performance was a significant factor; he scored 13 points per game on average.<\/span><\/p>\nWallace was with the Tigers for five seasons, during which he was recognized twice as an All-Star.<\/span><\/p>\nThe bottom line<\/b><\/p>\n
This is a look at some of the biggest deals in NBA history that completely reshaped the game. Not included are players who were traded on draft day (for instance, when the Lakers traded Vlade Divac for Kobe Bryant) before they had established themselves in the league.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even in 2023,\u00a0 the NBA’s owners and players have the fans in their grip. Between the lineup of major summer sports events, there should be a great swirl of conjecture and hope for fans and the teams involved due to player movement in the NFL and NBA. You can always expect NBA players and owners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73458,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73456\/revisions\/73458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}