8 GREATEST NBA TRADES THAT ALMOST HAPPENED

8th greatest trades that almost happened number eight 2023 the Nets offered Kevin Durant to the New York Knicks for their entire team you think I'm joking the Knicks would give up Julius Randle Emmanuel quickly Derrick Rose and four first round picks if the Knicks accepted the trade this would be their starting five Jalen Brunson KD and Mitchell Robinson on this same team that's nasty this is the Knicks chance at winning a title but the Knicks declined the offer they didn't want to trade Julius Randle they wanted to keep Randall so they would have a super team and the Knicks pressed the No Deal button the Knicks lost from this trade not happening because with KD they would be legit contenders but guess what the Nets also lost because with Julius Randle and those four first round picks in a few years they would be a good team again number seven 2012. the Warriors offered Steph Curry to the box for Andrew bogett yes the Warriors made this offer they wanted a center a good rebounder who gets a couple blocks per game that's who Andrew Bogut was a good Center but not great but the books declined the trade the Bucks were concerned about Curry's Health Curry was always hurting his ankles and the Bucks thought he would be injured his entire career the crazy thing is curry would have teamed up with Giannis Stefan Giannis on the same team would be unfair maybe the basketball Gods didn't let this happen to give other teams a chance the Warriors won from this trade not happening as Curry LED them to four championships and the Bucks lost because they missed out on one of the votes number six 2007. the Lakers offered Kobe Bryant to the Cleveland Cavaliers or LeBron James Kobe was angry at the Lakers and demanded a trade the Lakers agreed on a trade with the bulls for Kobe Bryant but Kobe declined the trade Kobe said no I don't want to play for Chicago so instead of the Bulls the Lakers had a better idea let's make the biggest trade in NBA history goats for goats Kobe was the best player in the league and LeBron was only 22 years old most people thought the Lakers declined this trade but it was actually the Cavaliers they believed in the young LeBron James but the Cavaliers still wanted Kobe so they tried something else they offered almost everybody else on their team and draft picks for Kobe Bryant Kobe loved this idea because he wanted to win championships but the link Bruce declined the offer they said the only way you're getting Kobe is if we get LeBron so the deal fell apart the Cavaliers won from this trade not happening because LeBron became a goat and won them a title but the Lakers also won from this trade not happening because they won two titles in the next three seasons with Kobe we the fans are the losers from this trade not happening because it would have been the biggest trade in NBA history R.I.P Kobe we all miss you number five 1988 Michael Jordan to the LA Clippers MJ just won his first MVP at the age of 25 but the Bulls thought he couldn't lead them to a championship and the Clippers knew that so they made an offer they offered the 1988 number one overall pick number six overall pick and three of their players at the time the Bulls must have declined it right no the Bulls weren't interested but they wanted more this is the Clippers chance to get Michael Jordan to get the best player of all time but they said No Deal the Clipper said our final offer is the number one pick the number six pick in three players the original offer they didn't add anything to it so the Bulls declined the Clippers absolutely lost missing out on Michael Jordan and the Bulls are the biggest winners of all time as Jordan won six championships for them Number Four 2012. The Warriors offered Steph Curry and Klay Thompson to the New Orleans Hornets for Chris Paul the Warriors offered the Splash Brothers they've won four championships together but before that the Warriors wanted Chris Paul so badly they were willing to trade both of these guys Chris Paul was the best point guard in the league Seth Curry kept hurting his ankle so the Warriors offered and the Hornets accepted the deal they saw Steph Curry's potential but out of nowhere nowhere all said no the Hornets could have ignored him and still made the trade but Chris Paul threatened the Warriors he said if they agree to this to this trade tears would be giving up Steph and clay for nothing if this trade happened the Hornets were now the Pelicans would have a dynasty Steph Curry Clay Thompson and Anthony Davis everything the Warriors achieved it would have been the Pelicans achievements the Warriors franchise was literally saved by this trade not happening and the Hornets are the biggest losers possible missing out on the two best Shooters in NBA history and a little bonus the Lakers won from this trade not happening because of nowhere traded to the Lakers if he had Steph and Clay on his team moving on to the top three but before number three next week basketball games are my favorite to go to and I always get the best seats for cheap prices and that's because I use Sea geek who I'm happy to have as today's sponsor they are literally the best app for getting tickets I went to the Yankees game last week using sea geek and I had a ton of fun there were more than 70 000 events every single day on Seiki including every sport concerts and more here's the app right here let's see what we've got coming up the NBA Playoffs the NHL Playoffs baseball games also Drake is on tour right now I'm definitely gonna go to a Drake concert when he comes to New Jersey each ticket is based on a one to ten scale so look for the green dots green means it's a good deal red means bad and you know I came through for you guys use my code lnu for twenty dollars off tickets at Seiki make sure you click the link in the description to download the app as you guys know sponsors really help me with my channel to make better and better videos so I really appreciate it if you gave seat geek a chance number three 2017. the Cavaliers offered Kyrie Irving to the box for Malcolm Brogden Chris Middleton and a first round pick Kyrie Irving was sick and tired of LeBron James he wanted out of Cleveland and the Bucks wanted to team up Kyrie with Giannis which would be the best duo in the entire league but out of nowhere the Celtics made a last-second offer the Celtics offered Isaiah Thomas and the first round pick and the Cavaliers make one of the worst decisions in franchise history by pressing d feel on the Celtics offer Chris Middleton became an All-Star Malcolm Brockton just won Sixth Man of the Year and Isaiah Thomas he's out of the lead if the Cavalier stayed with the original deal with the Bucks their starting lineup would have been Malcolm Brogden Chris Middleton LeBron James Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson that's an Unstoppable team the Cavaliers lost from this trade not happening and the Bucks absolutely won without Brogden and Middleton the Bucks would not have won a championship in 2019. and the Celtics also won because Kyrie Irving was way better than Isaiah Thomas number two 2011. Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers the only trade in NBA history to be official and and then not happen Chris Paul was the best point guard in the NBA and Kobe Bryant was the best player in the NBA the Lakers wanted them to play together the deal was official but then commissioner David Stern vetoed the trade which means he didn't allow it David Stern said it was for basketball reasons because he thought it would be unfair to the other NBA teams if the Lakers were this good and NBA history was forever changed Chris Paul went to the Clippers the Lakers got Steve Nash and Dwight Howard from other trades and we never got to see CP3 and Kobe play together the Lakers lost because they missed out on a super team the Clippers won because they got Chris Paul number one wait before number one on boom Mansion 2012 the Thunder offered James Harden to the Warriors for Clay Thompson the Thunder had to choose between Serge Ibaka and James Harden and they chose Serge Ibaka which is crazy that's a thunder fan I'm still mad about that now the Thunder had to trade James Harden and they wanted Klay Thompson plus draft picks the Warriors could have had a combo of Steph Curry and James Harden all they had to do was press the button but the Warriors believed in defense and they didn't like how Harden was not a good Defender so the Warriors said we'll do the trade but just hardened for clay no extra draft picks but the Thunder declined and the deal fell apart this trade is one of the biggest what-ifs of our era number one the moment you've all been waiting for 2022 the Nuggets offered Jamal Murray Michael Porter Jr in a first round pick so the Mavericks for Luca dawnship Luca was not happy in Dallas and the Nuggets knew that and guess who's really good friends with Luca Nicola jokic Luca would easily make the nuggets the best team in the league they are starting five would just be incredible and the European connection with Luca and jokic the way they play basketball is so similar but the Mavericks declined the offer they believed in Luca and they were already planning on getting Kyrie Irving the Mavericks new Kyrie would only come if Luca was still there the Mavericks won is simply untradable the Nuggets lost because Luka doncic is a once in a lifetime player who could have made them a super team [Music] foreign

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