What's the worst trade or decision your team has ever made?

[SHABBA]

Let's hear them

[Mr Exlax]

When the Rockets traded Horry and Cassell for Barkley was the worst to me. Even worse than drafting Royce White.

[Milbuck]

[Smook A.]

Right after Moses Malone won the MVP, the Rockets traded him... what a shame.

Another bad trade was when we traded Nicolas Batum for Joey Dorsey and Donte Green.

[QuebecBaller]

[Xiao Yao You]

Gail Goodrich for the pick that became Magic Johnson.

[christian1923]

Andrea bargnani trade

[ThePhantomCreep]

Mike D'Antoni.

"Hey guys, we have have two superb bigs. What do we do? I know, let's bring in a coach who has a tendency to diminish and alienate bigs! What could happen?" - Lakers brass

[TheMarkMadsen]

I hated that we traded Caron Butler

butt we eventually ended up with Pau out of the deal so

[fpliii]

Well, starting in 1960 (when they moved to LA), these are pretty bad:

1) Not trading for Wilt in Dec. 64 before Philly did:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=312123

2) Trading Kermit Washington and Don Chaney for peanuts:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...09&postcount=9

3) Trading Shaq when they did. I think you had to either trade him a year earlier or slightly later.

4) Trading Butler for Kwame was asinine too (though we got Pau...).

5) Signing D'Antoni as coach, and keeping him on board to **** our tanking up this year.

Some other things that are somewhat minor: trading for Spencer Haywood, Eddie Jones for Glen Rice (Kobe needed more playing time, but I think they could've coexisted), signing van Breda Kolff as coach, not dealing Pau after 2011.

[TheMarkMadsen]

not like the Bucks had a choice..

[Legends66NBA7]

Vince Carter trade.

[Genaro]

Well, starting in 1960 (when they moved to LA), these are pretty bad:

1) Not trading for Wilt in Dec. 64 before Philly did:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=312123

2) Trading Kermit Washington and Don Chaney for peanuts:

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...09&postcount=9

3) Trading Shaq when they did. I think you had to either trade him a year earlier or slightly later.

4) Trading Butler for Kwame was asinine too (though we got Pau...).

5) Signing D'Antoni as coach, and keeping him on board to **** our tanking up this year.

Some other things that are somewhat minor: trading for Spencer Haywood, Eddie Jones for Glen Rice (Kobe needed more playing time, but I think they could've coexisted), signing van Breda Kolff as coach, not dealing Pau after 2011.

Pretty much sums it up. I would add Odom trade, Lakers could've gotten something better that a TPE.
The Lakers did trade Pau, Stern blocked it though.

[secund2nun]

In the Lebron Miami era (and slightly before that) these are the worst decisions Miami has made:

1. Refusing to trade for Chalmers and Cole for Vucevic
2. Hiring Spo as HC
3. Drafting Cole over Parsons
4. Signing Joel Anthony to a 18 million dollar contract

[fpliii]

Pretty much sums it up. I would add Odom trade, Lakers could've gotten something better that a TPE.
The Lakers did trade Pau, Stern blocked it though.

Stern is a bitch, but I think they needed to pursue more trades. Then again, maybe they just couldn't move him?

Odom thing sucked at the time too.