The Trade: Phoenix Suns traded Steve Nash to Los Angeles Lakers for 2013, 2015 (later conveyed in 2018) first-round picks and 2013, 2014 second-round picks on July 11, 2012.
No one could blame the Lakers for trading for Nash.
Even at age 38, he had averaged a double-double of 12.5 points and 10.7 assists per game with the Phoenix Suns the season before. Since the Lakers didn't possess the cap space to sign Nash outright, they agreed to a sign-and-trade in which the two-time MVP received a three-year, $28 million contract.
Trading for Dwight Howard a month later, the Lakers looked like title contenders with Kobe Bryant, Nash, Pau Gasol and Howard.
The result was a first-round exit in 2013 and a 15-game season from Nash in 2013-14 before injuries forced him to retire.
Even with four draft picks to show for Nash, the Suns ended up with nothing of significance in their rebuild. Eight years after trading the Hall of Fame point guard, the Suns have yet to reach the postseason.
The Trade: Cleveland Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving to Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, 2018 first-round pick, 2020 second-round pick on Aug. 30, 2017.
Getting Irving for a hobbled Thomas seemed like a great deal for the Celtics at the time, especially since the severity of their 5'9" point guard's hip injury was unclear. Boston had stockpiled draft picks from the Brooklyn Nets and Memphis Grizzlies from previous trades, so even giving up an unprotected first from the Nets seemed worth it.
What transpired was two years of injuries and poor leadership from Irving, who missed the entire 2018 playoff run before leaving as a free agent in 2019.
The Thomas experiment couldn't have gone any worse for Cleveland, as even his return in January didn't last long. Given that his hip was never surgically repaired, Thomas was a disaster on defense and posted a 36.1 percent shooting percentage when asked to score. He lasted just 15 games before the Cavs traded him to the Los Angeles Lakers in a cap-clearing move for L.A., which sent Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. the other way.
Crowder was traded to the Utah Jazz after 53 games, and Zizic has battled injuries and been buried on Cleveland's bench for three years.
While the Cavs at least got Collin Sexton via the Nets' first-round pick, they still lost one of the best players in franchise history in Irving, helping to open the door for LeBron to also leave in 2018.
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