1996 sent Eric Montross and 96 1st round (#9 - Samaki Walker) to Mavs for 96 1st round (#6 - Antoine Walker) and 97 1st round (Ron Mercer)
For all the criticism ML got, this was an amazing trade. Imagine if Pitino went the patience route and drafted T-Mac instead of Mercer and keeps Billups. A yr later you'd have Billups, T-Mac, Pierce, and Walker.
But the 96 draft was considered a 6 player draft and to use Montross to get in the top 6 AND get a future lottery pick from the Mavs? ML heisted Don Nelson. If I'm correct after moving up to #6, ML still tried to get in top 3 to get Camby, which would have been interesting.
Other trades I liked:
I actually liked Ed Pinkney a lot, so the Danny Ainge trade was cool in my book.
Pitino trading Travis Knight and his contract for Tony Battie was sweet.
For some odd reason I think it was cool when we brought in Artis Gilmore.
I liked the Dino Radja for Clarence Weatherspoon and Michael Cage trade, until Larry Brown screwed us on that.