Love the revisionist history here. That trafe wsd a horrible trade at the time. Transformed the Lakets into championship team. Memphis has not even made the finals
In the immediate, it looked like a bad trade for Memphis but, the Grizzlies did get two 1st rounders and the rights to Marc Gasol, so to evaluate the trade properly, you have to wait to see what the future assets become. Marc Gasol ended up being a 3 time All-Star and won a Defensive Player of the Year award while Memphis went to the playoffs for an unprecedented, for the Grizzlies franchise, 7 straight years. So looking at the trade, it was a very even trade.
Remember, in the immediacy of the Brooklyn-Celtics trade people thought the Celtics got shafted and most Celtic fans hated that trade. But you have to wait to see what the draft picks became and they ended up being great picks that ended up landing Brown, Tatum, Langford and a couple years of Kyrie here in Boston. Looking at that trade now, and not in the immediate moment of the trade, Boston killed Brooklyn in that trade