I think it's a legitimate question to ask if Brooklyn or Philly is the worse team. Brooklyn is reaaaalllllyyy bad.
The Nets, Lakers, and Sixers are fighting for the distinction of worst in the league. I think the Lakers are probably the worst, but they also have the most NBA talent (in theory). The Nets seem to be worse than the Sixers to me, but both are pretty atrocious.
Having this pick is amazing
Amazing just doesn't do it justice. It's bordering on unfathomable. A trade with this sort of a haul is virtually unprecedented (in the modern era).
Didn't Cleveland get Kyrie with the a Clippers pick or something? That's the only one of comparable value that I can remember in recent times.
They did, but that was traded midseason (so the Clips knew roughly where they'd finish) and only had like a 1.5% chance of hitting. Still a dumb trade without protections but a little different than this scenario.
I agree with max - this is like one of those late 70s/early 80s deals before teams realized what high draft picks were worth. Like Gail Goodrich for the Magic Johnson pick bad, except that we get THREE bites at the apple instead of one. For a combined 2.5 seasons of two HOFers past their primes. Plus whatever James Young winds up contributing/getting traded for. It was an incredible fleecing.
