Deal or Shit Deal

With the NBA trading deadline almost upon us, and with a lot of big talk floating around the rumor mills, we thought we'd go back and play a little "deal or shit deal" with some great trade deadline moves of the past. We'll break it down wherever possible with cards, because that always seems to clarify the matter in stark detail. I always feel like GM's would avoid making a lot of bad moves if they'd just lay out the trading cards on their desks and use their inner greedy collector to assess the situation. Anyway, deal or shit deal, you make the call...

1989
Kiki Vandeweigh from the Blazers to the Knicks for a first-round draft pick that eventually became... Byron Irvin.












1994
Neek from the Hawks to the Clips for Danny Manning and a draft pick.
















1996
Tim Hardaway and Chris Gatling from Golden State to Miami for Kevin Willis and Bimbo Coles.
























1999
Milwaukee sends Terrell Brandon to Minnesota, and Eliott Perry to New Jersey. The Nets send Sam Cassell and Chris Gatling to Milwaukee and Brian Evans and future draft considerations to Minnesota. Minnesota sends Stephon Marbury, Bill Curley and Chris Carr to New Jersey and Pula Grant to Milwaukee.



































2001
The Sixers send Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoc, Nazr Muhammad and Pepe Sanchez to the Hawks for Dikembe Mutombo and Roshown McLeod.