What r the dumbest GM trades of All Time ?
IHMWF
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The most recent has to be :
Jason Kidd ( 35+ years ) for
Devin Harris and 2 No. 1 draft picks
You think Mark Cuban might do this over.
This trade will NOT make the
5 reasons you can't blame ................ list
what are your's? Hershel Walker.........
Jason Kidd ( 35+ years ) for
Devin Harris and 2 No. 1 draft picks
You think Mark Cuban might do this over.
This trade will NOT make the
5 reasons you can't blame ................ list
what are your's? Hershel Walker.........
Comments
Adam Eaton
Akinori Otska
for...
Adrian Gonzalez
Chris Young
http://jeffpearlman.com/?p=647
A bit long.
Rays send Bobby Abreu to Philly for Kevin Stocker.....
Aramis Ramirez for Bobby Hill, Jose Hernandez, and Some doofus
December 10, 1971 The New York Mets trade pitchers Nolan Ryan, Don Rose, catcher Frank Estrada, and outfielder Leroy Stanton to the California Angels for shortstop Jim Fregosi.
Absolute worst by a longshot:
January 3, 1920 The Boston Red Sox trade Pitcher/Outfielder George Herman Ruth to the New York Yankees for Cash.
Dbacks get
Schilling
Phils get
Travis Lee
Omar Daal
Vicente Padilla
Nelson Figueroa
I was in the parking lot and ball park the night that deal went down in Philly....played the Cubs...began the true dark ages of Phils baseball, but its all good now......
January 3, 1920 The Boston Red Sox trade Pitcher/Outfielder George Herman Ruth to the New York Yankees for Cash.
I think that takes the pot
Yes, that is definatly one of the worst trades of all time! I forgot all about that one.
Entering the 1998 draft, Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf were widely considered to be the two best players overall in the draft. The San Diego Chargers had the third pick of the draft, but entered into trade with the Arizona Cardinals to guarantee they'd get one of the two quarterbacks. To move up one spot, the Chargers traded two first round picks, a second round pick and three-time Pro-Bowler Eric Metcalf.
Bulls trade the rights to number 8 pick olden polynice to the Seattle sonics for the rights to the number 5 pick which happened to be Scottie pippen. This trade definitely helped set up the bulls dynasty.
White sox trade sammy Sosa to the Chicago cubs for George bell.
Possibly the WORST of all time...right up there with Elway for sure:
-Charlotte Hornets trade Kobe Bryant to Lakers for Vlade Divac in 1996
-Atlanta Falcons trade Brett Favre to the Green Bay Packers for First Round draft pick (RB Tony Smith)
-Mavericks trade Robert "Tractor" Traylor to Milwaukee for Dirk Nowitzki
-Red Sox trade Jeff Bagwell for Larry Andersen (This was my pick above in the thread)
-The Vancouver Canucks traded Cam Neely and its first-round draft pick in 1987 to the Boston Bruins for Barry Pederson.
-The Boston Bruins traded Pit Martin, Jack Norris and Gille Marotte to the Chicago Blackhawks for Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield.
-The Philadelphia Flyers traded Peter Forsberg, Kerry Huffman, Steve Duchesne, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, a draft pick they turned into Jocelyn Thibault, Chris Simon and $15 million to the Quebec Nordiques for Eric Lindros.
-Golden State trades McHale & Parrish to the Celtics for Joe Barry Carrol in 1980
-Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Dave Meyers, and Junior Bridgeman in 1975
-Yankees send Jay Buhner to Seattle for Ken Phelps (July 21, 1988)
-Tigers send John Smoltz to Braves for Doyle Alexander (Aug. 12, 1987)
-Cubs trade Lou Brock to the Cards for Ernie Broglio (June 15, 1964)
OK...thats enough for now. I love these kinds of threads.
Franky, this wasn't a bad trade for either team. Eli didn't want to be in San Diego. So Eli got traded to the G Men for:
1. Rivers (drafted fourth overall that year),
2. Giants First Round Pick the following year, Chargers drafted Shawne Merriman with that
3. Giants third round pick which they used on Pro-Bowl kicker Nate Kaeding
4. and a 5th rounder which the Chargers used to trade to TB for a starting Left Tackle that was serviceable for two strong years.
Prior to Eli and the G Men winning the superbowl, it was widely considered a bad trade for the G Men. Overall though, both teams made out......
Note: Erni Accorsi was smart not to succumb to the Chargers requests to add Osi Umenyori to the deal......
Sixers ownership got off the Charles Barkley roller coaster by accommodating his desires for a trade when he was sent to Phoenix for Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry and Andrew Lang. Like the mythical bird for which the city is named, Barkley found new life in Phoenix. In his magical first season with the Suns, he won the NBA MVP while leading Phoenix to the leagues best record of 62-20 and a berth in the 1993 NBA Finals. The Suns lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in a memorable six-game series.
Horny was a pretty solid pro but Tim Perry and Andrew Lang were downright awful...that being said basically Horny for Sir Charles has got to be up there...thanks for reading!!
My favorite free agent signings
Matt Morris
Derek Bell (fuck i hate that guy)
Pap Smears
Raul Mondesi
and now 2 pitchers from India that won a reality TV show over there.....oh yeah, this Pirate management team stays on point regardless of turnover
scoot kazmir for zambrotta
another great one by the mets was when they traded some guy named nolan ryan
Panthers Trade: Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and a sixth round draft pick.