In the world of NBA trades, the team letting go of a star player almost always seems to lose the trade. But if you dig deeper and look at the long-term returns that the team giving up those stars receive, the outlook starts to look a bit better. The Ringer’s Ryen Russillo looks at the biggest star trades of the last 10 years to see how the teams involved actually fared. Presented by FanDuel SportsBook.
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