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.
Would Trading Harden Be That Bad? An NBA Star Trades History
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