Lakers trade

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

I'm sure you are right. However, how exactly has that worked out for those teams?

You never really get close to fair value. You get average players and stuck in the middle of the league going nowhere. Cleveland will be better for not trading Lebron. What exactly were they going to get from Miami?

Cleveland did technically trade LeBron to Miami. The deal was a sign and trade which gave Cleveland 2 future number 1's (between 2013-2017) and 2 future number 2's. Of course with Miami pretty much assured of selecting in the late 20's and 50's those pics arent really that valuable. Plus Cleveland got a big 1 year trade exception (cap room) which was worthless since no one wants to play for Cleveland.

You dont get fair market value because everybody knows you have no leverage but look at what Utah got for Williams. Getting something is better than getting nothing.