NEW YORK — The NBA, by nature of the CBA and career timelines, is cyclical. One moment a team is in the conference finals, the next it’s toiling through a rebuild. Just ask the Thunder. And the Rockets. Very rarely does a trade bring heavy repercussions a decade later. But there weren’t many moves like the Boston-Nets swap on June 28, 2013. It became THE cautionary tale for teams eager to .
It took Toronto’ s deal for Kawhi Leonard in 2018 to reset that market— and now we’ re seeing another reverse following that outrageously priced deal for Rudy Gobert. Nets receive: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, DJ White, Jason Terry and a 2017 first-round pick. Celtics receive: Keith Bogans, MarShon Brooks, Kris Humphries, Kris Joseph, Gerald Wallace, three unprotected.
Commentary: Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were sent to Brooklyn as part of a trade that ended up bringing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to Boston as draft picks.
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