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Originally Posted by octothorp
Seriously?! They got Smith, a center who averaged 16 points, 11 boards, and 3 blocks that first season with the Bucks. He's still considered one of the best shot-blockers to ever play the game. And they got Winters, who had four straight seasons of 18+ points, was an all-star, played for nine seasons with the Bucks and had his jersey retired by them. They also retired Bridgeman's jersey, who played nine seasons with the Bucks, most of them average 14 points a game or better. Mayers was solid but unspectacular in four seasons with the Bucks. Unfortunately, they traded Smith to Cleveland after a couple seasons for two draft picks, which became Ernie Grunfeld and George Johnson, and that was where the Bucks really started to decline as a franchise.
Yeah, you'd rather have one of the the top players of all time than that group of guys, but it's not even close to the worst of all time.
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Jabbar had more career points than all of those guys combined. He was a huge draw for the public and helped sell out plenty of games. It was definitely not fair value. Would they make the trade if Jabbar never demanded it? More importantly, would you make that trade if you were GM?
It was a bad trade, whether you admit it or not.