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[EverydayBeast]

What are some sports trades that were supposed to make teams instant title contenders but didn't pan out?

I'll go with two Cleveland centric trades:

Antawn Jamison on the Cavs, he was deadly was a Wizard.

Odell Beckham Jr and the Browns, had their moments.

 

[joeygreco1985]

When the Blue Jays picked up David Price at the trade deadline in 2015. Then proceeded to lose the ALCS

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Anything to do with the Clippers getting Kahwi and Paul George making "a super team". What a disaster.

 

[Burning Blade]

Russel Wilson to the Broncos.

 

[Quasicat]

When the Reds brought Ken Griffey Jr. back to Cincinnati, that was to be an amazing get. He did give part of his salary to Barry Larkin to keep him there, but nothing really came of it.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Jason "Jet" Terry to the Mavericks.

Absolute disaster.

 

[bender]

Jerry Jones traded for the PFF's 90th on 91 ranked receives today.

 

[ScythD]

During the 1996 offseason, Charles Barkley was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Mark Bryant, and Chucky Brown. Barkley chose Houston specifically because he hoped to win an NBA Championship with the team. Unfortunately for him and the Rockets, they ran into peak John Stockton/Karl Malone in the playoffs the next two seasons.

 

[TransTrender]

Russel Wilson to the Broncos.

This fucking thing
Complete and total disaster
Worst trade in NFL history.
End of Story.

 

[chakadave]

This fucking thing
Complete and total disaster
Worst trade in NFL history.
End of Story.

The trade wasn’t that bad. The contract was bad. And the coach and GM sucked.

Doesn’t matter they aren’t in as bad of a position as the Browns will be

And the cap keeps rising

 

[EverydayBeast]

Anything to do with the Clippers getting Kahwi and Paul George making "a super team". What a disaster.

That’s one that comes to mind kahwi just carried the raps to a ring

 

[EverydayBeast]

Russel Wilson to the Broncos.

Back in time russel lost the locker room.

 

[Rbk_3]

I don't know but I sure know ones that did

 

[AJUMP23]

Mike Sitka gave up every draft pick to get Ricky Williams in New Orleans. It did not work.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Russel Westbrook to the lakers lol.

 

[Rgw20014life]

During the 1996 offseason, Charles Barkley was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Mark Bryant, and Chucky Brown. Barkley chose Houston specifically because he hoped to win an NBA Championship with the team. Unfortunately for him and the Rockets, they ran into peak John Stockton/Karl Malone in the playoffs the next two seasons.

Unfortunately Barkley ran into a bear hugging Malone on a screen that knocked them out one season.

 

[Rickyiez]

Mbappe to Real Madrid lol

just kidding ...

 

[calistan]

Mbappe to Real Madrid lol

just kidding ...

That one is shaping up to be a predictable disaster, but Real were already at the top when they signed him. He’s just knocking them down the ladder.

Same sport, how about Paul Pogba to Man Utd? Return of the prodigal son, world record transfer fee, hogged all the headlines while getting outmatched by almost every midfielder he faced.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Phil Spencer to Xbox

 

[WoJ]

This fucking thing
Complete and total disaster
Worst trade in NFL history.
End of Story.

DeShaun Watson says "Hold my beer".

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Gretzky to kings. Kings did much better but never won a cup when he was there.

Adding to the pain, oilers beat kings a bunch of times in the playoffs after he left and even won another cup without him.