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Let’s get a bit cynical today and rank the 5 worst trades of the 2020s. While it is important that these deals went poorly for the team who made them, I don’t want this list to be entirely hindsight based so the rankings will be influenced by perception of the deal at the time but mostly still hindsight based. 5. Nets trade James Harden for Ben Simmons This trade isn’t so much about thinking it was bad the moment it happened. There were red flags with Simmons, he was scared

The, likely, final big domino of the NBA’s offseason has fallen as LeBron James has agreed to a 2-year, $8 million deal to join the Philadelphia 76ers. For the fourth time in his career, LeBron James is switching teams as a free agent and he claims this is the final time. It is a huge move that has ramifications for the Sixers, the remainder of the Eastern Conference and the league as a whole. Why did James go to the 76ers? I think to put it plainly, out of the teams LeBron

On July 1st, 2018, LeBron James rocked the Los Angeles Lakers world when he agreed to sign a 4-year max contract with the franchise. 8 years and a championship later, the James era in Los Angeles is over as he is going to sign with a new franchise (or maybe he will return to a team). It was a long road that had many iterations over the years. During the 2018 offseason, the Lakers wanted to land a 2nd star to pair with James, with Los Angeles natives Paul George or Kawhi Leon

I am not sure if you have heard this but LeBron James is a free agent. This time around doesn’t have the fanfare as the previous 3 times did but James remains the biggest domino to fall this summer (unless the Kawhi trade falls apart). It seems as if the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers are the front runners to sign James but where should LeBron James sign? It seems like James is going to sign for the league minimum. Having waited this long leaves teams