3 Best and worst Draft day trades in NBA history

2018 NBA Draft
2018 NBA Draft

#3 Dirk Nowitzki - Bucks to Mavericks, 1998

Milwaukee Bucks v Dallas Mavericks
Milwaukee Bucks v Dallas Mavericks

Currently 7th on the all-time scoring list, after LeBron James recently overtook him with 31,231 points. Dirk and Dallas could have seen drastically different times over the past two decades had the seven-foot German not been traded for the sixth pick of the draft, Robert Traylor.

Traylor's name will go down in NBA history, but only as the guy Bucks traded for Dirk Nowitzki. A pioneer for the stretch big Dirk was the first big man who could shoot the ball with efficiency from long range. A multiple time All-Star, MVP, Finals MVP and the man who brought the first title to Dallas in 2011, famously upsetting the LeBron James super team in Miami.

With 21 seasons playing for Dallas, Dirk broke the record this year for most seasons played for one franchise, beaten Kobe Bryant's 20 years for the Lakers. Still possible to overtake Wilt Chamberlains total points, Dirk is undoubtedly a future Hall Of Famer and will go down as one of the greatest big men of all time.


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