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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
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Thats not a bad list. The early 90s Lakers sucked but they drafted pretty well which led to trades later down the list to build the championship teams. Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel, Elden Campbell, Vlade Divac. And if you look the trade down effect getting Chris Paul would have basically been just from the Shaq trade to Miami. Odom, Butler, and Grant. Butler was shipped off for Kwame Brown, who got them Gasol. Then Gasol and Odom for Paul.
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Elden Campbell was not very good, and Van Exel and Jones were never more than high profile players on marquee teams who would be role players on good ones. It's hard to give them credit for "drafting" when they are spinning off FA players (Shaq) for traded players (Odom and Butler) for more traded players (Kwame) for more traded players (Gasol).
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