Billy King Thinks Your Stoopid

You've got young talent, and you can't let young talent walk away for nothing. He can be a better defender – @bkdefend on Okafor

— 97.5 The Fanatic (@975TheFanatic) February 21, 2017

But that’s not even close to the most aggravating thing the worst GM in basketball history (not named Vlade) said on the radio this morning:

We had a deal the night before where we were getting McGrady and we were giving up Larry Hughes and then Toronto got cold feet – @bkdefend

— 97.5 The Fanatic (@975TheFanatic) February 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/JaredG_13/status/834035415480926208

Bullshit. Trades fall through all the time because, well, one team realizes “oh man we do not want to do this deal.” But King says the crooked media derailed his Larry Hughes for Tracy McGrady deal? FAKE NEWS! Knowing King, the deal likely would have been McGrady for Hughes, nine first round picks, and naming rights to any future arena. So while King peddles this fantasy, let’s look at a small sampling of deals he actually completed:

There was of course the Paul Pierce and KG disaster, where King single-handedly ruined the future of the Brooklyn Nets by giving up multiple first round picks for players who were long past their prime. In the aftermath of that deal, the desperate-to-rebuild Nets – who have the worst record in the NBA this year – will pick in the high 20s this year and won’t have a first rounder next year.

Or there was the time he traded two scrubs and a 2012 first round pick for Gerald Wallace. That pick became Damian Lillard.

He also gave up Devin Harris, Derrick Favors, a 2011 first round pick that eventually became Gorgui Dieng, and cash, for Deron Williams, a centerpiece he failed to build around.

And with the Sixers, he completed trades for such studs as Matt Harpring, Kenny Thomas, Keith Van Horn, and Corliss Williamson.