OT: Greatest trade in Boston sports history?

[RobertWeathers]

Forgot about Pedro. That one could be the best.

Yea while the Nomar trade was the defibrillator that team needed, the Pedro trade changed the face of the franchise.

 

[Soul_Survivor88]

The Celtics trading for McHale and Parish in 1980 has to be near the top of that list.

Or you could argue this.....



Or this....



Together, these would easily be the Top 3 greatest trades in Celtics history

 

[Mack Herron]

Espo was traded for Ratelle and Brad Park.

Traded away after an all star career following the earlier trade to get him. You are too young.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Traded away after an all star career following the earlier trade to get him. You are too young.

Never mind....I forgot that they acq. from the Hawks.

...and keep calling me young.

 

[farn]

As a diehard Expos fan....... Pedro. That guy was gold.

 

[PatsDeb]

Pedro.



*For players , otherwise I agree BB is best overall

This was the one I immediately thought of, although Parish & McHale is a good one too!

 

[PlanB]

Rick Robey for DJ

 

[RobertWeathers]

Or you could argue this.....



Or this....



Together, these would easily be the Top 3 greatest trades in Celtics history

It really speaks volumes to the highway robbery Red committed when trading Rick Robey for Dennis Johnson and Cedric Maxwell for Bill Walton aren't even in the top 3.

 

[RobertWeathers]

As a diehard Expos fan....... Pedro. That guy was gold.

In the mid-90s, Expos had the best talent in baseball and were WS contenders had the strike not finished the 1994 season.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Ueah, if bb counts that is the easy winner

 

[fxkane]

The Red Sox trades of Jeff Bagwell for a relief pitcher who quickly ended up out of the league.
And the trade of Curt Schilling (before he returned here) for no one.
The trading away of John Lester and Roger Clemons way too early, as it turned out.

 

[The Boston Patriot]

BB has my vote.

 

[Froob]

Russell trade for sure.

 

[Fencer]

The Celtics trading for McHale and Parish in 1980 has to be near the top of that list.

Indeed.

Auerbach also traded for the draft rights to Bill Russell.

He also got Dennis Johnson and Bill Walton via trade, although neither is a serious contender for trade GOATness.

Ainge recently traded for a bunch of Nets picks, not all of which have been used yet. And before that he traded for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in separate deals.

 

[Fencer]

Or you could argue this.....



Or this....



Together, these would easily be the Top 3 greatest trades in Celtics history

Which are you counting as the Big Three?

 

[upstater1]

I vote

1A. Belichick
1B. McHale and Parish
1C. Russell

Then there's the would-have-been-greatest-trade ever...

Gerald Henderson for the #1 pick that became Len Bias.

You would think that after picking people's pockets for Russell, McHale, Parish, DJ, and using draft shenanigans to snag Bird and Ainge, someone should have been weary of trading a top #1 for Gerald Henderson, especially in a year in which Len Bias was available.

 

[farn]

In the mid-90s, Expos had the best talent in baseball and were WS contenders had the strike not finished the 1994 season.

They had chances before then as well : 1979-1981 teams were loaded. When I showed up to Le Stade Olympique in 89, they were in first. Went down fast - but the pitching was amazing that year. Bryn Smith, Dennis Martinez, Pascual Perez, Kevin Gross & Mark Langston ! So many hours, so much pain... being a fan is exhausting. But "yes", nothing will hurt like 1994...

 

[RobertWeathers]

They had chances before then as well : 1979-1981 teams were loaded. When I showed up to Le Stade Olympique in 89, they were in first. Went down fast - but the pitching was amazing that year. Bryn Smith, Dennis Martinez, Pascual Perez, Kevin Gross & Mark Langston ! So many hours, so much pain... being a fan is exhausting. But "yes", nothing will hurt like 1994...

Our Bucky Dent is your Rick Monday.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

The Red Sox trades of Jeff Bagwell for a relief pitcher who quickly ended up out of the league.
And the trade of Curt Schilling (before he returned here) for no one.
The trading away of John Lester and Roger Clemons way too early, as it turned out.

They traded Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling to the Orioles for Mike Boddicker. Boddicker's stats:
1988: 7-3, 2.63 era
1989: 15-11, 4.00 era
1990: 17-8, 3.38 era

With a good k-rate, and good k:bb ratio. They do not win the division in 1988 and 1990 without him. Left for the Royals in free agency after 1990 and almost immediately fell off a cliff.
Mike Boddicker Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com

We know how well Anderson (*cough* steroids *cough*) and Schilling did later. But this was a trade that worked out well for the Red Sox.

One final note.... The Orioles gave up on Schilling, too. Traded him to the Astros as part of the Glenn Davis trade after the 1990 season. And the Astros gave up on him too - traded him away to the Phillies straight up for a middle relief prospect after the 1991 season. So three teams gave up on him before he was able to put it all together with the Phillies.

 

[SteveKiner]

Not that it can compare to some already mentioned, and they really got nothing coming back, but the Nick Punto trade has to get an honorable mention. (Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, and its namesake, Nick Punto, to L.A. for some minor leaguers and the last gasp of James Loney's career.) Just the fact that they could dump the terrible contracts on someone was a stroke of genius.