Are these the craziest trades in NBA history?

In the NBA, the trade market can be franchise-defining, either putting in the building blocks for championship success or years of playoff misses.

Throughout the years, some franchises have got it massively wrong in the NBA trade market.

Let's look through some of these defining trades that have shaped the NBA in recent years.

In 1995, the Chicago Bulls needed a strong rebounding presence after letting Horace Grant go to the Orlando Magic. The Bulls brought in the greatest rebounder of all time, Dennis Rodman.

The San Antonio Spurs let a 34-year-old Rodman go to Chicago in exchange for former Bulls backup center Will Perdue. Unfortunately for the Spurs, Rodman would be crucial for the next three years, winning three NBA Championships.

In the 1987 NBA draft, the Seattle Supersonics held the fifth pick, drafting small forward Scottie Pippen. The Supersonics would later send him to Chicago for center Olden Polynice.

Polynice averaged five points and four rebounds in five years for Seattle, whilst Pippen went on to become one of the best players in the league, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls.

Dirk Nowitzki was selected in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. Later in the day, he and 19^th pick Pat Garrity were packaged to Dallas for the power forward Robert Traylor.

Whilst Traylor would go on to average five points and three rebounds, according to sportscasting.com, Nowitzki would go on to win an NBA Championship and NBA MVP in a hall-of-fame career.

In 1992, Charles Barkley was arguably the best power forward in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers. Shockingly, the 76ers wanted to trade Barkley and looked to the Phoenix Suns for a trade package.

Philadelphia traded Barkley for Jeff Hornacek and two role players, setting the team on a string of bad seasons. However, Barkley would take his Suns team to the 1993 NBA Finals and win the MVP award.

Kobe Bryant became one of the greatest NBA players of all time with the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite that, prior to even playing a game in the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets traded him on draft day.

The Hornets traded Bryant for center Vlade Divac. Initially, it looked like a great trade for the Hornets, making the playoffs two seasons in a row, but the Lakers would have the last laugh, winning five NBA Championships with Bryant being the head of the success.

The Los Angeles Clippers sent Baron Davis and an unprotected first-round pick (Kyrie Irving) to Cleveland for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon.

Cleveland's unprotected pick became the number one pick of the 2011 NBA draft, choosing Kyrie Irving to help build the franchise after LeBron James had left.

The Memphis Grizzlies traded Pau Gasol and a second-round pick to the Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie, and the rights to Marc Gasol in 2008.

Pau Gasol would go on to form a historic dynamic Lakers duo with Kobe Bryant, winning two championships, having five All-Star selections, and four All-NBA teams.