Do you know the five most sensational NBA trades in the 21st century?

Since entering the 21st century, the Houston Rockets have been an exciting team that uses basketball to bring fun to fans. In 2002, Yao Ming was selected as the No. 1 pick by the Rockets. Since then, Chinese fans have become attached to the Rockets. In the off-season, teams usually make some excellent trade decisions, which allows them to remain competitive in the league. American media ranked the Rockets among the top five transactions of the 21st century. McGrady and Paul are on the list, and Harden ranks first. Now, let’s take a look at the 5 biggest NBA trades completed by the Houston Rockets in the past 20 years. 5. Trade to Tracy McGrady In the 2004-05 season, the Houston Rockets and the Magic reached a big deal involving seven players. The Rockets acquired McGrady from the Magic and paired him with Chinese star Yao Ming. After McGrady came to Houston, the team played its best performance in a decade and returned to the playoffs. In the first two seasons of the Orlando Magic, McGrady won the scoring title, while in the first three seasons of the Houston Rockets, he averaged at least 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. It's a pity that when McGrady was in the Rockets, the Rockets never broke through the first round of the NBA playoffs. Despite this, McGrady's statistics are still very good, averaging 27.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 7 assists per game.

4. Trading Paul In 2017, the Houston Rockets set off a storm in the NBA trade market and reached a blockbuster deal that paired Paul with the then superstar Harden. To trade CP3, the Rockets traded Beverley, Hall, Lu Wei and many other assets Rockets fans love in exchange for the 10-time All-Star.

Paul played for the Houston Rockets until 2019, averaging 17.1 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in his two seasons. Chris Paul also put up very good numbers in the playoffs. In the 2018 NBA playoffs, his average jumped to 21.1 points. That same year, the Houston Rockets reached the Western Conference Finals, the closest they've come to an NBA championship in a long time. Players are moved around all the time in the NBA. To the players who play, it’s just a commodity on the shelf. Especially the team's role players, they may be traded away by the management at any time as long as the team needs them. Superstars are not very "safe". Some teams that want to win a championship would rather break up half the team and get a superstar player. After all, superstars are superstars and are much better than ordinary players. Many teams finally won the championship through some magical operations. Today, the editor will review with you the major transactions that have shocked the league since the 21st century!

First, after the new and old generation F4 of the Lakers experienced the taste of being stopped in the second round of the playoffs in the 2002-03 season, the Lakers underwent two surgeries in the summer of 2003 that shocked the league—— Karl Malone joined with a veteran's minimum salary and signed Payton, a glove in addition to the middle class. This wave of magical operations completely shocked fans and other teams in the league. One team has four Hall of Fame players. How to play? Pistons small forward Prince once said, "When the news of the trade came, my first reaction was that the Lakers will win the championship this year." Counting the five major trades that shocked the league, James is on the list, and there is another person who let Bob Vicki calls robbery! The start of the 2003-04 season was really similar to everyone's expectations, with an excellent record of 18 wins and 3 losses. However, in the next game, there was a factor that caused the Galaxy Battleship to fall for a time-Ma Long injured his knee. Although Malone is 41 years old, he still averages 13 points per game, adding inside and outside players to the forward position. After Malone was injured, the Lakers experienced three consecutive losses and four consecutive losses, which made many people worry about the future of the Lakers. However, fortunately after Malone returned, the Lakers quickly posted a 14-4 victory and stabilized their morale.

In fact, the Lakers have been plagued by injuries this season. Bryant's knee and shoulder surgery and the Eagle County incident caused him to miss 17 games this season, O'Neal missed 15 games due to injury, and Fox suffered a torn ligament and missed 44 games. This situation makes the tacit understanding of F4 impossible to get along with. For a large part of the time, Payton Sr. presided over the team, so F4 ??was not as strong as historically imagined. However, the Lakers stumbled into the Finals. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Malone was injured again in the third game. Coupled with the conflict between Kobe and O'Neal, the Lakers lost to the Pistons and the Fab Five with a score of 1:4. The second-generation F4, including the 2012 Howard, Nash, Kobe and Gasol, still failed to achieve good results. Since then, the Lakers' F4 generation has lost in vain.