After Trae Young — a four-time All-Star and former All-NBA guard — was traded by the Atlanta Hawks for a package that didn’t include a single draft pick, it seems the NBA as a whole may be moving on from the era of blockbuster mega-deals wherein multiple first round picks are shipped off for an established player. (Cut to Ted Stepien rolling over in his grave.)
As the Oklahoma City Thunder show that building through the draft can win you a title (TBD on titles, plural), the era of teams tripping over themselves to form a “Big Three” may be in the rearview mirror.