They do happen occasionally, though. For help in figuring which deals were really the biggest (as opposed to just seeming like the biggest), I added up the Win Shares for each group of traded players, for 1) the season before the trade, 2) the season after the trade, and 3) all seasons since the trade. But there's no magical formula here, and your opinion's just as good as mine. Nevertheless, here are my opinionated opinions regarding the five biggest offseason trades of the last 10 years:
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