NBA Draft: Ranking the 10 Craziest Draft-Day Trades of All Time

#7 The Minnesota Timberwolves trade Ray Allen for Stephon Marbury

Ray Allen was traded to the Bucks for Stephon Marbury

Ray Allen was drafted in the famous 1996 NBA Draft as the fifth overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the same draft, Stephon Marbury was selected 4th by the Milwaukee Bucks. The two were immediately swapped with the Bucks also acquiring a future first-round pick.

While Marbury was a talented prospect, he turned out to be a problem for every team he played in the league. He lasted only 3 seasons with the Timberwolves. Allen on the other hand, as we all know became one of the best shooters the game has ever seen. Ray Allen won 2 championships and is also NBA's all-time leader in three-pointers made.

If Minnesota had decided not to trade Allen, a prime Kevin Garnett and a young Ray Allen could have teamed up and could have won a championship together in the future. The two eventually ended up playing on the same team 10 years later in 2008 and winning their first championship together. That championship could have been 10 years earlier in Minnesota.