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First overall draft picks getting traded for one another

Sports Asked on June 6, 2021

The Detroit Lions traded away their quarterback Mathew Stafford, in exchange for LA Ram’s quarterback Jared Goff, 2 first round picks and a third round pick on January 30th 2021. The most interesting part about this trade (at least to me) is that both of these players were first overall draft picks. Stafford was the first overall pick of the 2009 draft, and Goff was the first overall pick of the 2016 draft.

Have 2 (or more) first overall draft picks (first pick of the first round of a draft) ever been been involved in the a trade in any of the North American big 4 leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)?

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In the NBA:

  • 2020: John Wall (2010 R1 P1) for Russell Westbrook (2009 R1 P4)
  • 2019: Chris Paul (2005 R1 P4) for Russell Westbrook (2009 R1 P4)
  • 2018: Blake Griffin (2009 R1 P1) for Avery Bradley (2010 R1 P19), Tobias Harris (2011 R1 P19)
  • 2017: Kyrie Irving (2011 R1 P1) for Ante Žižić (2016 R1 P23)
  • 2014: Kevin Love (2008 R1 P5) for Andrew Wiggins (2014 R1 P1), Anthony Bennett (2013 R1 P1)

Answered by FRP on June 6, 2021

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