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When teams trade first-round picks for stars, the stakes are massive. While some moves pay off with immediate championships or franchise-defining talents like xFactor such as scoring a hat-trick in a debut, others fall flat due to injuries or the player failing to mesh with the new team. The risks are high, but so is the potential reward. As teams hesitate to part with these valuable assets, identifying which blockbuster trades succeeded and which bombed helps illustrate why hesitation exists. It’s a high-stakes gamble: if you’re giving up a lottery ticket, you need a sure thing in return.
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