This past offseason, the Brooklyn Nets had the opportunity to acquire Bam Adebayo as part of a three-way trade with the Miami Heat and Utah Jazz.
The Nets would have sent Ben Simmons to the Jazz, while the Heat would have acquired Donovan Mitchell.
Brooklyn reportedly declined to move forward with the trade. Utah went on to trade Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Simmons has not been a productive player this season and is now widely considered to be one of the NBA’s worst contracts.
Kevin Durant was frustrated by Brooklyn’s trade of James Harden for Simmons, particularly after Simmons was clearly nowhere near his former All-Star form.