Golden State Moved Maggette's Long Contract Before the Draft
On June 22, 2010, the Warriors traded Corey Maggette and the No. 44 choice in the upcoming draft to Milwaukee for Charlie Bell and Dan Gadzuric. Maggette was coming off a high-scoring Golden State season, but his multiyear contract tied up money a franchise under financial pressure wanted to redirect. Bell and Gadzuric carried shorter commitments, including Gadzuric's expiring deal. Milwaukee was trading away depth to get another proven scorer, hoping to help a young Brandon Jennings-led group that had just reached the playoffs. The second-round selection gave the Bucks a separate draft asset.
Maggette Played Sixty-Seven Games for Milwaukee
Maggette was the only player in the original exchange who became a sizable regular-season contributor for his receiving team. He appeared in sixty-seven Bucks games during 2010-11, started eighteen and logged 1,401 minutes. His ability to draw fouls and produce shots offered Milwaukee a reliable bench scoring option, although the team finished outside the playoffs that season. The No. 44 choice became Jerome Jordan, but the Bucks sold his rights to the New York Knicks after making the selection. No future Jordan minutes can be recorded as Milwaukee output because the center did not play an NBA game for the Bucks.
Bell and Gadzuric Supplied Only Spot Duty
Bell's Warriors stay included nineteen regular-season games in 2010-11, all as a reserve, with an average of just nine minutes per appearance. Gadzuric provided twenty-eight Golden State games, four starts, 297 minutes and seventy-nine points before a February move to New Jersey. These limited totals help explain why the Bucks hold the narrow immediate basketball advantage. But treating Gadzuric only as a reserve center also misses the fact that his expiring contract remained tradable. The Warriors had accepted less player production in exchange for different roster economics and a contract they could move again.
A Later Warriors Draft Pick Required an Additional Trade
On February 23, 2011, Golden State sent both Gadzuric and Brandan Wright to the Nets for Troy Murphy and a 2012 second-round selection. That choice eventually became No. 35, used on Draymond Green. The draft-pick chain makes Gadzuric part of an important later transaction, but it would overstate this June deal to say the Warriors simply traded Maggette for Green. They also contributed Wright in the intervening exchange, and the pick did not arrive until months afterward. The trade grades therefore weigh Milwaukee's direct scoring gain against Golden State's salary relief and the tangible ability to use Gadzuric in another asset package.
Final Verdict
Slight Bucks Edge. Milwaukee gets B+ because Corey Maggette supplied 67 games and 1,401 minutes in 2010-11, although Jerome Jordan's draft rights were promptly sold. Golden State earns B because moving Maggette's contract met a financial purpose and Dan Gadzuric later helped bring in a 2012 second-round pick through a package that also cost Brandan Wright. Charlie Bell's nineteen games and Gadzuric's twenty-eight weren't major direct returns, and Draymond Green must not be assigned solely to this one trade.