DETReceived
PRasheed WallaceDetroit Pistons
PMike James
Championship catalyst · February 19, 2004
The three-team trade that completed the 2004 Pistons
Detroit acquired Rasheed Wallace and Mike James in a three-team deal with Atlanta and Boston without breaking up its starting core.
See where this happened in the 2004 trade deadline →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
Each team panel shows the players and draft assets it received.
To DET
To ATLDraft1STround asset+1 assetsATLReceived
Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics
PChucky Atkins
PLindsey Hunter
PŽeljko Rebrača
PChris Mills
#Two first-round picks
+Cash considerations
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The move changed the NBA roster map during an active transaction window.
Why history remembers it
Detroit won the 2004 championship four months later. Wallace completed one of the era's best defensive frontcourts. The Pistons returned to the Finals the following season.
What changed
The consequences
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