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With the seventh overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, the Phoenix Suns selected Luol Deng out of Duke University. However, they then traded him on draft day to the Chicago Bulls for a future first-round pick and the rights to Jackson Vroman.

Vroman lasted just two seasons in the NBA and only 11 games with the Suns before he was traded along with Casey Jacobsen and Maciej Lampe to the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for guard Jim Jackson. Vroman had career averages of just 3.3 points and three rebounds per game during his two NBA seasons.

But wait, the Suns didn't just trade Deng for Vroman, they also acquired a future first-rounder!

Correct, but that future first-rounder ended up being the 21st overall pick in the 2005 draft. So essentially the Suns traded Deng (the seventh overall pick) for a pick three times lower down in the next year's draft.

The Suns, however, were able to replace Deng by overpaying Quentin Richardson to play small forward, who had arguably his best statistical season in the Mike D'Antoni run offense. "Q" also beat Dan Majerle's Suns record of most three-pointers made in a single season.

Nevertheless, having a forward in Deng for cheaper money than it cost to add Richardson probably would have been better for the Suns in the long run.

I wouldn't want to trade the Suns' epic run-and-gun season for anything, it was far and away the most fun I've had watching basketball in my entire life, but trading Deng for nothing in return still has me shaking my head.

Who did the Suns take with the 21st overall pick in 2005 you ask? Sadly, that brings me to the next trade on the list...