Kendrick Perkins, Deron Williams and Baron Davis all have something in common other than being basketball players.
The three were not notified to being traded by their teams and sent off unexpectly to another NBA team.
The stunned trades began with Williams yesterday when the Utah Jazz traded off its All-star point guard to the New Jersey Nets for Devin Harris, Derrick Favors and a future first round pick.
Williams' trade came weeks after the Jazz's long time head coach Jerry Sloan unexpectedly stepped down as the head coach and retired.
Williams and Sloan were believed to be in a heated argument days before Sloan stepped down.
The team denied Williams being the reason for Sloan to quit as head coach but with the trade it seems as if he was all along.
Davis was the next player to be traded without being notified. Davis and Clippers' owner Donald Sterling had their share of disagreements throughout the season.
Davis was being accused of not being interested in the team's season and Sterling was heard criticizing Davis during Clippers' games every time Davis ran pass him.
The Clippers were serching for a team to trade Davis on but Davis is going to be earning over $30 million for the next two seasons and he had a tough contract to move.
The Clippers manged to pull off a trade that sent Davis to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon.
The latest trade was the biggest stunner of the NBA trade deadline trades.
The Celtics traded Perkins along with Nate Robinson to the Oaklahoma City Thunder for Jeff Green and Nedad Krsitc.
The Celtics were a team set to compete and favorites to win the NBA title this season with the return of their starting center, Perkins, after he returned from a knee injury he suffered in Game 6 of the 2010 NBA finals.
The Celtics had all the pieces in place but now everyone around the association is scratching their head and wondering why did the Celtics make the move.
One theory is the Celtics are trying to pick up Troy Murphy after the Golden State Warriors buy him out but that is not guaranteed.
The trade might hurt the Celtics because the team made another trade a few minutes later that sent two more big men to the Cavaliers for a Cavaliers' second round pick.
Thus far these trades have been unexpected and odd but the biggest trade was Carmelo Anthony being sent to the New York Knicks. All season the Nuggets were trying to move Anthony and they finally got to make it happen and the team ended up getting great pieces back. The trade was great for both teams.
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