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2024 NBA trade deadline: Why six-plus first-round draft picks for a star player could eventually happen

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An unprecedented era of trade returns for NBA stars began in July 2019.

The LA Clippers agreed to trade five first-round picks and two pick swaps to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Paul George.

That late-night stunner reset the market on what teams -- either squeezed by a superstar trade demand or those trying to get ahead of one -- might be able to not just demand but get.

As a result, the following years have seen an unprecedented run of All-Stars traded for huge pick and swap hauls.