In January of 2017, the LA Clippers prematurely kicked off the trade deadline excitement when they sent Blake Griffin, Willie Reed and Brice Johnson to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, Avery Bradley, a 2018 first round pick and a second round pick.
Despite some fan push back from moving one of the greatest players in team history after promising him he would retire a Clipper, no one had a problem with the actual logistics of the trade for the Clips when it happened.