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I believe they got an all star tackle and two #1 draft choices for Parsons, who was disgruntled and no longer wanted to play for Dallas. I’m not sure I would call that “for not too much for no good reason!” Yes, he was a great player but he did not want to be there anymore. I think they probably got about as much as they could.Trading Paige out of the question because she is so good and the fans love her? Probably...but Dallas is a strange place. The Mavs traded beloved Luka Doncic to the Lakers for a very good but injury prone center. Dallas just traded Micha Parsons, a Hall of Fame caliber defensive player, to the Packers for not too much for no good reason. Never say never.
The NBA experience has shown that trying to put together a "super team" has mixed results. Too many salary and team cohesion issues can arise. Two All- Star caliber players are needed to get to a championship game but adding more stars doesn't necessarily help.
We won’t really know who won that trade for several years. If the Packers tank and those #1s are high choices it could turn out to be a complete game changer for Dallas though generally, trading truly great players ends up being a mistake. Sometimes you do not have a choice. We will see in three or four years.