trades
What It's Like to Be Traded by a NBA Team from Across the World
In a league forever in search of shortcuts, the draft rights to players who are not in the NBA have become a popular trade chip. Maarty Leunen was in Italy when he read that he had been traded for Josh Smith on ESPN.
The Rams Waited to Announce Their Trade for the First Pick in Deference to Kobe
Somehow both teams kept it secret over night.
The Patriots Are Still The Class of the AFC East After Busy Offseason
The Patriots made a lot of improvements this offseason to an already good team. The other AFC East teams? Not so much.
Martellus Bennett Might Just Be the Aaron Hernandez Replacement the Patriots Need
On paper, the New England Patriots' trade for Martellus Bennett looks like another genius move by Bill Belichick.
The VICE Sports Emotional Guide To The NBA Trade Deadline
In which the writer Corbin Smith speculates wildly on the emotional and spiritual reactions of each of the players traded at this year's NBA trade deadline.
Trader Jim's, Or How The Dallas Stars Are Not Your Typical NHL Powerhouse
Defying current NHL conventional wisdom, Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill has assembled his first-place team almost exclusively through trades and free agency.
Bruins, Sweeney Centre of Attention in Offseason Full of High-Impact Moves
New Bruins general manager Don Sweeney had an underwhelming offseason, with the Flames benefiting from one of his perplexing deals. The Penguins were another team which did well by adding elite goal-scorer Phil Kessel from the Leafs.
The Toronto Blue Jays and the Dangerous Joys of Going for It
A week ago, the Toronto Blue Jays were a third-place team. The huge moves they've made since might not work out, but they're showing us what going for the playoffs looks like.
Are Trades Bullshit? A VICE Sports Debate
How excited should you be about the most rumor-filled week of baseball season?
Phil Kessel Was Never Loved in Toronto
Phil Kessel scored a lot of goals for the Leafs. That alone wasn't enough for Toronto fans to ever really embrace him.
Four Years Later, Anthopoulos Can Learn Something from Blue Jays-Cardinals Trade
Alex Anthopoulos should look to his 2011 trade with the Cardinals as a template for a future deal, even it means parting with one of his prized young pitchers.
The NBA Trade Deadline Has Turned Us Into Monsters
The trade deadline hit basketball geeks hard, as if they'd been buying fake ecstasy all these years and finally got a dose of the real stuff.