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- Karl Malone and Gary Payton → Los Angeles Lakers (2003): Two aging legends joined Shaq and Kobe after years of competing against them. They reached the Finals but lost to Detroit.
- Charles Barkley → Houston Rockets (1996): Joined Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler to chase a ring after Houston had already won back-to-back titles.
- Alex Rodriguez → New York Yankees (2004): Left Texas for the already-stacked Yankees, adding another superstar to an organization that regularly assembled baseball’s biggest rosters.
- Neymar → Paris Saint-Germain (2017): Left Barcelona for a massive transfer fee to become the centerpiece of PSG’s superteam project rather than remaining in one of Europe’s established powerhouses.
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Malone and Payton were too old to count for this. It was a little sad but they were both passed being able to carry a contender.
I don’t remember thinking much of Barkley’s move. It seems to fit though.
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Barkley i remember the chasing ring aura on the move, Malone was really just as a link with past week, he tried until the end to not be in the gloat company
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Part of why Barkley feels different is that nobody thinks of those Rockets as a particularly great team.
What KD did would be more like Barkley joining the Bulls in 94.
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Imagine the parallel universe, chuck goes to the bulls while MJ is out
He wouldn't come back to the Bulls
Wars would be avoided 😆
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KD is the worst one I can think of. Maybe other sports have good candidates, though.