"At first, there was so much promise when the 76ers selected Marreesse Speights 16th overall in the 2008 draft.

The Sixers were desperately looking for a big man, someone to eventually replace Samuel Dalembert. So they drafted him ahead of big men such as Indiana's Roy Hibbert, Washington's JaVale McGee and the Los Angeles Clippers' DeAndre Jordan.

Three years later, it turns out the Sixers were wrong.

They confirmed their mistake by trading Speights to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of a three-team deal involving the New Orleans Hornets. The Sixers got back the Grizzlies' second-round pick in the June draft (provided it's between the 31st and 55th pick, otherwise Miami gets it), and the Hornets' second-round pick in 2013."