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The youngest players traded in NBA history

You’ve heard it countless times: the NBA is a business. However, some players experience this aspect earlier than others, often finding themselves involved in trades, sometimes merely as salary cap fillers, early in their careers.

Below, you can see a list of the youngest players ever to be traded in the NBA. (For this exercise, we only included players who had already made their NBA debut when the deals went down).

Maciej Lampe: 18 years, 334 days

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Traded from New York to Phoenix in 2004

Derrick Favors: 19 years, 223 days

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Abbie Parr/Getty Images

Traded from Brooklyn to Utah in 2011

Noah Vonleh: 19 years, 305 days

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Gregory J. Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Charlotte to Portland in 2015

Keon Johnson: 19 years, 331 days

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Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from LA Clippers to Portland in 2015

Maciej Lampe: 19 years, 350 days

Traded from Phoenix to New Orleans/Oklahoma City in 2005

Javaris Crittenton: 20 years, 32 days

Traded from LA Lakers to Memphis in 2008

RJ Hampton: 20 years, 46 days

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Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images

Traded from Denver to Orlando in 2021

Bill Willoughby: 20 years, 116 days

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Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images

Traded from Atlanta to Buffalo in 1977

Jalen Lecque: 20 years, 126 days

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Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Phoenix to Oklahoma City in 2020

Tony Wroten: 20 years, 131 days

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Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Memphis to Philadelphia in 2013

Zaza Pachulia: 20 years, 134 days

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Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Orlando to Milwaukee in 2004

Jalen Lecque: 20 years, 135 days

Traded from Oklahoma City to Indiana in 2020

Diamond Stone: 20 years, 146 days

Diamond Stone
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Traded from LA Clippers to Atlanta in 2017

Jeremy Lamb: 20 years, 150 days

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Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Houston to Oklahoma City in 2012

Martynas Andriuskevicius: 20 years, 159 days

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Traded from Cleveland to Chicago in 2006

Tyler Ennis: 20 years, 179 days

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Traded from Phoenix to Milwaukee in 2015

Marko Milic: 20 years, 198 days

Traded from Philadelphia to Phoenix in 1997

Sasha Pavlovic: 20 years, 221 days

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Dale Zanine for the Akron Beacon Journal via USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Charlotte to Cleveland in 2004

Tobias Harris: 20 years, 221 days

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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Traded from Milwaukee to Orlando in 2013

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