In 1994, the Houston Rockets traded Robert Horry and Matt Bullard to the Detroit Pistons for veteran sharpshooter Sean Elliot. Horry was shocked, Bullard was angry and Elliott was about to flunk a physical because of kidney problems.
When that happened, the trade was rescinded. Everyone got back on a plane, flew home and tried to pretend it never happened.
"It probably saved my career," he said. "I came back knowing that the reason they traded me was for not shooting the basketball enough.
"So once I came back, they were going to have to tell me to stop shooting."