I definitely agree with some of the entries, but some of the honourable mentions seem like they should be the actual choice for worst trade, and others just flat out ignore rather important factors and context.
One example would be the Kobe Draft Day trade being the Hornets' worst...I can see where they're coming from, but it's ignoring a key fact that the article itself notes:
The Hornets selected Kobe Bryant with the 13th overall pick in the 1996 draft, but Bryant never played a game for the team. Charlotte sent him to the Lakers for Vlade Divac due to Bryant's unwillingness to play for the Hornets, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Kobe made it clear he had a preferred destination, and more than a couple of teams were warned off selecting him. The Lakers' pick was too low, so they made a deal with the Hornets in order to make sure no one else snapped him up. Talk about it being the Hornets' biggest mistake and so on and so forth, which Kobe himself has taken to perpetuating, is basically revisionist history.
The entry for Denver is also suspect, seeing as how Melo was leveraging a trade, and by the writer's own admission, what they got for him was pretty good, compared to a lot of trades involving All-Stars who are demanding out. Saying "they should have found a way to make things work with Anthony before being forced to ship him out" is really over-simplifying things, and is something that could be applied to basically any similar deal.
Portland trading Drexler to a contender at his request is another one where the context is acknowledged, yet seemingly ignored at the same time. If granting a veteran's wishes to move them to a more favourable situation counts as a terrible trade, then the Bulls' entry should've been Scottie Pippen for Roy Rogers and a second round pick. Besides, Thorpe was a pretty solid player in his own right; not equal value for The Glide, but an OK trade given the circumstances.
A couple of others are arguably favouring recent history over blunders that have likely been forgotten about. Take the Orlando entry, for example. I'd say trading away Dwight Howard is worse; granted, he was pushing for a trade to happen, but again, so was Melo.