Milwaukee traded Dike Eddleman to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Art Burris and cash on February 11, 1952. Basketball-Reference's Milwaukee and Fort Wayne transaction logs agree on the exchange and correct the legacy Atlanta-side intake, which called Eddleman 'Thomas.' Eddleman played 16 games for Fort Wayne to finish 1951-52 and then 69 more games for the Pistons in 1952-53. Burris played 12 games for Milwaukee after the trade and never appeared in another NBA season. The cash amount is not preserved in the reviewed public record, so Fort Wayne owns the stronger measurable basketball return without making Milwaukee's consideration equivalent to zero.
Milwaukee sent Dike Eddleman to Fort Wayne on February 11, 1952 for Art Burris and cash. The source review also fixes the old TradeVerdicts identity error that called the outgoing Hawk Thomas Eddleman. The verified player was Dike Eddleman, who had already appeared in 50 Milwaukee games that season.
Eddleman played 16 games for the Pistons to finish 1951-52, then returned for 69 more in 1952-53. Across those 85 appearances he became a real rotation forward rather than a short rental, adding 615 points and 236 rebounds in the second season alone.
Burris appeared in 12 games for the Hawks after the trade, averaging 22.4 minutes, 5.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists. Those were the final NBA games of his career. Milwaukee also received cash, but the amount is not available in the reviewed public record.
The Pistons obtained substantially more on-court value: 85 post-trade games from Eddleman compared with 12 from Burris. Cash keeps Milwaukee's return from being treated as empty, but nothing in the surviving record closes that basketball gap. A moderate Fort Wayne win fits the evidence better than an extreme grade spread.
Pistons Win — Milwaukee Hawks C, Fort Wayne Pistons B. Milwaukee traded Dike Eddleman to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Art Burris and cash on February 11, 1952. Basketball-Reference's Milwaukee and Fort Wayne transaction logs agree on the exchange and correct the legacy Atlanta-side intake, which called Eddleman 'Thomas.' Eddleman played 16 games for Fort Wayne to finish 1951-52 and then 69 more games for the Pistons in 1952-53. Burris played 12 games for Milwaukee after the trade and never appeared in another NBA season. The cash amount is not preserved in the reviewed public record, so Fort Wayne owns the stronger measurable basketball return without making Milwaukee's consideration equivalent to zero.