The Archive Preserves a Separate Gambee-for-Cash Entry
The Atlanta-source ledger preserves a January 31, 1960 entry in which St. Louis sent Dave Gambee to Cincinnati for cash. That entry overlaps the better-corroborated same-day Piontek exchange, which also lists Gambee moving to the Royals with Hub Reed. The public Basketball-Reference executive ledger and RealGM transaction history support Gambee’s movement to Cincinnati, but they describe it as part of the Piontek trade rather than as a clearly independent sale.
Gambee Played Nineteen Games for Cincinnati
Whatever the bookkeeping structure, Gambee’s Cincinnati stint is measurable. He appeared in 19 games for the Royals after the move, averaging 11.1 minutes, 5.0 points and 3.9 rebounds. It was a short stay, but it gave Cincinnati actual rotation production before his rights returned to St. Louis in April. The Hawks’ side of this particular archival entry is only an undisclosed cash payment.
The Cash Amount Is Not Publicly Preserved
The surviving public ledgers do not identify the payment, and the same-day overlap prevents treating the cash record as unquestionably separate from the Piontek package. St. Louis therefore receives credit for converting a lightly used forward into financial consideration, but the return cannot be valued precisely. No player, pick or other downstream basketball asset is attached to the Hawks in this record.
A Modest Royals Edge Fits the Verifiable Outcome
Cincinnati obtained 19 games from Gambee, while St. Louis received unquantified cash. That is enough for a narrow realized-value advantage to the Royals, not a sweeping judgment. The archival collision is material and should remain visible: this page evaluates the canonical cash entry as stored while acknowledging that stronger independent sources fold Gambee into the simultaneous Piontek-and-Reed exchange.
Final Verdict
Slight Kings Edge — St. Louis C+, Cincinnati B-. Atlanta acquired cash from Royals (per NBAGuide) in exchange for Dave Gambee.