St. Louis sold Phil Rollins' player rights to the New York Knicks on December 17, 1960 for cash. Basketball-Reference's Hawks, Knicks and league transaction ledgers all preserve the same date and sale structure. Rollins had appeared in seven games for St. Louis earlier that season, then played 40 regular-season games for New York, averaging 5.8 points and 2.5 assists in 16.5 minutes per game. Those 40 games were the final NBA appearances of his career. The public ledgers do not preserve the cash amount New York paid. Because the Knicks received only a short half-season rotation return, the realized result is modest rather than a major win, but it still favors New York over an unquantified one-time cash return.
St. Louis sold Phil Rollins' player rights to New York for cash on December 17, 1960. The league and both team ledgers preserve the same date and direction. Rollins had played seven games for the Hawks earlier in the season before becoming a midyear Knicks addition.
Rollins appeared in 40 regular-season games for New York, averaging 16.5 minutes, 5.8 points and 2.5 assists. Those were the final NBA games of his career, so the Knicks did not buy long-term upside, but they did receive a credible reserve role for the remainder of the season.
No public ledger preserves the amount New York paid. That makes it impossible to compare the payment directly with the value of 40 games, and it keeps the Hawks from receiving anything more specific than credit for monetizing a player they no longer intended to use.
Forty games of usable guard play are enough to give the Knicks the better realized result. The short tenure and unknown price keep the margin modest. This was a successful depth purchase for New York, not a major loss for St. Louis.
Knicks Edge — St. Louis C+, New York B. Phil Rollins gave the Knicks 40 useful games before his NBA career ended.