Boston traded Red Wallace to the Toronto Huskies for Charlie Hoefer on January 2, 1947. Wallace became a much larger scorer after the move, averaging 11.5 points in 37 games for Toronto after averaging 5.5 in 24 games for Boston. Hoefer gave the Celtics 35 games at 6.0 points per game that season and returned for seven games the next year. Both clubs finished 22-38, so the trade did not change either team's season, but Toronto received the stronger individual production and gets the historical edge.
Boston sent Red Wallace to the Toronto Huskies for Charlie Hoefer on January 2, 1947. The exchange is unusually measurable for the first BAA season because both guards had already played meaningful minutes for their original clubs. Wallace had averaged 5.5 points in 24 Boston games, while Hoefer had averaged 6.1 points in 23 games for Toronto.
Hoefer played 35 games for the Celtics after the trade and averaged 6.0 points with 0.7 assists. He returned for seven games in 1947-48, bringing his Boston tenure to 42 appearances. The Celtics received dependable backcourt depth, but Hoefer's scoring rate stayed close to what he had already produced for Toronto and did not materially alter Boston's 22-38 finish.
Wallace's post-trade change was much larger. After averaging 5.5 points for Boston, he scored 11.5 per game across 37 appearances for Toronto and raised his field-goal percentage from .246 to .291. The Huskies also finished 22-38, so the move did not rescue their season, but Wallace became a much more prominent scorer than he had been with the Celtics.
Neither club turned the trade into a winning season, which keeps the evaluation centered on individual production rather than team success. Boston got useful minutes from Hoefer and even a small amount of second-season continuity. Toronto, however, received the player who made the larger immediate jump and delivered the stronger same-season offensive output. That gives the Huskies the historical edge without making Boston's side a failure.
Toronto Huskies Win — Toronto A-, Boston B. Wallace more than doubled his scoring rate after the move and averaged 11.5 points across 37 Toronto games, while Hoefer gave Boston 35 games at 6.0 points and seven more appearances the following season. Both teams finished 22-38, so Toronto's advantage comes from the stronger player-production result rather than a change in team success.