Boston purchased Bob Kinney's player rights from the Fort Wayne Pistons on January 30, 1949. Kinney immediately became one of the Celtics' most productive frontcourt players, averaging 9.7 points in 21 games after the sale. The value grew the next season, when he played all 60 Boston games and averaged 11.1 points with 4.8 win shares. Fort Wayne's cash return is not disclosed in the reviewed public record. Boston gets a strong historical win because the purchase produced 81 Celtics games and 871 points across two seasons from a player Fort Wayne had used for 37 games.
On January 30, 1949, the Fort Wayne Pistons sold Bob Kinney's player rights to the Boston Celtics. The Fort Wayne, Boston and league transaction pages all record the sale on that date. The public logs do not preserve the cash amount. Kinney was already a regular BAA center-forward, having played 37 games for Fort Wayne at 6.9 points and 1.4 assists per game.
Kinney's production increased immediately after the move. He played 21 games for Boston in 1948-49, averaged 9.7 points and 1.2 assists, and generated 1.5 win shares. He then became an even more important part of the 1949-50 Celtics, appearing in all 60 games and averaging 11.1 points and 1.7 assists. Basketball-Reference credits him with 4.8 win shares that season. Across his Boston tenure, Kinney played 81 regular-season games and scored 871 points.
Fort Wayne received cash with no publicly preserved amount in the transaction sources reviewed for this record. The Pistons had already gotten 37 games from Kinney at 6.9 points per game before the sale and may have viewed him as expendable within a changing frontcourt. The club finished 22-38 in 1948-49.
Boston's side is unusually clear for a cash transaction from this era. Kinney did not merely fill a few weeks of roster space; he became a double-digit scorer the next season and stayed available for all 60 games. Fort Wayne may have received worthwhile financial consideration, but the public record gives no way to compare that amount with 81 games and nearly 900 Boston points.
Celtics Win — Boston A, Fort Wayne C+. Boston purchased Bob Kinney's player rights from the Fort Wayne Pistons on January 30, 1949. Kinney immediately became one of the Celtics' most productive frontcourt players, averaging 9.7 points in 21 games after the sale. The value grew the next season, when he played all 60 Boston games and averaged 11.1 points with 4.8 win shares. Fort Wayne's cash return is not disclosed in the reviewed public record.