Boston traded Kenny Sailors and Brady Walker to the Baltimore Bullets for Dick Mehen on December 1, 1950. Baltimore received the larger immediate return: Sailors played 50 games for the Bullets at 9.5 points and 2.8 assists per game, while Walker played 49 games at 7.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. Mehen lasted only seven games in Boston at 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds before the Celtics traded him to Fort Wayne for Bob Harris on December 19. Harris then gave Boston 44 games that season. The downstream return softens Boston's loss, but Baltimore still got more direct value from the exchange.
On December 1, 1950, the Baltimore Bullets traded Dick Mehen to the Boston Celtics for Kenny Sailors and Brady Walker. Baltimore's transaction page, Boston's transaction page and the 1950-51 league transaction log all identify the same three-player exchange. Boston was moving two reserves who had combined for only 27 Celtics appearances before the trade, while Baltimore sent out a frontcourt player who had been part of its own rotation.
Baltimore received substantially more immediate playing time from the two-player package. Kenny Sailors appeared in 50 games for the Bullets in 1950-51, averaging 9.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Brady Walker appeared in 49 games and averaged 7.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists. Neither became a star, but together they supplied nearly 100 player-games and filled meaningful guard and frontcourt roles for a Baltimore team that lacked depth.
Dick Mehen's direct Boston tenure was brief. He played seven games for the Celtics, averaging 6.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists. Boston then moved him to the Fort Wayne Pistons on December 19 for Bob Harris. Harris became the more durable part of Boston's asset chain, appearing in 44 games that season at 5.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. That downstream conversion matters because it prevents the Celtics' side from being evaluated as only seven Mehen games.
Baltimore still comes out ahead because Sailors and Walker produced more combined service and stronger immediate rotation value than Boston received from Mehen and the first Harris season. The Celtics deserve credit for turning a short-lived acquisition into another contributor, which narrows the gap considerably. This is not a case where one side received nothing.
Bullets Win — Boston B-, Baltimore B+. Boston traded Kenny Sailors and Brady Walker to the Baltimore Bullets for Dick Mehen on December 1, 1950. Baltimore received the larger immediate return: Sailors played 50 games for the Bullets at 9.5 points and 2.8 assists per game, while Walker played 49 games at 7.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. Mehen lasted only seven games in Boston at 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds before the Celtics traded him to Fort Wayne for Bob Harris on December 19.