Chicago traded Mark Landsberger to the Lakers on February 13, 1980 for Ollie Mack, two second-round picks and an unquantified cash term preserved in the frozen source package. Landsberger played 206 regular-season games for Los Angeles through 1982-83 and was a reserve on the Lakers' 1980 and 1982 championship teams. Chicago received 26 games from Mack and 64 from 1980 No. 26 pick Sam Worthen. The 1981 second later went to San Antonio, with another second, as compensation for signing Larry Kenon. Both sides got value, but Landsberger's four-season title-team role gives Los Angeles the hindsight edge.
Basketball-Reference records Chicago sending Mark Landsberger to Los Angeles on February 13, 1980 for Ollie Mack plus 1980 and 1981 second-round picks. The frozen Chicago source package also lists cash coming back, but the public transaction ledger does not give an amount, so this review preserves the term without assigning value to it.
Landsberger joined Los Angeles for the final 23 regular-season games of 1979-80, then appeared in 69 games in 1980-81, 75 in 1981-82 and 39 in 1982-83. That is 206 regular-season games for the Lakers. His role was not star-level, but it fit a championship roster. The Lakers' own alumni record credits Landsberger as a key reserve on the 1980 and 1982 championship teams. That gives Los Angeles direct title-era value from the player it acquired.
Ollie Mack played 23 games for Chicago after the trade in 1979-80, averaging 8.0 points in 22.9 minutes. He appeared in only three Bulls games the following season before being waived on October 23, 1980. That leaves Mack at 26 regular-season Chicago games. He was useful immediately after the trade, but he did not become a long-term piece.
Chicago used the No. 26 selection in 1980 on Sam Worthen. He played 64 Bulls games as a rookie, logging 945 minutes and scoring 235 points. Worthen did not return for a second Chicago season, so this branch also produced one year of direct value rather than a durable rotation piece.
Chicago did not use the second future pick itself. On September 12, 1980, the Bulls sent that 1981 second-round pick plus another 1981 second to San Antonio as compensation for signing veteran free agent Larry Kenon. Kenon played 77 games for Chicago in 1980-81 and 60 more in 1981-82, then five games in 1982-83. Because two second-round picks were sent as compensation, this review does not assign all 142 Kenon games to the pick received from Los Angeles. San Antonio eventually used the specific selection at No. 28 on Gene Banks. Banks' NBA production belongs to the Spurs, not Chicago, because the Bulls had already transferred the pick.
Chicago extracted several forms of value: 26 Mack games, 64 Worthen games and a future second that helped facilitate the Kenon signing. That is a respectable package for one reserve big. Los Angeles, however, received 206 regular-season games from Landsberger across parts of four seasons, including reserve contributions to two championship teams. The Lakers' value is both easier to isolate and tied directly to the club's highest-level results.
Lakers Edge, A-/B+. Los Angeles receives an A- for 206 Landsberger games and two championship-season contributions. Chicago receives a B+ for Mack, Worthen and a future pick that retained enough value to become part of the Kenon compensation package, with the unquantified cash term preserved but not scored.