Dallas traded Billy McKinney to Utah on September 11, 1980 for 1983 and 1984 second-round picks. McKinney played 35 games for the Jazz at 8.4 points and 4.5 assists before Utah moved him to Denver for Carl Nicks, who added 40 Jazz games that season. Dallas used the 1983 pick at No. 30 on Mark West, who played 34 regular-season games and four playoff games for the Mavericks before being waived in 1984. The 1984 pick became No. 40 Anthony Teachey, who never played an NBA regular-season game. Utah gets the modest realized-value edge.
Basketball-Reference's Utah and league transaction ledgers record the September 11, 1980 trade: Dallas sent Billy McKinney to the Jazz for a 1983 second-round pick and a 1984 second-round pick. The delayed return meant Dallas had to wait nearly three years before either asset became an NBA player. Utah, by contrast, got immediate rotation minutes from McKinney.
McKinney appeared in 35 Jazz games in 1980-81 and logged 1,032 minutes. He averaged 8.4 points, 4.5 assists and 2.1 rebounds while shooting 53.2 percent from the field. That was meaningful backcourt production, but the Jazz did not keep him for the full season. On December 22, Utah traded McKinney to Denver for rookie guard Carl Nicks. Nicks then played 40 games for the Jazz that season, averaging 6.3 points in 15.4 minutes. This review credits those Utah games as direct downstream value from the McKinney branch.
Dallas held the first incoming pick until the 1983 draft and selected Mark West at No. 30. West played 34 regular-season games for the Mavericks as a rookie, logging 202 minutes, and also appeared in four playoff games. Dallas waived him in October 1984, so the Mavericks did not capture the long NBA career West later built elsewhere. That distinction is important. This review scores only the value realized by Dallas, not West's 17-year career after he became a free agent.
Dallas used the second incoming pick at No. 40 in 1984 on Anthony Teachey. Basketball-Reference lists Teachey as a Dallas draft pick but records no NBA regular-season career. The pick therefore did not add direct NBA game value for the Mavericks.
Dallas received two draft opportunities, but the realized NBA return was limited to 34 regular-season games and four playoff appearances from West. Teachey produced no NBA games for the franchise. Utah received 35 McKinney games with useful point-guard production and then converted him into Nicks, who added another 40 games. The Jazz branch therefore produced more immediate and identifiable team-specific value.
Slight Jazz Edge, B-/C+. Utah receives a B- for 35 productive McKinney games plus 40 Nicks games after the December trade. Dallas receives a C+ because Mark West supplied limited rookie minutes and a few playoff appearances while the second pick produced no NBA games.