Denver sold Julius Keye to the Utah Stars for cash in August 1974, but the strongest transaction ledgers preserve only the month, not an exact day, so the canonical August 1 date is retained as an approximate sort position. Keye never played a regular-season game for Utah. On August 27, the Stars included him with Rick Mount and former coach Joe Mullaney in a trade to Memphis for Randy Denton. Keye then played 12 games for Memphis before being waived in November. Utah obtained real downstream trade utility, but it cannot be isolated from Mount and Mullaney, while Denver's cash amount is unknown. The record therefore remains intentionally ungraded as Insufficient Evidence.
No separate canonical grade is recorded for Denver Nuggets, LOS Angeles Stars.
In the summer of 1974 Denver transferred forward Julius Keye to the Utah Stars for cash. The local historical source uses August 1, but the reviewed ABA and team transaction ledgers establish only the month. The site keeps that placeholder day for historical record matching rather than representing it as a verified precise execution date.
Keye had appeared in 79 games for Denver in 1973-74 and averaged 8.7 rebounds. He was principally a defensive and rebounding player, with an ABA All-Defensive First Team honor. Selling him meant Denver parted with a player who had recently handled a meaningful frontcourt workload, not merely an unsigned prospect.
The Stars obtained his rights but did not receive a season of playing production from him after the transaction. Keye moved on before he could establish a Utah regular-season contribution, so his prior Denver performance cannot be retroactively credited to the purchasing team. That limits the measurable on-court return from this cash sale.
The reviewed historical sources confirm a cash transaction but do not establish its dollar amount. Without that consideration, it is impossible to compare Denver’s financial return against Keye’s remaining playing value fairly. The uncertainty is especially important for an ABA-era transaction involving a franchise that soon changed direction.
Insufficient Evidence. Keye was a genuine Denver rotation defender and rebounder, but the cash amount and precise transaction day are not supported by the available ledgers. This remains a private, ungraded historical record rather than an invented winner.