Philadelphia sold Vern Hatton's player rights to the expansion Chicago Packers on May 31, 1961 for cash. Hatton then played 15 regular-season games for Chicago in 1961-62, averaging 9.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 26.4 minutes per game. Chicago sold his rights back to Philadelphia on November 29, and the Warriors sold them to St. Louis the next day; Hatton finished his NBA career with 25 Hawks games. The public ledgers do not preserve the cash amount in the May sale or the November buyback. Because the same asset generated multiple unpriced cash transactions around only 15 Packers games, the source-backed verdict remains Insufficient Evidence rather than inventing a financial comparison.
No separate canonical grade is recorded for Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards.
The Warriors sold Vern Hatton's player rights to Chicago for cash on May 31, 1961. League and team transaction records support the sale, and the Packers' inaugural media guide places Hatton on the expansion roster. The public record does not preserve the purchase price.
Hatton appeared in 15 games for the Packers, averaging 26.4 minutes, 9.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists. Chicago then sold his rights back to Philadelphia on November 29. The Warriors moved those rights to St. Louis one day later, and Hatton finished his NBA career with 25 Hawks games.
The May purchase, November buyback and next-day St. Louis sale all lack public cash figures. That omission matters more than usual because the asset changed hands repeatedly for money. Fifteen games measure Chicago's basketball return, but they do not reveal the net financial result for either franchise.
The sequence can be documented without pretending the economics are known. Chicago received a brief but meaningful rotation stint; Philadelphia sold, reacquired and resold the same rights. With every price missing, any winner or letter grade would be invented.
Insufficient Evidence — Vern Hatton played 15 games for Chicago, but three linked cash transactions remain unpriced. Because none of the cash prices or contingent linked consideration is documented, assigning a confident winner would exceed the surviving source evidence.