Chicago sold Vern Hatton's player rights back to the Philadelphia Warriors on November 29, 1961 for cash, six months after Philadelphia had sold the same rights to the expansion Packers. Hatton had played 15 games for Chicago, averaging 9.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 26.4 minutes per game. Philadelphia did not use him in another regular-season game; the Warriors sold Hatton's rights to St. Louis the next day, and he finished his NBA career with 25 Hawks games. The public transaction ledgers do not preserve either the November 29 cash price or Philadelphia's November 30 resale amount. Because the Warriors' return was essentially an unpriced one-day rights flip and Chicago's return was also unpriced cash, a winner cannot be supported.
No separate canonical grade is recorded for Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards.
Chicago sold Vern Hatton's player rights back to Philadelphia for cash on November 29, 1961. The transaction is the middle leg of an unusually compressed rights chain. Philadelphia had sold Hatton to the expansion Packers on May 31. Hatton then played 15 games for Chicago before the Packers returned his rights to the Warriors. One day later, Philadelphia sold the same rights to St. Louis.
The Packers' side is straightforward in structure but difficult to value precisely. Chicago received cash after getting 15 regular-season games from Hatton earlier in the season. During those games he averaged 9.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 26.4 minutes per game, so the original May purchase did produce usable rotation minutes before the rights were sold back.
The Warriors reacquired Hatton's rights but did not use him in another regular-season game. On November 30, just one day after getting the rights back, Philadelphia sold them to St. Louis. Hatton then appeared in 25 games for the Hawks, averaging 3.7 points and 1.8 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per game before his NBA career ended. Philadelphia therefore treated the reacquired rights as a short-lived transaction asset rather than a roster addition. The November 30 St. Louis sale also involved cash, but that amount is likewise unavailable.
This record is a good example of why an unknown cash transaction should not be graded solely from player appearances. Chicago got a known 15-game contribution before selling the rights, while Philadelphia received no new on-court value from the November 29 acquisition. But Philadelphia may have made money by reselling the rights the following day, and Chicago may have received meaningful cash when it exited. Because both sides' actual transaction value is concentrated in undisclosed financial terms, the player record does not settle the comparison.
Insufficient Evidence. The November 29 Chicago-to-Philadelphia rights sale is verified, Hatton's 15 Packers games are verified, and Philadelphia's November 30 resale to St. Louis is verified. The relevant cash amounts are not. Those missing financial terms are material enough that no winner or team grades should be assigned. Confidence is high on the chronology and player identity but intentionally limited on comparative value. The verdict reflects only verified transaction terms and realized team value.