On April 15, 1970, the San Diego Rockets sold the player rights to Don Kojis to the Seattle SuperSonics. The reviewed transaction sources do not identify the sale price. Seattle received two useful seasons from Kojis: 79 games at 14.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in 1970-71, then 73 games at 11.4 points and 4.6 rebounds in 1971-72. San Diego's return was cash of an unknown amount, so its economic value cannot be reconstructed. The realized basketball value favors Seattle, which turned the purchased rights into 152 regular-season games from a proven veteran forward.
On April 15, 1970, the San Diego Rockets sold the player rights to Don Kojis to the Seattle SuperSonics. Basketball-Reference lists the move from both team perspectives and in the league transaction log. RealGM also records Seattle acquiring Kojis from San Diego on that date. The reviewed sources establish the transfer, but none publishes the sale price. TradeVerdicts therefore keeps the Rockets' return as cash with the amount unknown.
Kojis was already an established NBA forward. He had made the All-Star team in 1967-68 and 1968-69 with San Diego, then averaged 15.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in 56 games during 1969-70. Seattle was not buying a speculative prospect. It was acquiring the rights to a veteran who had recently been one of San Diego's leading scorers. The move produced immediate usable value. Kojis played 79 games for Seattle in 1970-71, averaging 14.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 27.1 minutes. He remained in the rotation the next season, appearing in 73 games and averaging 11.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 25.4 minutes. Across the two seasons, that is 152 regular-season appearances and nearly 4,000 minutes from the purchased rights. Seattle later moved Kojis in August 1972 as part of a separate transaction with Kansas City-Omaha. This verdict does not assign the entire value of that later package back to the 1970 sale because Kojis was bundled with another player. The direct return is already enough to judge the original purchase: Seattle received two seasons of dependable rotation production.
San Diego received cash. That asset should not be treated as worthless, especially in an era when player sales were a normal roster-management tool. The problem is documentation, not the existence of value. Without a verified sale price, there is no responsible way to compare the financial return with a player contract, draft choice or later on-court production. That uncertainty is why the Rockets are not given a failing grade. They monetized the rights to a 31-year-old veteran after a season in which he played 56 games. But the surviving basketball record shows exactly what Seattle received, while the cash side cannot be quantified from the reviewed sources.
Seattle's advantage is the clearest part of the record. The SuperSonics turned the purchased rights into 152 games, 1,989 points and 770 rebounds over two seasons. Kojis was not a franchise-changing acquisition, but he was a regular contributor on teams that improved from 38 wins in 1970-71 to 47 wins in 1971-72.
Seattle SuperSonics Win. Seattle Win, B/C. Seattle receives a B for obtaining two productive veteran seasons for an undisclosed cash price. San Diego receives a C because the club did receive a real asset, but the amount is unknown and there is no documented basketball return to compare with Kojis' Seattle production. Confidence is medium-high on the transaction and player value, but only medium on the overall economic comparison because the sale price remains unresolved. The verdict reflects only verified transaction terms and realized team value.