Minneapolis Acquired Frank Selvy for Two Player Rights
Minneapolis acquired Frank Selvy from St. Louis on February 16, 1958 for the rights to Dick Boushka and Terry Rand. The transaction is unusually important to describe with source discipline. Basketball-Reference's St. Louis and league logs, John Kundla's executive ledger, Ben Kerner's executive ledger and the Lakers' own all-time transaction history all describe a trade. Pro Sports Transactions instead labels Selvy's movement a loan for the remainder of 1957-58. A later legacy Hawks record also places Selvy back under St. Louis control before a reported October 1958 move to New York.
Selvy Delivered Real Late-Season Minutes
Whatever the rights mechanism, Selvy unquestionably played for the Lakers after February 16. Basketball-Reference credits him with 12 Minneapolis games in 1957-58, totaling 231 minutes, 76 points, 35 rebounds and 19 assists. He averaged 19.3 minutes and 6.3 points in that stint after playing only 7.5 minutes per game in 26 St. Louis appearances earlier in the season. Minneapolis therefore received real late-season rotation value from a player who had barely been used by the eventual champion Hawks.
St. Louis Received Rights That Produced No NBA Games
Boushka and Rand were legitimate Lakers draft-rights assets, not fabricated names. Minneapolis had selected Boushka in the third round of the 1955 draft and Rand in the second round of the 1956 draft. Neither player, however, produced an NBA appearance after the rights transfer. Basketball-Reference identifies Boushka as an Olympic gold medalist and later AAU player without an NBA game, while Rand also chose the industrial/AAU route and never appeared in the league. St. Louis therefore received two recognizable prospects but no realized NBA minutes from either right.
The Uncertain Rights Mechanism Still Favors the Lakers
The immediate basketball outcome favors Minneapolis because Selvy supplied 12 games and more than 200 minutes while the two rights sent to St. Louis produced no NBA appearances. The uncertain loan-versus-trade mechanics keep the conclusion from being overstated: if Selvy's rights reverted to the Hawks after the season, St. Louis retained future contractual value that a simple permanent-trade label would miss. That uncertainty affects the size of the advantage, not the documented 1957-58 production gap.
Final Verdict
Lakers Win — Minneapolis B, St. Louis D+. On February 16, 1958, Minneapolis acquired Frank Selvy from St. Louis for the rights to Dick Boushka and Terry Rand. Basketball-Reference, the Lakers' official transaction history and both franchise executive ledgers describe an outright trade, while Pro Sports Transactions preserves the older wording that Selvy was loaned to Minneapolis for the rest of 1957-58. That distinction is noted rather than forced: Selvy played 12 Lakers games after the move, totaling 231 minutes and 76 points, while neither Boushka nor Rand ever appeared in an NBA game. The immediate realized value therefore favors Minneapolis, even with uncertainty about whether Selvy's rights reverted to St.