Trade Verdicts
NBA Trade Verdict

Slight Lakers Edge

Los Angeles acquired John Tresvant's player rights from Seattle on January 23, 1970 in a cash sale. Multiple Basketball-Reference team, league and executive ledgers agree on January 23, correcting the legacy January 21 TradeVerdicts date. Tresvant played 20 Lakers games that season and eight more in 1970-71 before Los Angeles traded him to Baltimore for a 1972 second-round pick that became Paul Stovall. Seattle's cash amount is undisclosed. The Lakers therefore received modest on-court value plus a later draft asset, giving Los Angeles a small realized-value edge without turning the transaction into a major win.

January 23, 1970 Los Angeles Lakers / Oklahoma City Thunder Record confidence: High

Los Angeles Lakers Received

Oklahoma City Thunder Received

  • Cash cash

Los Angeles Lakers

B-

Oklahoma City Thunder

C+

Trade Analysis

The Verified Tresvant Sale Happened January 23

Los Angeles acquired John Tresvant's player rights from Seattle on January 23, 1970 in a cash sale.

Tresvant Gave Los Angeles Twenty-Eight Games

Multiple Basketball-Reference team, league and executive ledgers agree on January 23, correcting the legacy January 21 TradeVerdicts date.

The Lakers Later Converted Him into a Pick

Tresvant played 20 Lakers games that season and eight more in 1970-71 before Los Angeles traded him to Baltimore for a 1972 second-round pick that became Paul Stovall.

Seattle’s Unknown Cash Return Keeps It Close

Seattle's cash amount is undisclosed. The Lakers therefore received modest on-court value plus a later draft asset, giving Los Angeles a small realized-value edge without turning the transaction into a major win.

Final Verdict

Slight Lakers Edge — Los Angeles B-, Seattle C+. The Lakers therefore received modest on-court value plus a later draft asset, giving Los Angeles a small realized-value edge without turning the transaction into a major win. The canonical hindsight comparison is limited to the documented assets in this record — John Tresvant, cash — and does not add speculative value beyond those completed outcomes. For Los Angeles and Seattle, the verdict stays tied to realized, source-supported franchise value.

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