Milwaukee acquired Mike Evans' player rights from San Antonio for cash in early October 1980. Evans played 85 regular-season games for Milwaukee across 1980-81 and 1981-82, totaling 1,107 minutes, 376 points and 189 assists before the Bucks waived him. San Antonio's cash amount is not documented in the reviewed sources. Milwaukee therefore gets the stronger realized basketball return, though the unquantified cash keeps the grade from becoming lopsided.
The legacy archive entry dates the transaction October 6, 1980. Basketball-Reference's Milwaukee and San Antonio transaction ledgers both record the player-rights sale on October 7. This review does not silently rewrite the frozen canonical date. Instead, it records the one-day source discrepancy and grades the assets that are clear: Mike Evans to Milwaukee, cash to San Antonio.
Evans played 71 games for the Bucks in 1980-81, logging 911 minutes. He averaged 4.5 points and 2.4 assists in 12.8 minutes while appearing on a 60-win team. He also appeared in four playoff games that spring, scoring 25 points in 38 minutes. Evans returned for 14 more Milwaukee games in 1981-82. Across the two regular seasons, he played 85 Bucks games and totaled 1,107 minutes, 376 points and 189 assists. Milwaukee waived Evans during the 1981-82 season. Cleveland later signed him as a free agent, so there is no downstream trade return for the Bucks to credit.
The Spurs' transaction ledger describes the move as a sale of Evans' player rights. The reviewed sources do not state the cash amount. That matters because cash is real consideration even when it creates no player or draft branch. This review does not treat San Antonio's side as zero value; it simply cannot assign a precise realized basketball equivalent to an undocumented payment.
Milwaukee turned cash into 85 regular-season appearances from a reserve guard and four playoff appearances during the 1981 postseason. San Antonio monetized a player it was moving on from, but the amount is unavailable. Without evidence that the payment approached the value of two seasons of usable roster depth, the clearer hindsight return belongs to Milwaukee.
Bucks Win, B/C+. Milwaukee receives a B for 85 Evans games across two seasons plus limited playoff work. San Antonio receives a C+ for receiving cash of unknown size, with the unquantified amount preventing a harsher grade and keeping confidence at medium.