New York acquired Sam Stith's player rights from the Cincinnati Royals on May 16, 1961. RealGM, Pro Sports Transactions and the 1962 Knicks media guide all support the Cincinnati-to-New York direction, and Stith signed with the Knicks before playing his only NBA season there. Basketball-Reference also contains a contradictory same-day reciprocal entry showing New York selling Stith's rights back to Cincinnati, so that ledger cannot be treated as a clean one-direction record by itself. Stith ultimately played 32 games for New York in 1961-62, averaging 4.4 points and 1.9 assists in 13.8 minutes per game. Because the cash amount is unknown and the reciprocal BBR entry creates a transaction-record conflict, the source-backed verdict remains Insufficient Evidence rather than forcing a winner.
No separate canonical grade is recorded for New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings.
RealGM, Pro Sports Transactions and the 1962 Knicks media guide support Cincinnati selling Sam Stith's rights to New York on May 16, 1961. Basketball-Reference also preserves a contradictory same-day entry showing New York selling the rights back to Cincinnati. The reciprocal listings prevent treating either cash record as uncomplicated on its own.
The playing outcome is less ambiguous. Stith signed with the Knicks and appeared in 32 games during 1961-62, averaging 13.8 minutes, 4.4 points and 1.9 assists. It was his only NBA season, so New York received a short reserve contribution rather than a durable asset.
No public source in the record identifies the cash amount, and the two-direction ledger conflict leaves open whether there were separate same-day rights actions or duplicated bookkeeping. Those uncertainties are material because the transaction was a cash-for-rights move with modest on-court value.
New York clearly received the only verified NBA service, but 32 reserve games do not justify ignoring the unresolved cash and direction questions. The accurate editorial outcome is to document the conflict and withhold team grades until stronger evidence resolves the transaction structure.
Insufficient Evidence — Sam Stith played 32 games for New York, but reciprocal ledger entries and an unknown cash amount prevent a defensible winner.