NBA Trade Verdict

Jazz Win

New York acquired Joe Meriweather from Jazz for Spencer Haywood. the other team captured substantially more realized value than New York.

January 4, 1979 New York Knicks / Utah Jazz Record confidence: Medium

Trade Analysis

New York acquired Joe Meriweather and sent Spencer Haywood. the other team captured substantially more realized value than New York. The grade emphasizes realized player impact, pick outcomes, roster fit and asset cost rather than assuming the Knicks or the other team would have made identical downstream draft choices. For lower-profile historical deals, confidence is intentionally conservative because archival detail and transaction mechanics are thinner than for modern trades.