No separate canonical grade is recorded for Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings.
The Cincinnati Royals acquired Fred Taylor from Phoenix for a future third-round selection. The Cincinnati-source record dates the exchange to December 24, 1971, but the historical Cincinnati transactions ledger puts the same Taylor-for-pick package on December 27. This archive entry therefore preserves an inherited date rather than documenting a second trade.
Taylor appeared in 21 games for the Royals, totaling 214 minutes. His short reserve stint did not become a continuing roster asset, but it did produce more immediate NBA playing time than the eventual Phoenix draft selection. The original transaction should be evaluated once, under the corroborated December 27 record, instead of receiving a duplicate set of grades.
The third-round pick became No. 42 Joe Reaves in the 1973 draft. Reaves played seven NBA games for the Suns, a considerably shorter direct stint than Taylor supplied Cincinnati. Those outcomes explain why the independently tracked transaction can receive a modest Royals edge without assigning a second result to this duplicate.
Removing the December 24 entry would obscure where the older Cincinnati roster ledger placed the exchange. Keeping it private preserves source provenance while preventing a duplicated Taylor/Reaves transaction from entering rankings, winner counts or search-index claims. The two dates are a historical reconciliation issue, not evidence of two different packages.
Record Superseded. This December 24 source row duplicates the Fred Taylor-for-third-round-pick exchange recorded by the authoritative team ledger on December 27. No independent win, loss or grade is appropriate; retain the source record privately and count the underlying basketball transaction only once.