Slight Kings Edge

Seattle received Jim Fox / Sonny Fox; future considerations (Dick Gibbs on 1973-05-14) and sent Don Kojis; Pete Cross. Kings hold a modest edge, but Seattle still received defensible value. The grading is retrospective: named draft selections are evaluated by what they became, while unknown or still-protected picks are kept conservative. Later unrelated transactions are not credited as if they were guaranteed at the time of this deal. For a lower-profile transaction, the grade stays conservative and focuses on durable rotation value, pick conversion and the actual cost paid.