Re: THE BIGGEST TRADE IN BOSTON'S HISTORY

[Bob Miller <bob@pointofchoice.com>]

>> The biggest trade brought Robert and Kevin to the Celtics of course.
>
>This was a big trade, but some folks might argue whether it was the
>BIGGEST.  The trade that sent Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan to the St. Louis
>Hawks in 1956 for their first round pick, used to select Bill Russell,
>might also rank right up there.  I mean, Russ did win 11 titles in 13
>years...

Another aspect to that trade: Syracuse had the #1 pick, followed by St.
Louis. Walter Brown reached a deal with Syracuse that they could have
visits from the Ice Capades in exchange for them not drafting Russell.