Today, March 14th is the 45th anniversary of the trade which brought former Boston Celtics big man Paul Silas to Beantown.
The Celtics' Paul Silas slices through a trio of Knickerbocker Hall of Famers and releases a sweet finger roll. pic.twitter.com/q7yy3JGOdo
The trade caught Silas by surprise, and came about to resolve the fact that while the Phoenix Suns owned player Charlie Scott's ABA draft rights, Boston owned Scott's NBA draft rights. Red Auerbach demanded Silas in exchange for letting Scott join the Suns, and arranged a trade for the two players and cash, bringing Paul to Boston - much to his chagrin at the time, having just bought a home in Phoenix.