Article: Ewing Nearly Traded to Sonics

CHRIS SHERIDAN, AP Basketball Writer
AP Online
08-22-2000
Ewing Nearly Traded to Sonics

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Knicks were all set to trade Patrick Ewing for Glen Rice and Vin Baker as part of a four-team mega-deal. For most of Monday, people thought the blockbuster was imminent.

Now, the trade looks dead.

In what would have been the largest trade in NBA history, the Knicks, Lakers, SuperSonics and Pistons discussed sending Ewing to Seattle, Rice and Baker to New York and Christian Laettner and Chris Dudley to Los Angeles. The Pistons would have received several lesser caliber players, draft picks and cash.

ESPN.com had reported the deal had been agreed to, but it reportedly ...

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