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Article: Jazz Trades for Dawkins, Turpin
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 9, 1987
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The Utah Jazz beefed up its front line with centers Darryl
Dawkins and Mel Turpin in a seven-player NBA trade yesterday that
also involved the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets.
The player shuffle began with New Jersey sending Dawkins to
Cleveland in exchange for guard John Bagley and forward Keith Lee.
The Cavaliers then sent Dawkins and Turpin to Utah for backup center
Kent Benson, reserve guard Dell Curry and forward James Bailey.
All seven of the players traded were first-round draft picks, but
none was a starter at the end of the 1986-87 season.
Dawkins, 30, a 12-year NBA veteran, has a 12.3-point career
scoring average. But the 6-foot-11, 270-pounder has been hampered by ...