The suckiest trades in Sonic history

Traded for Paul Westphal. Seriously.

With all this Ray Allen/Vince Carter trade talk floating around, it might be a good time to look back at the worst trades and almost trades in Supersonic history. Luckily, the folks over at Supersonics.com have already done this for us.

Whew! Now I can go back to sleep.

The strange case of John Brisker

John Brisker - Don't make fun of the hat.

Last month, The P.I. ran a great story about one of my all-time favorite players: John Brisker. Brisker played briefly for the Sonics in the mid-70's, but is best remembered for his days in the ABA, where he was known as the ultimate tough guy in a league full of loonies.

Unfortunately, his thug tendencies overshadowed the fact that the dude could play. He was an All-Star in the ABA and once scored 47 points in a game for the Sonics. After an argument with coach Bill Russell, however, he was blackballed from the league. Somehow, Brisker ended up in Uganda, where he disappeared and was never heard from again. Even though no body was ever found, Brisker was declared dead in 1985.

To find out more about John Brisker and the ABA, I highly recommend Loose Balls by Terry Pluto, and the excellent Remember The ABA website.

(Be warned: After reading about how cool the ABA was, you may never want to watch an NBA game again!)

Gary in green again...

...except this time it's Celtic green!

BOSTON -- The Los Angeles Lakers resumed their makeover Friday by trading Gary Payton and Rick Fox to the Boston Celtics for Chucky Atkins, Marcus Banks and Chris Mihm.

The Celtics also received a conditional first-round draft pick and cash in the deal and sent a second-round pick to the Western Conference champions

Read the rest here.

Yes, the so-called "greatest Sonic in the history of the universe" got shipped to bean-town for a couple of stiffs. Are the Lakers nuts, or has Payton's stock really dropped that much?