Basketball Trades: 2002

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Indiana traded a 2003 2nd-round draft choice to Midwest for Raef LaFrentz (C 3/5, age 26).

Midwest trades Shareef Abdur Rahim (5/3 F, age26) and their 2003 2nd-round pick to Costa Mesa for Costa's 2003 1st-round pick and Costa's 2005 1st-round pick.

Hiroshima trades Steve Nash (4/2 G, age 29), and free agent Michael Jordan (5/5 GF) to Costa Mesa for Michael Finley (5/4 GF, age 29) and Jalen Rose (5/3 G, age 30).

Santa Ana trades Karl Malone (5/5 F, age 39) and Dikembe Mutombo (2/5 C, age 37) to Long Beach for Kenyon Martin (4/4 F, age 25).

River City trades Olowokandi (2/4 C, age 28) and Baron Davis (4/4 G, age 23) to Costa Mesa for Long Beach's 2003 #1 pick and Marcus Camby (2/4 FC, age 28)

Long Beach trades Rasheed Wallace (5/5 FC, age 28) to Costa Mesa for Costa Mesa's 2004 1st round pick (with the knowledge that KCC has the option of swapping picks from a previous page), Costa Mesa's 2003 3rd round pick, Kenyon Martin (4/4 F, age 25), Vlade Divac (3/3 C, age 34), and Jamal Mashburn (5/2 F, age 31). LB also sends Tim Thomas to Costa for "safekeeping" for Santa Ana from a previous trade.

Costa Mesa trades Tracy McGrady (5/4 GF, age 23) to Long Beach for LB's 2003 1st round draft choice, Mike Bibby (4/3 G, age 24), and Michael Finley (5/4 GF, age 29). If Long Beach's 2003 1st-round pick isn't in the top 4, then Costa has the option of giving back that 2003 1st-round pick to Long Beach and instead picking up Long Beach's 2005 1st-round pick.

Hiroshima trades Stephon Marbury (5/3 G, age 25) to Santa Ana for Gary Payton (5/5 G, age 34)

Santa Ana trades Andrei Kirilenko (2/3 F, age 21) to KCC for KCC's 2003 first round draft choice (KCC loses the previously acquired option to swap 1st round draft choices with Costa Mesa for the 2003 draft), Ricky Davis (2/2 G, age 23), and Eddie Griffin (2/3 F, age 20).

Long Beach trades Antoine Walker (5/3 F/C, age 26) and the 2003 3rd round pick obtained from Santa Ana to Costa Mesa for Michael Finley (5/4 G/F, age 29).

River City trades Rasheed Wallace (F/C rated 5/5, age 28) to Long Beach for Long Beach's 2004 1st round pick (that's the draft after Yao Ming/Jay Williams' draft).

Baja trades Stromile Swift (3/3 forward, age 23) to Costa Mesa for Costa's 2003 2nd round pick.

Santa Ana is sending Tim Thomas to Long Beach for 1 year to save a roster spot for Santa Ana. Long Beach gets Santa Ana's 2003 3rd round pick. Tim Thomas reverts back to Santa Ana's roster in 2003.

Rottingham trades Mo Peterson (G 3/2, age 25) to River City for RC's 2003 2nd round draft choice.

Indiana trades its 2002 2nd round pick for KCC's 2003 2nd round pick.

Indiana trades their 2003 1st-round pick to KCC for Ron Artest (forward, 4/4, age 22).

Indiana trades the no. 5 pick in the 2002 draft to Midwest for Allan Houston (5/3 guard, age 31), Latrell Sprewell (5/3 forward/guard, age 32), and Austin Croshere (2/2 forward, age 27).

KCC trades Darius Miles, their 3rd round picks in 2005, 2006, & 2007 to Santa Ana for Santa Ana's 1st round picks in 2005 and 2006. KCC also receives the option of swapping picks in 2007.

Long Beach trades it's first pick in the draft (no. 2) and Darius Miles (F, 2-3, age 21) to KCC for Vince Carter (G, 5-4, age 25)