It was, oddly enough, the second time in his pro career that he was traded on this day. Cassell had previously been shipped to the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets by the Dallas Mavericks.

First in a series Matt Gerhard was a good running back on a good Catasauqua football team in 1983. Something happened to Gerhard’s left knee during the team’s fourth game that season against Nazareth.