NBA HISTORY
An inside look at some 1990 trades that never were made
Rich Jensen, Celtics Blog
Note: The above story was inadvertently omitted from today’s BI, published earlier today. We are publishing this corrected edition in order to include it because of its significant historical interest and value
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