The Golden State Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics finally made it official.
Guard Ricky Pierce and the rights to first-round draft pick Carlos Rogers will go to the Warriors, while the SuperSonics will get guard Sarunas Marciulionis and forward Byron Houston.The trade, announced Monday, also gives the Warriors two second-round picks in the 1995 draft. Although plans for the trade had been widely reported late last month, it could not be made official because of a players association lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in New York.
The 6-foot-4 Pierce, a two-time Sixth Man Award winner with the Milwaukee Bucks, has averaged 16.4 points in 12 NBA seasons. The 34-year-old shooting guard averaged 14.5 points in 51 games last season with Seattle.
Pierce currently ranks seventh as the most accurate free-throw shooter in the league's history, with a .876 career average.
Rogers, 23, was the 11th overall pick in the June draft by the Sonics. The 6-foot-11 forward-center out of Tennessee State averaged 24.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and three blocked shots in 31 games last season. He was also chosen Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year for the second straight season.
"By acquiring Ricky Pierce and Carlos Rogers, we have added one of the NBA's best pure shooters and a young big man with tremendous potential," Warriors coach Don Nelson said in a statement.
Nelson previously coached Pierce in Milwaukee from 1984-85 through the 1986-87 season.