Sam Bowie traded to L.A. for Lakers center Benjamin - New Jersey Nets center Sam Bowie traded to Los Angeles Lakers for center Benoit Benjamin and draft pick - Brief Article

Jet, July 12, 1993

In the first big trade during the NBA summ6er hiatus, the New Jersey Nets dealt center Sam Bowie to the Los Angeles Lakers for Benoit Benjamin and a future second-round draft pick.

Nets general manager Willis Reed said the trade was to help cushion the blow of the accidental death of star Croatian guard Drazen Petrovic and the possible loss of center Chris Dudley.

Bowie, a 7-foot-1 pivot man out of Kentucky, is 32 years old and has been injury prone throughout his professional and collegiate career.

Reed coached Benjamin, also a 7-footer, when he was a head coach at Creighton (Neb.) University. Benjamin is 28.