Trail Blazers Trade Berry to Spurs
The Portland Trail Blazers traded Walter Berry, last season’s college basketball player of the year, to the San Antonio Spurs Thursday for rookie reserve center Kevin Duckworth.
The 7-foot, 280-pound Duckworth was the 33rd player chosen in this year’s National Basketball Assn. draft of college players. Berry was the 14th selection overall.
Berry has missed 12 games because of back pain, although Trail Blazer officials said examinations showed no sign of injury.
The 6-8 former St. John’s star was fined an undisclosed amount when, while injured and not playing, he failed to show up for a home game Dec. 2.
Portland has been searching for a center since Sam Bowie suffered a broken leg in the fifth game of the season.
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