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On this day: Sharman trade; Conley draft; Wagner, Morrison born; '64 title won

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On this day , Bill Sharman was traded to the Boston Celtics in 1951 from the (then) Fort Wayne (now, Detroit ) Pistons, who in turn had picked up Sharman early in the year in a dispersal draft from the now-defunct Washington Capitals .

The 1952 NBA draft was held in Minneapolis , Minnesota , with the Celtics taking forward Gene Conley with the 90th overall pick out of Washington State .

Conley would play four seasons with Boston in two stints, the middle being broken up with five seasons playing for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, with whom he won an MLB national championship in 1957 .

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