Former Kansas University basketball All-Americans Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce will be reunited with the Boston Celtics.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed to the Associated Press today that he has traded LaFrentz to the Celtics for All-Star forward Antoine Walker in a five player deal.
Dallas is sending Raef LaFrentz, who signed a $69 million, five-year deal before last season, to the Celtics with Jiri Welsch and Chris Mills, players the Mavericks got in an offseason trade that also brought Antawn Jamison from Golden State.
Boston also will get Dallas’ first-round pick in 2004. The Mavericks will get guard Tony Delk from Boston.
Pierce, who has been a standout with the Celtics since being selected by Boston in the first round of the 1998 draft, and LaFrentz were the leading scorers on the 1996-97 and 1997-98 KU teams that compiled a 69-6 record over those two seasons.
LaFrentz was a first-round selected of the Denver Nuggets in 1998, and was traded to the Mavs during the 2001-2002 season.
