Beckett Basketball – July 2019

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Dirk was chosen by the Milwaukee

Bucks with the ninth pick in the

1998 Draft, but was immediately

traded to Dallas for the Mavs’ fi rst-

round pick that year, Robert “Trac-

tor” Traylor, whom the Mavericks

had taken sixth overall. In addition

to Dirk, the Mavericks also landed

Pat Garrity in the deal.

Dwyane Wade at a

launch party in New

York to celebrate his

Converse Signature

Shoe “Wade.”