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Hey man, why you always making me disagree?
Westy wanted out. Didn't like the team concept. It's his right. But crap, imagine if Sam Jones took that attitude when he started here.
Red had to let him go. And as Red said, we won that trade. Paul got his All-Star games, but we - with Charlie - won the title.
And I wanted Chaney to stay too. But we couldn't match the offer Don got from the ABA.
I don't remember reading or hearing about that...This article I found goes into some detail about his time with the Celtics but doesn't mention any grievance from Westphal's side:
Finally voted into Hall of Fame, Paul Westphal was the traded Celtic who rose to prominence as a Sun
After 3 years as third guard on great Celtic teams, Westy blossomed into an NBA superstar when traded to Phoenixwww.celticsblog.com
Working off memory from 45 years ago, it was Heinsohn who wanted the trade. He felt Westphal didn't run the break well as mentioned in the article.
My memory is that Westphael was shocked and disappointed at the trade.