Connie Dierking Dies at 77 CINCINNATI - Connie Dierking, a longtime N.B.A. player who was part of the trade that brought Wilt Chamberlain to Philadelphia, died on Sunday. He was 77. His death was announced by WKRC-TV here, where his daughter Cammy Dierking is a news anchor. It was confirmed by the University of Cincinnati, where he starred in the 1950s. The station did not say where he died or give a cause. Dierking, a 6-foot-10 center, played with Oscar Robertson for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats in 1957-58. He later teamed with Robertson and Jerry Lucas on the Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association. He averaged 10 points and 6.7 rebounds in his N.B.A. career and averaged a career-high 16.7 points in 1969-70 for the Royals. Conrad William Dierking was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 2, 1936. He was a 1958 first-round pick of the Syracuse Nationals, who later moved to Philadelphia and became the 76ers. He also played in the short-lived American Basketball League during more than a decade of professional basketball. In 1965, he was among three players traded to the San Francisco Warriors to bring Chamberlain back to Philadelphia, where he had played early in his career when the Warriors were based there. That move helped the 76ers build an N.B.A. champion. Dierking was later traded to the Royals by the Warriors. After retiring, he did color commentary on Bearcats games in the 1980s. Dierking is survived by his wife, Robyn, and five children.