Al Bianchi

Alfred A. Bianchi (Blinky)

Born: March 26, 1932 in Long Island City, New York

Died: October 28, 2019

High School: Long Island City in Queens, New York

College: Bowling Green

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Franchises

Virginia Squires: 1970 to ?
New York Knicks: July 8, 1987 to March 1, 1991

Team Records

Team Records Table
			Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	W/L%	W > .500	Finish	G	W	L	W/L%	Notes
1970-71	VIR	ABA	84	55	29	.655	13.0	1	12	6	6	.500
1971-72	VIR	ABA	84	45	39	.536	3.0	2	11	7	4	.636
1972-73	VIR	ABA	84	42	42	.500	0.0	3	5	1	4	.200
1973-74	VIR	ABA	84	28	56	.333	-14.0	4	5	1	4	.200
1987-88	NYK	NBA	82	38	44	.463	-3.0	3	4	1	3	.250
1988-89	NYK	NBA	82	52	30	.634	11.0	1	9	5	4	.556
1989-90	NYK	NBA	82	45	37	.549	4.0	3	10	4	6	.400
1990-91	NYK	NBA	57	26	31	.456	-2.5	3	0	0	0
Career			639	331	308	.518	11.5		56	25	31	.446
4 seasons	VIR		336	170	166	.506	2		33	15	18	.455
4 seasons	NYK		303	161	142	.531	9.5		23	10	13	.435

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

Virginia Squires Franchise (January 1, 1971 - December 31, 1973)

January 22, 1971: Traded a 1971 first-round draft choice and player to be named later or cash to the Denver Rockets for Ken Durrett.

January 22, 1971: Traded Larry Brown to the Denver Rockets for cash.

March 15, 1971: Traded a draft choice to the New York Nets for Bill Bunting.

April 5, 1971: Signed Julius Erving.

September 4, 1971: Signed Adrian Smith.

September 16, 1971: Traded George Carter to the Pittsburgh Condors for a 1972 first-round draft choice.

October 19, 1971: Signed Bernie Williams as a free agent.

March, 1972: Signed Bob McAdoo. Virginia withdraws claim on 5/5/72

March 2, 1972: Selected Don Buse (?? round, ?? pick), Bob McAdoo (?? round, ?? pick) and Dave Twardzik (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1972 ABA Draft.

March 7, 1972: Signed William Franklin.

April 12, 1972: Selected Mike Barr (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1972 ABA Draft.

May 9, 1972: Signed Mike Barr.

May 13, 1972: Signed Dave Twardzik.

August, 1972: Traded Don Buse to the Indiana Pacers for cash.

January 15, 1973: Selected George Gervin (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1973 ABA Draft.

January 15, 1973: Signed George Gervin.

January 15, 1973: Selected Larry Kenon (?? round, ?? pick) and Barry Parkhill (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1973 ABA Draft.

April 24, 1973: Selected Caldwell Jones (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1973 ABA Draft.

April 25, 1973: Selected in the 1973 ABA Draft.

May 1, 1973: Signed Swen Nater.

May 10, 1973: Signed Barry Parkhill.

July 31, 1973: Traded Julius Erving and Willie Sojourner to the New York Nets for George Carter, Kermit Washington and cash.

September 13, 1973: Traded a draft choice to the Utah Stars for Cincinnatus Powell.

October 29, 1973: Traded Caldwell Jones to the San Diego Conquistadors for Larry Miller.

November 21, 1973: Traded Swen Nater to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1974 first-round draft choice and cash.

New York Knicks Franchise (July 8, 1987 - March 1, 1991)

July 13, 1987: Hired Rick Pitino as Head Coach.

October 9, 1987: Signed Ray Tolbert as a free agent.

October 15, 1987: Traded Jawann Oldham to the Sacramento Kings for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Fennis Dembo was later selected).

October 29, 1987: Traded Ron Moore and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Fennis Dembo was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons for Sidney Green.

November 12, 1987: Signed Johnny Newman as a free agent.

November 12, 1987: Traded Rory Sparrow to the Chicago Bulls for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Greg Butler was later selected).

November 30, 1987: Signed Rick Carlisle as a free agent.

December 11, 1987: Signed Billy Donovan as a free agent.

March 2, 1988: Signed Carey Scurry to the first of two 10-day contracts.

March 13, 1988: Signed Sedric Toney to a 10-day contract.

March 23, 1988: Signed Sedric Toney as a free agent.

June 27, 1988: Traded Bill Cartwright, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Will Perdue was later selected) and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Derrick Lewis was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for Charles Oakley, a 1988 1st round draft pick (Rod Strickland was later selected) and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Phil Stinnie was later selected).

June 28, 1988: Selected Rod Strickland (1st round, 19th pick), Greg Butler (2nd round, 37th pick) and Phil Stinnie (3rd round, 69th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.

October 3, 1988: Signed Eddie Lee Wilkins as a free agent.

December 20, 1988: Signed Pete Myers as a free agent.

February 23, 1989: Traded a 1989 1st round draft pick (Byron Irvin was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kiki Vandeweghe.

June 27, 1989: Selected Brian Quinnett (2nd round, 50th pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.

July 10, 1989: Hired Stu Jackson as Head Coach.

February 21, 1990: Traded Rod Strickland to the San Antonio Spurs for Maurice Cheeks.

February 22, 1990: Traded a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Oliver was later selected) to the Charlotte Hornets for Stuart Gray.

June 27, 1990: Selected Jerrod Mustaf (1st round, 17th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.

October 1, 1990: Signed John Starks as an unrestricted free agent.

October 1, 1990: Signed Greg Grant as an unrestricted free agent.

October 1, 1990: Signed Earl Cureton as a free agent.

December 3, 1990: Fired Stu Jackson as Head Coach.

December 3, 1990: Hired John MacLeod as Head Coach.