Franchises
- New York Knicks: January 4, 1960 to May 8, 1961
- Denver Nuggets: 1967 to June 2, 1967
- Utah Stars: 1970 to ?
- Denver Nuggets: May 7, 1984 to October 27, 1987
Team Records
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Finish | G | W | L | W/L% | Notes | |
1959-60 | NYK | NBA | 39 | 13 | 26 | .333 | -6.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1960-61 | NYK | NBA | 79 | 21 | 58 | .266 | -18.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970-71 | UTS | ABA | 84 | 57 | 27 | .679 | 15.0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | .667 | ABA Champions | |
1971-72 | UTS | ABA | 84 | 60 | 24 | .714 | 18.0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 | ||
1984-85 | DEN | NBA | 82 | 52 | 30 | .634 | 11.0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | .533 | ||
1985-86 | DEN | NBA | 82 | 47 | 35 | .573 | 6.0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .500 | ||
1986-87 | DEN | NBA | 82 | 37 | 45 | .451 | -4.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
Career | 532 | 287 | 245 | .539 | 21 | 57 | 32 | 25 | .561 | |||||
2 seasons | NYK | 118 | 34 | 84 | .288 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2 seasons | UTS | 168 | 117 | 51 | .696 | 33 | 29 | 19 | 10 | .655 | ||||
3 seasons | DEN | 246 | 136 | 110 | .553 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
Awards
- 1984-85 NBA Executive of the Year
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.
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January 11, 1960: Signed Whitey Bell as a free agent.
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January 24, 1960: Traded Ray Felix and a 1960 4th round draft pick (Ben Warley was later selected) to the Minneapolis Lakers for Dick Garmaker and a 1960 2nd round draft pick (Dave Budd was later selected).
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April 11, 1960: Selected Darrall Imhoff (1st round, 3rd pick), Dave Budd (2nd round, 10th pick), Kelly Coleman (2nd round, 11th pick), Bob McNeill (3rd round, 19th pick), Charley McNeil (5th round, 35th pick), David Denton (6th round, 43rd pick), Dick Doughty (7th round, 51st pick), George Price (8th round, 58th pick), Tony Davis (9th round, 65th pick), Walter Mangham (10th round, 72nd pick), Howard Willis (11th round, 77th pick), Henry Hart (12th round, 82nd pick), Dick Furry (13th round, 86th pick), Jim Hanna (14th round, 90th pick), Jerry Bechtle (15th round, 92nd pick), Jerry Schofield (16th round, 94th pick), Tandy Gillis (17th round, 96th pick) and George Krajack (18th round, 98th pick) in the 1960 NBA Draft.
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September 21, 1960: Sold player rights to Cal Ramsey to the Syracuse Nationals.
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November 14, 1960: Sold player rights to Mike Farmer to the Cincinnati Royals.
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December 17, 1960: Acquired player rights to Phil Rollins from the St. Louis Hawks.
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January 18, 1961: Acquired player rights to Phil Jordon from the Cincinnati Royals.
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March 27, 1961: Selected Tom Stith (1st round, 2nd pick), Whitey Martin (2nd round, 15th pick), Tony Jackson (3rd round, 24th pick), George Blaney (4th round, 33rd pick), Bill Smith (5th round, 42nd pick), Cleveland Buckner (6th round, 51st pick), Donnie Butcher (7th round, 60th pick), Cedric Price (8th round, 69th pick), Charlie Bowerman (9th round, 77th pick), Ron Dibelius (10th round, 84th pick), Kevin Loughery (11th round, 92nd pick), Earl Shultz (12th round, 99th pick), Ned Jennings (13th round, 102nd pick), Bill Engesser (14th round, 105th pick) and Vince Kempton (15th round, 107th pick) in the 1961 NBA Draft.
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May 8, 1961: Fired Carl Braun as Head Coach.
May 8, 1961: Hired Eddie Donovan as Head Coach.
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January 1, 1967: Signed Stephen Chubin.
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April 2, 1967: Selected Byron Beck (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1967 ABA Draft.
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May 16, 1967: Signed Wayne Hightower.
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January 5, 1971: Traded Tom Workman to the Denver Rockets for a draft choice.
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January 7, 1971: Traded Jeffrey Congdon to the New York Nets for a draft choice and player to be named later.
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January 8, 1971: Traded Donnie Freeman, Wayne Hightower and a 1971 first-round draft choice to the Texas Chaparrals for Ron Boone, Glen Combs and a 1971 first-round draft choice.
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January 22, 1971: Selected Jim McDaniels (?? round, ?? pick) in the 1971 ABA Draft.
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February 11, 1971: Traded cash to the Kentucky Colonels for Sam Smith.
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May 30, 1971: Traded TO_TRADE to the Carolina Cougars for Jim McDaniels and George Peeples. Compensation
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July 21, 1971: Hired LaDell Andersen as Head Coach.
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October 4, 1971: Signed Jimmy Jones.
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November 1, 1971: Traded George Stone to the Carolina Cougars for a draft choice.
November 1, 1971: Traded a draft choice and cash to the New York Nets for Manny Leaks.
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November 8, 1971: Traded George Peeples, a draft choice and cash to the Dallas Chaparrals for John Beasley.
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June 7, 1984: Traded Kiki Vandeweghe to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wayne Cooper, Fat Lever, Calvin Natt, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Willie White was later selected) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Blair Rasmussen was later selected).
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June 19, 1984: Selected Willie White (2nd round, 42nd pick), Karl Tilleman (4th round, 79th pick), Prince Bridges (5th round, 103rd pick), Willie Burton (6th round, 125th pick), Mark Simpson (7th round, 149th pick), Bill Wendlandt (8th round, 171st pick), Cecil Exum (9th round, 194th pick) and Dexter Bailey (10th round, 215th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
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August 3, 1984: Signed Elston Turner as a veteran free agent and sent Howard Carter to the Dallas Mavericks as compensation.
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October 31, 1984: Signed Joe Kopicki as a free agent.
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June 18, 1985: Selected Blair Rasmussen (1st round, 15th pick), Barry Stevens (2nd round, 43rd pick), Pete Williams (4th round, 89th pick), Kenny Brown (5th round, 112th pick), Joe Carrabino (6th round, 135th pick) and Eddie Smith (7th round, 158th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
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August 1, 1985: Signed Eddie Hughes as a free agent.
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June 17, 1986: Selected Maurice Martin (1st round, 16th pick), Mark Alarie (1st round, 18th pick), Otis Smith (2nd round, 41st pick), Don Redden (3rd round, 64th pick), Anthony Watson (4th round, 87th pick), Jon Collins (5th round, 110th pick), Anthony Frederick (6th round, 133rd pick) and Mike Marshall (7th round, 156th pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
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October 2, 1986: Traded a 1987 1st round draft pick (Olden Polynice was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Darrell Walker.
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October 4, 1986: Elston Turner signed as a veteran free agent with the Chicago Bulls; received a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Todd Mitchell was later selected) as compensation.
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October 11, 1986: Richard Anderson signed as a veteran free agent with the Houston Rockets; received a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Dwight Boyd was later selected) as compensation.
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October 24, 1986: Traded Pete Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1987 7th round draft pick (Curtis Hunter was later selected).
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