Bill Davidson

William Morse Davidson

Born: December 5, 1922

Died: March 13, 2009

High School: Central in Detroit, Michigan

College: Michigan

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Franchises

Detroit Pistons: July 14, 1978 to December 11, 1979

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
1978-79	DET	NBA	82	30	52	.366	-11.0	4	0	0	0
1979-80	DET	NBA	28	8	20	.286	-6.0	6	0	0	0
Career			110	38	72	.345	-17		0	0	0

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.

Detroit Pistons Franchise (July 14, 1978 - December 11, 1979)

August 15, 1978: Signed Essie Hollis as a free agent.

September 8, 1978: Traded Eric Money to the New Jersey Nets for Kevin Porter.

October 9, 1978: Traded a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Larry Smith was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Rickey Green.

October 13, 1978: Signed Ron Behagen as a free agent.

October 19, 1978: Traded Chris Ford and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Tracy Jackson was later selected) to the Boston Celtics for Earl Tatum.

October 23, 1978: Traded a 1979 4th round draft pick (Eugene Robinson was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Otis Howard.

October 27, 1978: Jim Price signed as a veteran free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers; received a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson was later selected) as compensation.

November 1, 1978: Signed Andre Wakefield as a free agent.

November 24, 1978: Signed Essie Hollis as a free agent.

December 21, 1978: Signed Dennis Boyd as a free agent.

January 3, 1979: Signed Larry McNeill to a 10-day contract.

January 13, 1979: Signed Steve Sheppard as a free agent.

February 15, 1979: Traded Earl Tatum to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Jim Brewer and future considerations.

June 25, 1979: Traded a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sidney Moncrief was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Greg Kelser was later selected).

June 25, 1979: Selected Greg Kelser (1st round, 4th pick), Roy Hamilton (1st round, 10th pick), Phil Hubbard (1st round, 15th pick), Tony Price (2nd round, 29th pick), Terry Duerod (3rd round, 48th pick), Flintie Ray Williams (5th round, 92nd pick), Truman Claytor (6th round, 111th pick), Ken Jones (7th round, 132nd pick), Rodney Lee (8th round, 150th pick), Val Bracey (9th round, 170th pick) and Willie Polk (10th round, 187th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.

July 12, 1979: Kevin Porter signed as a veteran free agent with the Washington Bullets; received a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown was later selected) and a 1982 1st round draft pick (John Bagley was later selected) as compensation.

July 24, 1979: M.L. Carr signed as a veteran free agent with the Boston Celtics; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

July 27, 1979: Signed Jim McElroy as a veteran free agent and sent Ben Poquette and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson was later selected) to the Utah Jazz as compensation.

August 24, 1979: Traded Andre Wakefield to the Phoenix Suns for a 1981 4th round draft pick (Don Koonce was later selected).

September 6, 1979: Traded a 1980 1st round draft pick (Rickey Brown was later selected) and a 1980 1st round draft pick (Joe Barry Carroll was later selected) to the Boston Celtics for Bob McAdoo. This exchange was arranged as compensation for Boston signing veteran free agent M.L. Carr on July 24, 1979.

September 13, 1979: Signed Alan Hardy as a free agent.

September 18, 1979: Traded Jim Brewer to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Harvey Knuckles was later selected).

November 8, 1979: Signed Eric Money as a free agent.

November 8, 1979: Fired Dick Vitale as Head Coach.

November 8, 1979: Appointed Richie Adubato as Interim Head Coach.