Dave DeBusschere

David Albert DeBusschere (Big D, Mr. Buffalo, Buffalo, Buff)

Born: October 16, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan

Died: May 14, 2003

High School: Austin Catholic in Detroit, Michigan

College: Detroit Mercy

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Franchises

Brooklyn Nets: May 1, 1974 to May 15, 1975
New York Knicks: May 20, 1982 to January 3, 1986

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
1973-74	NYA	ABA	0	0	0		0.0	1	4	3	1	.750	ABA Champions
1974-75	NYA	ABA	85	58	27	.682	15.5	2	5	1	4	.200
1982-83	NYK	NBA	82	44	38	.537	3.0	4	6	2	4	.333
1983-84	NYK	NBA	82	47	35	.573	6.0	3	12	6	6	.500
1984-85	NYK	NBA	82	24	58	.293	-17.0	5	0	0	0
1985-86	NYK	NBA	33	11	22	.333	-5.5	5	0	0	0
Career			364	184	180	.505	2		27	12	15	.444
2 seasons	NYA		85	58	27	.682	15.5		9	4	5	.444
4 seasons	NYK		279	126	153	.452	-13.5		18	8	10	.444

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.

Brooklyn Nets Franchise (May 1, 1974 - May 15, 1975)

September 10, 1974: Traded a draft choice to the Denver Nuggets for Willie Long.

October 10, 1974: Signed Ed Manning.

New York Knicks Franchise (May 20, 1982 - January 3, 1986)

May 20, 1982: Hired Hubie Brown as Head Coach.

June 29, 1982: Selected Trent Tucker (1st round, 6th pick), Scott Hastings (2nd round, 29th pick), Vince Taylor (2nd round, 34th pick), Dan Caldwell (3rd round, 52nd pick), Craig Tucker (3rd round, 57th pick), Norm Anchrum (4th round, 75th pick), Aaron Howard (5th round, 98th pick), Mike Kanieski (6th round, 121st pick), Phil Seymore (7th round, 144th pick), Dan Terwilliger (8th round, 167th pick), Merle Scott (9th round, 190th pick) and John Leonard (10th round, 211th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.

July 7, 1982: Traded Maurice Lucas to the Phoenix Suns for Truck Robinson.

September 10, 1982: Signed Ernie Grunfeld as a veteran free agent.

September 30, 1982: Traded a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Bruce Kuczenski was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets for Ed Sherod.

October 22, 1982: Traded Micheal Ray Richardson and a 1984 5th round draft pick (Scott McCollum was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Bernard King.

October 22, 1982: Traded a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Scooter McCray was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers for Louis Orr.

October 28, 1982: Randy Smith signed as a veteran free agent with the San Diego Clippers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

February 12, 1983: Traded Scott Hastings and cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Rory Sparrow.

February 23, 1983: Signed Mike Davis to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.

June 22, 1983: Traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tom Sluby was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets for Len Elmore.

June 28, 1983: Selected Darrell Walker (1st round, 12th pick), Mark Jones (4th round, 82nd pick), Troy Lee Mikell (5th round, 105th pick), Tony Simms (6th round, 128th pick), Desi Barmore (7th round, 151st pick), Mike Lang (8th round, 174th pick), Charles Jones (9th round, 196th pick) and Bernard Randolph (10th round, 217th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.

June 29, 1983: Traded Sly Williams and cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Rudy Macklin.

September 17, 1983: Traded Vince Taylor and a 1984 1st round draft pick (Vern Fleming was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers for Billy Knight.

September 17, 1983: Traded Billy Knight and cash to the Kansas City Kings for Ray Williams.

September 28, 1983: Signed Eric Fernsten as a free agent.

September 30, 1983: Signed Charles Jones as a free agent.

June 19, 1984: Selected Curtis Green (3rd round, 64th pick), Bob Thornton (4th round, 87th pick), Eddie Lee Wilkins (6th round, 133rd pick), Ken Bannister (7th round, 156th pick), Ricky Tunstall (8th round, 179th pick), Marc Marotta (9th round, 201st pick) and Mike Henderson (10th round, 223rd pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.

June 27, 1984: Signed Pat Cummings as a veteran free agent and sent a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Leonard Allen was later selected) and a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Mark Price was later selected) to the Dallas Mavericks as compensation.

August, 1984: Signed Ron Cavenall as a free agent.

August 1, 1984: Signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent.

September 29, 1984: Traded Campy Russell to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1985 2nd round draft pick. The 2nd round draft pick was contingent upon Russell being on Cleveland's roster on December 1, 1984 but he was waived on November 5, 1984

October 19, 1984: Traded a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Dwayne McClain was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers for Butch Carter.

October 24, 1984: Traded a 1986 3rd round draft pick (Forrest McKenzie was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for James Bailey.

February 21, 1985: Ray Williams signed as a veteran free agent with the Boston Celtics; received a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Gerald Wilkins was later selected) and a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Michael Jackson was later selected) as compensation.

June 18, 1985: Selected Patrick Ewing (1st round, 1st pick), Gerald Wilkins (2nd round, 47th pick), Fred Cofield (4th round, 73rd pick), Mike Schlegel (5th round, 96th pick), Kent Lockhart (6th round, 119th pick) and Ken Bantum (7th round, 142nd pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.

September 27, 1985: Signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent.