Franchises
- Oklahoma City Thunder: November 18, 1969 to May 3, 1973
Team Records
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 23, 1970: Sold player rights to John Tresvant to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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March 23, 1970: Selected Jim Ard (1st round, 6th pick), Jake Ford (2nd round, 20th pick), Pete Cross (2nd round, 23rd pick), Gar Heard (3rd round, 40th pick), Boyd Lynch (5th round, 74th pick), Sam Robinson (6th round, 91st pick), James Morgan (7th round, 108th pick), George Irvine (8th round, 125th pick), Claude Virden (9th round, 142nd pick), Chuck Lloyd (10th round, 159th pick), Andy Owens (11th round, 174th pick), Joe Brunson (12th round, 187th pick), Allen McManus (13th round, 197th pick) and Dan Beeson (14th round, 207th pick) in the 1970 NBA Draft.
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April 15, 1970: Acquired player rights to Don Kojis from the San Diego Rockets.
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September 17, 1970: Traded Lucius Allen and Bob Boozer to the Milwaukee Bucks for Zaid Abdul-Aziz and cash.
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September 28, 1970: Signed Tom Black as a free agent.
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December 30, 1970: Signed Spencer Haywood as a free agent. (The NBA sued Seattle because Haywood violated rules stating a player could not join the league until he was four years out of high school; the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Seattle on March 8, 1971.)
December 30, 1970: Signed Spencer Haywood.
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March 29, 1971: Selected Fred Brown (1st round, 6th pick), Jim McDaniels (2nd round, 23rd pick), Pembrook Burrows (4th round, 57th pick), Jeff Smith (5th round, 74th pick), Mike Necaise (6th round, 91st pick), John Duncan (7th round, 108th pick), Charlie Lowery (8th round, 125th pick), Larry Holliday (9th round, 141st pick), Ed Huston (10th round, 157th pick) and Jerome Perry (11th round, 173rd pick) in the 1971 NBA Draft.
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November 25, 1971: Traded Bob Rule to the Philadelphia 76ers for a 1972 2nd round draft pick (Joby Wright was later selected) and a future 2nd round draft pick.
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February 17, 1972: Signed Jim McDaniels.
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April 10, 1972: Selected Bud Stallworth (1st round, 7th pick), Joby Wright (2nd round, 18th pick), Brian Taylor (2nd round, 23rd pick), Jim Creighton (3rd round, 40th pick), Joe Mackey (4th round, 57th pick), Gary Ladd (5th round, 73rd pick), Ron Thomas (6th round, 90th pick), Jerry Dunn (7th round, 107th pick), Willie Stoudamire (8th round, 123rd pick), Dwight Holiday (9th round, 138th pick), Dan Steward (10th round, 151st pick), Steve Turner (11th round, 162nd pick), Greg Daust (12th round, 171st pick) and Cleveland Hill (14th round, 185th pick) in the 1972 NBA Draft.
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April 20, 1972: Hired Tom Nissalke as Head Coach.
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August 2, 1972: Signed John Brisker.
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August 15, 1972: Acquired player rights to John Brisker from the Philadelphia 76ers.
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August 23, 1972: Traded Barry Clemens and Lenny Wilkens to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Butch Beard.
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September 18, 1972: Sold player rights to Zaid Abdul-Aziz to the Houston Rockets.
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October 9, 1972: Traded Pete Cross and Don Kojis to the Kansas City-Omaha Kings for Jim Fox and Dick Gibbs.
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October 20, 1972: Traded Gar Heard and a 1973 3rd round draft pick (Martin Terry was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for Kenny McIntosh.
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January 10, 1973: Fired Tom Nissalke as Head Coach.
January 10, 1973: Appointed Bucky Buckwalter as Interim Head Coach.
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February 26, 1973: Signed Charles Dudley as a free agent.
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