Franchises
- Portland Trail Blazers: May 18, 1981 to January 2, 1986
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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June 5, 1981: Traded Tom Owens to the Indiana Pacers for a 1984 1st round draft pick (Sam Bowie was later selected).
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June 8, 1981: Traded Mike Gale to the Golden State Warriors for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Audie Norris was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Smrek was later selected).
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June 9, 1981: Selected Jeff Lamp (1st round, 15th pick), Darnell Valentine (1st round, 16th pick), Brian Jackson (2nd round, 26th pick), Derek Holcomb (3rd round, 50th pick), Pétur Guðmundsson (3rd round, 61st pick), Pete Verhoeven (4th round, 85th pick), Herb Andrew (5th round, 107th pick), Roshern Amie (6th round, 131st pick), Julius Wayne (7th round, 153rd pick), John Smith (8th round, 176th pick), Sid Williams (9th round, 196th pick) and Steve Cochran (10th round, 217th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
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August 4, 1981: Traded a 1982 3rd round draft pick (Craig Tucker was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Tom Barker.
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September 24, 1981: Traded Geoff Crompton to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1982 3rd round draft pick (Phillip Lockett was later selected).
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December 1, 1981: Signed Dennis Awtrey as a veteran free agent.
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March 25, 1982: Signed Carl Bailey as a free agent.
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June 23, 1982: Traded a 1982 1st round draft pick (Ricky Pierce was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons for Kenny Carr.
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June 28, 1982: Traded Kelvin Ransey to the Dallas Mavericks for Wayne Cooper and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Terry Porter was later selected).
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June 29, 1982: Selected Fat Lever (1st round, 11th pick), Linton Townes (2nd round, 33rd pick), Audie Norris (2nd round, 37th pick), Phillip Lockett (3rd round, 66th pick), Eric Smith (4th round, 79th pick), Cherokee Rhone (5th round, 103rd pick), Leo Cunningham (6th round, 125th pick), Terry Long (7th round, 149th pick), Dave Porter (8th round, 171st pick), Mark Dearborn (9th round, 195th pick) and Grant Taylor (10th round, 215th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
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August 2, 1982: Signed Jeff Judkins as a veteran free agent and sent a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Tim Kearney was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons as compensation.
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January 7, 1983: Traded cash to the Indiana Pacers for Don Buse. Indiana also received the consultation services of Portland vice president Jon Spolestra.
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February 14, 1983: Bob Gross signed as a veteran free agent with the San Diego Clippers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
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June 28, 1983: Selected Clyde Drexler (1st round, 14th pick), Granville Waiters (2nd round, 39th pick), Tom Piotrowski (3rd round, 62nd pick), Tim Dunham (4th round, 85th pick), Gary Monroe (5th round, 108th pick), Derrick Pope (6th round, 131st pick), Paul Little (7th round, 154th pick), Frank Smith (8th round, 177th pick), Phil Hopson (9th round, 199th pick) and Russ Christianson (10th round, 220th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
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August 18, 1983: Traded Pétur Guðmundsson to the Detroit Pistons for a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Tim Kearney was later selected).
August 18, 1983: Traded Granville Waiters to the Indiana Pacers for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Victor Fleming was later selected).
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September 6, 1983: Traded Linton Townes to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Lester Fonville was later selected).
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October 7, 1983: Traded Hank McDowell to the Indiana Pacers for a 1986 3rd round draft pick (Juden Smith was later selected).
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January 4, 1984: Signed Eddie Jordan as a free agent.
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June 7, 1984: Traded 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) to the Denver Nuggets for Kiki Vandeweghe.
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June 19, 1984: Selected Sam Bowie (1st round, 2nd pick), Bernard Thompson (1st round, 19th pick), Victor Fleming (2nd round, 26th pick), Steve Colter (2nd round, 33rd pick), Jerome Kersey (2nd round, 46th pick), Tim Kearney (3rd round, 65th pick), Brett Applegate (4th round, 88th pick), Mike Whitmarsh (5th round, 111th pick), Lance Ball (6th round, 134th pick), Victor Anger (7th round, 157th pick), Steve Flint (8th round, 180th pick), Dennis Black (9th round, 202nd pick) and Randy Dunn (10th round, 224th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
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July 25, 1984: Signed Tom Scheffler as a free agent.
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June 14, 1985: Traded Bernard Thompson to the Phoenix Suns for a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Nikita Wilson was later selected).
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June 18, 1985: Selected Terry Porter (1st round, 24th pick), Mike Smrek (2nd round, 25th pick), George Montgomery (2nd round, 39th pick), Perry Young (3rd round, 61st pick), Joe Atkinson (4th round, 85th pick), James Anderson (5th round, 107th pick), Curtis Moore (6th round, 131st pick) and Mark Owen (7th round, 153rd pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
June 18, 1985: Traded Mike Smrek to the Chicago Bulls for Ben Coleman and Ken Johnson.
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September 20, 1985: Signed Ken Green as a free agent.
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October 1, 1985: Signed Caldwell Jones as a veteran free agent and sent a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
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