Franchises
- Los Angeles Clippers: May 21, 1975 to March 25, 1977
- Brooklyn Nets: March 18, 1981 to May 4, 1983
- Brooklyn Nets: July 31, 1986 to March 6, 1987
Team Records
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Season | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Finish | G | W | L | W/L% | Notes | |
1975-76 | BUF | NBA | 82 | 46 | 36 | .561 | 5.0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | ||
1976-77 | BUF | NBA | 73 | 28 | 45 | .384 | -8.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1980-81 | NJN | NBA | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | -2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1981-82 | NJN | NBA | 82 | 44 | 38 | .537 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
1982-83 | NJN | NBA | 82 | 49 | 33 | .598 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | ||
1986-87 | NJN | NBA | 59 | 15 | 44 | .254 | -14.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Career | 385 | 183 | 202 | .475 | -9.5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | |||||
2 seasons | BUF | 155 | 74 | 81 | .477 | -3.5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | ||||
4 seasons | NJN | 230 | 109 | 121 | .474 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
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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May 29, 1975: Traded a 1975 1st round draft pick (Ricky Sobers was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for a 1976 1st round draft pick (Adrian Dantley was later selected).
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May 29, 1975: Selected George Bucci (3rd round, 52nd pick), Bob Fleischer (4th round, 70th pick), Sam Berry (5th round, 88th pick), George Jackson (6th round, 106th pick), Mike Franklin (7th round, 124th pick), Allan Jones (8th round, 142nd pick), George Rautins (9th round, 158th pick) and Art Allen (10th round, 172nd pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
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July 30, 1975: Traded a 1976 1st round draft pick (Mitch Kupchak was later selected) to the Washington Bullets for Dick Gibbs.
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November 27, 1975: Traded Jack Marin to the Chicago Bulls for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong was later selected).
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December 5, 1975: Signed Don Adams as a free agent.
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February 1, 1976: Traded Gar Heard and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Al Fleming was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for John Shumate.
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May 3, 1976: Fired Jack Ramsay as Head Coach.
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May 6, 1976: Hired Tates Locke as Head Coach.
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June 8, 1976: Selected Adrian Dantley (1st round, 6th pick), Gary Brewster (3rd round, 48th pick), Danny Odums (6th round, 100th pick), Frank Jones (7th round, 118th pick), Mark McAndrew (8th round, 136th pick), Bob Rozyczko (9th round, 153rd pick) and Tim Stokes (10th round, 169th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
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June 16, 1976: Traded Ken Charles, Dick Gibbs and cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Tom Van Arsdale.
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August 5, 1976: Traded a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Glen Williams was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Bird Averitt. This trade was for the 7th pick in the ABA dispersal draft.
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August 25, 1976: Traded Tom Van Arsdale to the Phoenix Suns for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Glen Williams was later selected).
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September 10, 1976: Sold player rights to Jim McMillian to the New York Knicks.
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September 15, 1976: Signed Fred Foster as a free agent.
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September 22, 1976: Signed Johnny Neumann as a free agent.
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September 23, 1976: Signed Major Jones as a free agent.
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October 18, 1976: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rick Robey was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Moses Malone.
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October 21, 1976: Signed Claude Terry as a free agent.
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October 24, 1976: Traded Moses Malone to the Houston Rockets for a 1977 1st round draft pick (Wesley Cox was later selected) and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson was later selected).
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November 2, 1976: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Jim Price.
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November 9, 1976: Signed Clyde Mayes as a free agent.
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November 26, 1976: Signed Zaid Abdul-Aziz as a veteran free agent.
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December 9, 1976: Traded Bob McAdoo and Tom McMillen to the New York Knicks for John Gianelli and cash.
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December 15, 1976: Traded Jim Price to the Denver Nuggets for Gus Gerard and Chuck Williams.
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January 18, 1977: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Wesley Cox was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for George Johnson.
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January 25, 1977: Fired Tates Locke as Head Coach.
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February 1, 1977: Sold player rights to Claude Terry to the Atlanta Hawks.
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February 16, 1977: Appointed Joe Mullaney as Interim Head Coach.
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March 18, 1981: Hired Larry Brown as Head Coach.
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June 8, 1981: Traded Cliff Robinson to the Kansas City Kings for Otis Birdsong and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Steve Lingenfelter was later selected).
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June 9, 1981: Selected Buck Williams (1st round, 3rd pick), Albert King (1st round, 10th pick), Ray Tolbert (1st round, 18th pick), David Burns (3rd round, 49th pick), Ed Sherod (4th round, 72nd pick), Joe Cooper (5th round, 95th pick), Kevin Lynam (6th round, 118th pick), Rod Roberson (7th round, 141st pick), Ken Webb (8th round, 164th pick), Rudy Williams (9th round, 186th pick) and Vic Sison (10th round, 206th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
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June 10, 1981: Traded Mike Newlin to the New York Knicks for Mike Woodson.
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June 11, 1981: Sold player rights to Edgar Jones to the Detroit Pistons.
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August 12, 1981: Traded Rory Sparrow and a 1985 4th round draft pick (John Battle was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1982 4th round draft pick (James Griffin was later selected).
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October 25, 1981: Signed Ray Williams as a veteran free agent and sent Maurice Lucas to the New York Knicks as compensation.
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November 2, 1981: Acquired player rights to Len Elmore from the Milwaukee Bucks.
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November 12, 1981: Traded Mike Woodson and a 1982 1st round draft pick (Brook Steppe was later selected) to the Kansas City Kings for Sam Lacey. Kansas City received the earlier of two 1st round draft picks in 1982 (both owned by New Jersey).
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November 25, 1981: Traded Ray Tolbert and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Danny Young was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for James Bailey.
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December 24, 1981: Traded Bob McAdoo to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Williams was later selected).
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April 18, 1982: Signed Ed Sherod as a free agent.
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June 19, 1982: Traded a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Pace Mannion was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Wayne Sappleton.
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June 29, 1982: Selected Sleepy Floyd (1st round, 13th pick), Eddie Phillips (1st round, 21st pick), Jimmy Black (3rd round, 59th pick), James Griffin (4th round, 80th pick), Tony Brown (4th round, 82nd pick), Chris Giles (5th round, 105th pick), Mel Daniel (6th round, 128th pick), Tony Anderson (7th round, 151st pick), Otis Jackson (8th round, 174th pick), Gary Johnson (9th round, 197th pick) and Sean Tuohy (10th round, 218th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
June 29, 1982: Traded Ray Williams to the Kansas City Kings for Phil Ford.
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August 27, 1982: Traded a 1983 1st round draft pick (Leo Rautins was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Darryl Dawkins.
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September 30, 1982: Traded Ed Sherod to the New York Knicks for a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Bruce Kuczenski was later selected).
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November 10, 1982: Traded James Bailey to the Houston Rockets for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Horace Owens was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Yvon Joseph was later selected).
November 10, 1982: Traded Phil Ford and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Ted Kitchel was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Mickey Johnson and Fred Roberts. Milwaukee received the best of three 2nd round draft picks in 1983 (all owned by New Jersey).
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December 6, 1982: Sam Lacey signed as a veteran free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
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February 6, 1983: Traded Sleepy Floyd and Mickey Johnson to the Golden State Warriors for Micheal Ray Richardson.
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March 25, 1983: Signed Bill Willoughby as a free agent.
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April 6, 1983: Appointed Bill Blair as Interim Head Coach.
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April 8, 1983: Hired Stan Albeck as Head Coach.
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August 8, 1986: Traded Darwin Cook to the Washington Bullets for cash. Washington also agreed not to select Pearl Washington in the 1986 draft.
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August 14, 1986: Signed James Bailey as a veteran free agent.
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September 3, 1986: Signed Tony Brown as a free agent.
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September 11, 1986: Signed Pace Mannion as a free agent.
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September 22, 1986: Signed Ben Coleman as a free agent.
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October 2, 1986: Signed Orlando Woolridge as a veteran free agent and sent a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Shelton Jones was later selected), a 1989 1st round draft pick (Stacey King was later selected) and a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Stanley Brundy was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
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October 30, 1986: Traded Mike O'Koren to the Washington Bullets for Leon Wood.
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December 9, 1986: Signed Kevin McKenna as a free agent.
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January 22, 1987: Signed Chris Engler as a free agent.
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