Franchises
- Utah Jazz: April 16, 1977 to September 22, 1978
- Atlanta Hawks: July 12, 1979 to November 19, 1979
- Brooklyn Nets: May 4, 1983 to July 31, 1986
- Miami Heat: 1987 to February 14, 1995
Team Records
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Season | Tm | Lg | G | W | L | W/L% | W > .500 | Finish | G | W | L | W/L% | Notes | |
1977-78 | NOJ | NBA | 82 | 39 | 43 | .476 | -2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1979-80 | ATL | NBA | 19 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983-84 | NJN | NBA | 82 | 45 | 37 | .549 | 4.0 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .455 | ||
1984-85 | NJN | NBA | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
1985-86 | NJN | NBA | 82 | 39 | 43 | .476 | -2.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
1988-89 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 15 | 67 | .183 | -26.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1989-90 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 18 | 64 | .220 | -23.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1990-91 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 24 | 58 | .293 | -17.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991-92 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 38 | 44 | .463 | -3.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | ||
1992-93 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 36 | 46 | .439 | -5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1993-94 | MIA | NBA | 82 | 42 | 40 | .512 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | ||
1994-95 | MIA | NBA | 47 | 18 | 29 | .383 | -5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Career | 886 | 368 | 518 | .415 | -75 | 25 | 7 | 18 | .280 | |||||
1 season | NOJ | 82 | 39 | 43 | .476 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1 season | ATL | 19 | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
3 seasons | NJN | 246 | 126 | 120 | .512 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 12 | .294 | ||||
7 seasons | MIA | 539 | 191 | 348 | .354 | -78.5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 |
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 10, 1977: Selected Essie Hollis (2nd round, 44th pick), Tony Hanson (3rd round, 50th pick), Dennis Boyd (4th round, 72nd pick), Jim Grady (5th round, 94th pick), Wayne Golden (6th round, 116th pick), Lusia Harris (7th round, 137th pick) and Dave Speicher (8th round, 157th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
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July 15, 1977: Signed Glenn Hansen as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Mike Russell was later selected) to the Kansas City Kings as compensation.
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July 27, 1977: Signed Gus Bailey as a free agent.
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August 5, 1977: Signed Truck Robinson as a veteran free agent and sent Ron Behagen and cash to the Atlanta Hawks as compensation.
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October 3, 1977: E.C. Coleman signed as a veteran free agent with the Golden State Warriors; received a 1978 1st round draft pick (James Hardy was later selected) as compensation.
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October 13, 1977: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Jack Givens was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Joe Meriweather.
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October 18, 1977: Traded Glenn Hansen to the Chicago Bulls for a 1978 4th round draft pick (Jeff Covington was later selected).
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January 4, 1978: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Danny Vranes was later selected) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Slick Watts.
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January 5, 1978: Traded Nate Williams to the Golden State Warriors for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Tommie Green was later selected).
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February 1, 1978: Traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Judkins was later selected) to the Boston Celtics for Fred Saunders.
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June 9, 1978: Selected James Hardy (1st round, 11th pick), Tommie Green (2nd round, 35th pick), Mel Davis (4th round, 74th pick), Jeff Covington (4th round, 75th pick), Duck Williams (5th round, 96th pick), John Douglas (6th round, 118th pick), Willie Howard (7th round, 139th pick), Carl Kilpatrick (8th round, 158th pick), Chad Nelson (9th round, 175th pick) and Rickey Williams (10th round, 190th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
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August 1, 1978: Signed Ron Davis as a free agent.
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September 21, 1978: Traded Slick Watts to the Houston Rockets for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Danny Schayes was later selected).
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September 13, 1979: Signed Sam Pellom as a free agent.
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October 10, 1979: Traded a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Jawann Oldham was later selected) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Eddie Johnson was later selected) to the Utah Jazz for Ron Lee.
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June 7, 1983: Signed Stan Albeck as a veteran free agent and sent Fred Roberts and a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Williams was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.
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June 22, 1983: Traded Len Elmore to the New York Knicks for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tom Sluby was later selected).
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June 28, 1983: Selected Horace Owens (2nd round, 44th pick), Bruce Kuczenski (3rd round, 59th pick), Barney Mines (4th round, 87th pick), Tyren Naulls (5th round, 110th pick), Oscar Taylor (6th round, 133rd pick), Keith Bennett (7th round, 156th pick), Joey Myers (8th round, 179th pick), Kevin Black (9th round, 201st pick) and Rich Simkus (10th round, 222nd pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
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June 29, 1983: Traded a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Milt Wagner was later selected) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Steve Alford was later selected) to the Dallas Mavericks for Dirk Minniefield and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Kennedy was later selected).
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August 12, 1983: Traded Foots Walker, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tom Sluby was later selected) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Bill Wennington was later selected) to the Dallas Mavericks for Kelvin Ransey.
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September 29, 1983: Signed Perry Moss as a free agent.
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October 25, 1983: Traded Horace Owens, Eddie Phillips and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Kennedy was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Reggie Johnson.
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October 31, 1983: Signed Mark Jones as a free agent.
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June 19, 1984: Selected Jeff Turner (1st round, 17th pick), Yommy Sangodeyi (3rd round, 63rd pick), Hank Cornley (4th round, 85th pick), Michael Gerren (5th round, 109th pick), Oscar Schmidt (6th round, 131st pick), Sean Kerins (7th round, 155th pick), Chris Winans (8th round, 177th pick), Bill Ryan (9th round, 200th pick) and Phil Jamison (10th round, 221st pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
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September 27, 1984: Signed George Johnson as a veteran free agent.
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November 14, 1984: Signed Tom LaGarde as a free agent.
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December 10, 1984: Signed Kevin McKenna as a free agent.
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December 22, 1984: Signed Chris Engler as a free agent.
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December 26, 1984: Signed Michael Wilson as a free agent.
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March 21, 1985: Signed Ron Brewer as a free agent.
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June 18, 1985: Selected Yvon Joseph (2nd round, 36th pick), Fernando Martín (2nd round, 38th pick), Nigel Miguel (3rd round, 62nd pick), Kelly Blaine (5th round, 108th pick), George Almones (6th round, 130th pick) and Gary McLain (7th round, 154th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
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August 13, 1985: Hired Dave Wohl as Head Coach.
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August 21, 1985: Traded a 1986 3rd round draft pick (Wendell Alexis was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Mickey Johnson.
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September 17, 1985: Signed Bobby Cattage as a free agent.
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February 21, 1986: Signed Rod Higgins to a 10-day contract.
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June 23, 1988: Traded TO_TRADE to the Boston Celtics for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray was later selected). Miami agreed not to select Dennis Johnson in the expansion draft.
June 23, 1988: Traded TO_TRADE to the Dallas Mavericks for a 1988 1st round draft pick (Kevin Edwards was later selected). Miami agreed to select Arvid Kramer in the expansion draft.
June 23, 1988: Traded TO_TRADE to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Matt Geiger was later selected). Miami agreed not to select Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the expansion draft.
June 23, 1988: Traded TO_TRADE to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Orlando Graham was later selected). Miami agreed not to select Danny Young in the expansion draft.
June 23, 1988: Traded Fred Roberts to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Scott Haffner was later selected).
June 23, 1988: Traded Darnell Valentine to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Steve Bardo was later selected).
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June 28, 1988: Selected Rony Seikaly (1st round, 9th pick), Kevin Edwards (1st round, 20th pick), Grant Long (2nd round, 33rd pick), Sylvester Gray (2nd round, 35th pick), Orlando Graham (2nd round, 40th pick) and Nate Johnston (3rd round, 59th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
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July 12, 1988: Hired Ron Rothstein as Head Coach.
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August 29, 1988: Signed Pat Cummings as a free agent.
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September 30, 1988: Signed John Shasky as a free agent.
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November 3, 1988: Signed Rory Sparrow as a free agent.
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November 5, 1988: Signed Anthony Taylor as a free agent.
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December 4, 1988: Signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent.
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December 31, 1988: Signed Todd Mitchell to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 11, 1989: Signed Kelvin Upshaw to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 14, 1989: Signed Todd Mitchell as a free agent.
January 14, 1989: Signed Craig Neal to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
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February 3, 1989: Signed Craig Neal as a free agent.
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March 22, 1989: Signed Dave Popson to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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April 12, 1989: Signed Dave Popson to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 27, 1989: Selected Glen Rice (1st round, 4th pick), Sherman Douglas (2nd round, 28th pick) and Scott Haffner (2nd round, 45th pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
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September 28, 1989: Signed Terry Davis as a free agent.
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October 2, 1989: Traded a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Steve Bardo was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Tellis Frank.
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March 8, 1990: Signed Jim Rowinski as a free agent.
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June 22, 1990: Traded a 1990 1st round draft pick (Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Willie Burton was later selected) and a 1990 1st round draft pick (Dave Jamerson was later selected).
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June 27, 1990: Selected Willie Burton (1st round, 9th pick), Dave Jamerson (1st round, 15th pick) and Carl Herrera (2nd round, 30th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
June 27, 1990: Traded Rory Sparrow to the Sacramento Kings for Bimbo Coles.
June 27, 1990: Traded Carl Herrera and Dave Jamerson to the Houston Rockets for Alec Kessler.
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August 8, 1990: Signed Alan Ogg as a free agent.
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August 13, 1990: Signed Milt Wagner as a free agent.
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September 7, 1990: Signed Keith Askins as a free agent.
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October 2, 1990: Traded a future 2nd round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Jeff Sanders. The future 2nd round draft pick traded to Chicago was conditional and was not exercised.
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January 7, 1991: Signed Alan Ogg to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 27, 1991: Signed Alan Ogg to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 17, 1991: Hired Kevin Loughery as Head Coach.
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June 26, 1991: Selected Steve Smith (1st round, 5th pick) and George Ackles (2nd round, 29th pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
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October 4, 1991: Signed Miloš Babić as a free agent.
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November 19, 1991: Signed Miloš Babić as a free agent.
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November 22, 1991: Signed John Morton as a free agent.
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January 10, 1992: Traded Sherman Douglas to the Boston Celtics for Brian Shaw.
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April 10, 1992: Signed Winston Bennett to a 10-day contract.
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June 24, 1992: Selected Harold Miner (1st round, 12th pick), Isaiah Morris (2nd round, 37th pick) and Matt Geiger (2nd round, 42nd pick) in the 1992 NBA Draft.
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September 8, 1992: Traded Isaiah Morris and a 1993 1st round draft pick (Lindsey Hunter was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons for John Salley.
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June 30, 1993: Selected Ed Stokes (2nd round, 35th pick) in the 1993 NBA Draft.
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October 7, 1993: Signed Greg Sutton as a free agent.
October 7, 1993: Signed Mark Randall as a free agent.
October 7, 1993: Signed Gary Alexander as a free agent.
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October 12, 1993: Signed Manute Bol as a free agent.
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March 9, 1994: Signed Morlon Wiley to a 10-day contract.
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June 29, 1994: Selected Khalid Reeves (1st round, 12th pick) and Jeff Webster (2nd round, 40th pick) in the 1994 NBA Draft.
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September 30, 1994: Signed Ledell Eackles as a free agent.
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October 4, 1994: Signed Jerome Harmon as a free agent.
October 4, 1994: Signed Kevin Pritchard as a free agent.
October 4, 1994: Signed Chucky Brown as a free agent.
October 4, 1994: Signed Steve Henson as a free agent.
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October 7, 1994: Signed Kevin Gamble as a free agent.
October 7, 1994: Signed Brad Lohaus as a free agent.
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November 2, 1994: Traded Rony Seikaly to the Golden State Warriors for Sasha Danilović and Billy Owens.
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November 7, 1994: Traded Grant Long, Steve Smith and a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Joe Vogel was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Kevin Willis and a 1996 1st round draft pick (Walter McCarty was later selected).
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February 14, 1995: Fired Kevin Loughery as Head Coach.
February 14, 1995: Hired Alvin Gentry as Head Coach.
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