Zollie Volchok

Zollie Volchok

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Franchises

Oklahoma City Thunder: October 1, 1969 to November 18, 1969
Oklahoma City Thunder: May 13, 1977 to May 11, 1983

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
1969-70	SEA	NBA	15	5	10	.333	-2.5	5	0	0	0
1977-78	SEA	NBA	82	47	35	.573	6.0	3	22	13	9	.591	WC Champions
1978-79	SEA	NBA	82	52	30	.634	11.0	1	17	12	5	.706	NBA Champions
1979-80	SEA	NBA	82	56	26	.683	15.0	2	15	7	8	.467
1980-81	SEA	NBA	82	34	48	.415	-7.0	6	0	0	0
1981-82	SEA	NBA	82	52	30	.634	11.0	2	8	3	5	.375
1982-83	SEA	NBA	82	48	34	.585	7.0	3	2	0	2	.000
Career			507	294	213	.580	40.5		64	35	29	.547

Awards

1982-83 NBA Executive of the Year

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.

Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise (October 1, 1969 - November 18, 1969)

October 26, 1969: Traded Art Harris to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder.

November 1, 1969: Traded Erwin Mueller to the Detroit Pistons for a 1970 2nd round draft pick (Jake Ford was later selected).

Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise (May 13, 1977 - May 11, 1983)

May 13, 1977: Hired Bob Hopkins as Head Coach.

May 24, 1977: Traded Tom Burleson, Bob Wilkerson and a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Steve Sheppard was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for Paul Silas, Marvin Webster and Willie Wise.

June 10, 1977: Selected Jack Sikma (1st round, 8th pick), Joe Hassett (3rd round, 52nd pick), Jim Cooper (4th round, 74th pick), Dale Haverman (5th round, 96th pick), Bucky O'Brien (6th round, 118th pick), Billy Reynolds (7th round, 138th pick) and Jeff Frey (8th round, 158th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.

July 18, 1977: Signed Al Fleming as a free agent.

October 17, 1977: Signed Gus Williams as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

October 22, 1977: Traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Paul Mokeski was later selected) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Billy Williams was later selected) to the Houston Rockets for John Johnson.

November 11, 1977: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Ron Brewer was later selected) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wally Walker.

November 12, 1977: Traded Mike Green to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Keven McDonald was later selected) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields was later selected).

November 30, 1977: Fired Bob Hopkins as Head Coach.

November 30, 1977: Hired Lenny Wilkens as Head Coach.

January 4, 1978: Traded Slick Watts to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Danny Vranes was later selected).

January 6, 1978: Signed Al Fleming as a free agent.

June 9, 1978: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rod Griffin was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for Tom LaGarde.

June 9, 1978: Selected James Lee (2nd round, 39th pick), Keven McDonald (2nd round, 42nd pick), Dave Baxter (3rd round, 61st pick), Billy Lewis (4th round, 83rd pick) and Ralph Drollinger (5th round, 105th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.

September 5, 1978: Signed Dick Snyder as a veteran free agent and sent a 1979 3rd round draft pick (Bill Laimbeer was later selected) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Leonard Mitchell was later selected) to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation.

September 29, 1978: Marvin Webster signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

October 4, 1978: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Lonnie Shelton and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson was later selected). This exchange was arranged as compensation for New York signing veteran free agent Marvin Webster on September 29, 1978.

December 15, 1978: Signed Lars Hansen as a free agent.

January 17, 1979: Traded a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams was later selected) to the Boston Celtics for Dennis Awtrey.

March 1, 1979: Signed Jackie Robinson as a free agent.

June 25, 1979: Selected James Bailey (1st round, 6th pick), Vinnie Johnson (1st round, 7th pick), Johnny Moore (2nd round, 43rd pick), James Donaldson (4th round, 73rd pick) and Richie Allen (4th round, 87th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.

June 26, 1979: Sold player rights to Johnny Moore to the San Antonio Spurs.

May 21, 1980: Traded Paul Silas to the San Diego Clippers for a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan was later selected).

June 4, 1980: Traded Dennis Johnson to the Phoenix Suns for Paul Westphal.

June 10, 1980: Selected Bill Hanzlik (1st round, 20th pick), Carl Bailey (3rd round, 66th pick), Gary Ray Hooker (4th round, 89th pick), Lenny Horton (5th round, 112th pick), Jim Strickland (6th round, 135th pick), Carl Ervin (7th round, 158th pick), Al Dutch (8th round, 176th pick), Jim Tillman (9th round, 197th pick) and Kent Williams (10th round, 212th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.

June 10, 1980: Signed Ron Davis as a free agent.

August 8, 1980: Signed Dennis Awtrey as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.

November 3, 1980: Traded a 1981 4th round draft pick (Lewis Lloyd was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Rudy White.

November 24, 1980: Traded a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Mark Radford was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for John Shumate.

December 1, 1980: Traded John Shumate to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Mark Radford was later selected).

December 2, 1980: Traded a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Jim Thomas was later selected) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Armond Hill.

January 19, 1981: Signed Jacky Dorsey as a free agent.

June 8, 1981: Signed Carl Bailey as a free agent.

June 9, 1981: Selected Danny Vranes (1st round, 5th pick), Mark Radford (3rd round, 53rd pick), Andra Griffin (5th round, 99th pick), Earl Banks (6th round, 122nd pick) and Tom Sienkiewicz (7th round, 145th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.

June 18, 1981: Signed Gus Williams as a free agent.

November 23, 1981: Traded Vinnie Johnson to the Detroit Pistons for Greg Kelser.

November 25, 1981: Traded James Bailey to the New Jersey Nets for Ray Tolbert and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Danny Young was later selected).

December 1, 1981: Dennis Awtrey signed as a veteran free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

February 12, 1982: Paul Westphal signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

February 16, 1982: Traded Armond Hill and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Taylor was later selected) to the San Diego Clippers for Phil Smith.

June 16, 1982: Traded Bill Hanzlik and a 1982 1st round draft pick (Rob Williams was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for David Thompson. Denver originally received Wally Walker but he was ruled ineligible.

June 29, 1982: Selected John Greig (3rd round, 65th pick), Ken Owens (4th round, 88th pick), Rod Camp (5th round, 111th pick), Bobby Potts (6th round, 134th pick), Allen Rayhorn (7th round, 157th pick) and Steve Burks (8th round, 180th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.

October 5, 1982: Traded Wally Walker to the Houston Rockets for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Cory Blackwell was later selected).

February 13, 1983: As part of a 3-team trade, the Seattle SuperSonics traded Ray Tolbert to the Detroit Pistons; the Atlanta Hawks traded Steve Hawes to the Seattle SuperSonics; and the Detroit Pistons traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tony Costner was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Lorenzo Charles was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks.