Transactions listed are from July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977

• August 5, 1976

  Drafted Moses Malone from the Spirits of St. Louis in the dispersal draft.

  Drafted Maurice Lucas from the Kentucky Colonels in the dispersal draft.

  Drafted Maurice Lucas from the Kentucky Colonels in the dispersal draft.

  Traded Steve Hawes and Geoff Petrie to the Atlanta Hawks for Maurice Lucas. This trade was for the 2nd pick in the ABA dispersal draft.

• August 11, 1976

  Signed Robin Jones as a free agent.

• September ?, 1976

  Waived Major Jones.

• September 2, 1976

  Acquired player rights to Herm Gilliam from the Seattle SuperSonics.

  Traded LaRue Martin to the Seattle SuperSonics for future considerations.

  Waived Barry Clemens.

• September 30, 1976

  Waived Steve Jones.

  Waived Dan Anderson.

• October 12, 1976

  Sold player rights to Sidney Wicks to the Boston Celtics.

• October 18, 1976

  Traded Moses Malone to the Buffalo Braves for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rick Robey was later selected).

• October 22, 1976

  Signed Corky Calhoun as a free agent.

• February 11, 1977

  Signed Clyde Mayes as a free agent.

• February 22, 1977

  Waived Clyde Mayes.

• June 10, 1977

  Drafted Rich Laurel in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Kim Anderson in the 2nd round (28th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted T.R. Dunn in the 2nd round (41st pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Ricky Brown in the 3rd round (63rd pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Greg White in the 4th round (85th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Donn Wilber in the 5th round (107th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Myron Jordan in the 6th round (128th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Don Smith in the 7th round (148th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Harold Rhodes in the 8th round (167th pick) of the 1977 NBA Draft.