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1970-71 NBA transactions

Who left, who arrived and who was let go: every move of the season, newest first.

49 transactions

  1. Trade

    The Pittsburgh Condors traded Howard Porter to the Chicago Bulls for Paul Ruffner and cash.

  1. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Dick Gibbs to the San Diego Rockets for a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Stacom was later selected).

  1. Coaches and front office

    The Los Angeles Lakers fired Joe Mullaney as Head Coach.

  1. Coaches and front office

    The Houston Rockets hired Tex Winter as Head Coach.

  2. Trade

    The Cincinnati Royals traded Charlie Paulk to the Chicago Bulls for Matt Guokas and a future draft pick.

  1. Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Cazzie Russell to the San Francisco Warriors for Jerry Lucas.

  1. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived George Johnson.

  1. Coaches and front office

    Alex Hannum resigns as Head Coach for San Diego Rockets.

  1. Waived

    The Portland Trail Blazers waived Claude English.

  1. Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded Otto Moore to the Phoenix Suns for a 1972 1st round draft pick (Bob Nash was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Cincinnati Royals traded Flynn Robinson to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Joe Bergman was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Portland Trail Blazers traded Jim Barnett to the San Francisco Warriors for a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Charlie Yelverton was later selected), a 1971 3rd round draft pick (William Smith was later selected) and a 1972 2nd round draft pick (Dave Twardzik was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Cincinnati Royals claimed Tom Black on waivers from the Seattle SuperSonics.

  1. Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Gary Freeman and a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Willie Long was later selected) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for McCoy McLemore.

  1. Signing

    The Cincinnati Royals claimed Willie Williams on waivers from the Boston Celtics.

  1. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived A.W. Holt.

  1. Signing

    The San Francisco Warriors signed Bill Turner as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Spencer Haywood as a free agent. (The NBA sued Seattle because Haywood violated rules stating a player could not join the league until he was four years out of high school; the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Seattle on March 8, 1971.)

  1. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Cliff Anderson as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers claimed Bobby Washington on waivers from the Milwaukee Bucks.

  1. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Johnny Egan to the San Diego Rockets for a 1971 3rd round draft pick (Jackie Ridgle was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Buffalo Braves traded Freddie Crawford to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future draft pick.

  1. Waived

    The Portland Trail Blazers waived Bill Stricker.

  1. Waived

    The Baltimore Bullets waived Jim Barnes.

  1. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Larry Mikan as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded John Tresvant to the Baltimore Bullets for a 1972 2nd round draft pick (Paul Stovall was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Atlanta Hawks claimed Len Chappell on waivers from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

  1. Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Bill Stricker as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Portland Trail Blazers traded Dorie Murrey to the Baltimore Bullets for a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Rick Fisher was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Shaler Halimon to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Willie Sojourner was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Philadelphia 76ers traded Darrall Imhoff and a future draft pick to the Cincinnati Royals for Connie Dierking and Fred Foster.

  2. Trade

    The Philadelphia 76ers traded Matt Guokas to the Chicago Bulls for a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Marvin Stewart was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Cliff Anderson as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Cincinnati Royals signed Bob Arnzen as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Jim King as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Portland Trail Blazers sold the player rights to Pat Riley to the Los Angeles Lakers.

  1. Signing

    The Cincinnati Royals signed Moe Barr as a free agent.

  2. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Bobby Washington as a free agent.

  3. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Jeff Webb as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Boston Celtics sold the player rights to Jim Barnes to the Baltimore Bullets.

  1. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Gary Suiter as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Tom Black as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The San Francisco Warriors signed Nick Jones as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Zaid Abdul-Aziz and cash to the Seattle SuperSonics for Lucius Allen and Bob Boozer.

  1. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed A.W. Holt as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The San Diego Rockets traded Art Williams to the Boston Celtics for a 1971 5th round draft pick (Greg Nelson was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers claimed Fred Hetzel on waivers from the Portland Trail Blazers.

  1. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Neil Johnson.

  1. Trade

    The Phoenix Suns traded Heyward Dotson to the New York Knicks for a 1971 5th round draft pick (Bob Kissane was later selected).