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1974-75 NBA transactions

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

83 transactions

  1. Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded Junior Bridgeman, Dave Meyers, Elmore Smith and Brian Winters to the Milwaukee Bucks for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley.

  1. Trade

    The Phoenix Suns traded a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Jacky Dorsey was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Phil Lumpkin.

  1. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Alex English was later selected) and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bayard Forrest was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks. Atlanta was penalized for signing Milwaukee draft pick Julius Erving in 1972

  1. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Dwight Davis to the Golden State Warriors for Butch Beard, a 1975 1st round draft pick (John Lambert was later selected) and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Mel Utley was later selected).

  2. Trade

    The Buffalo Braves 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).

  1. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Jerry Baskerville as a free agent.

  2. Trade

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings traded Ron Behagen and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Major Jones was later selected) to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1975 1st round draft pick (Bill Robinzine was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Paul Westphal, a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Jimmy Dan Conner was later selected) and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Butch Feher was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Charlie Scott.

  1. Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed Terry Driscoll as a free agent.

  1. Waived

    The Boston Celtics waived Ben Clyde.

  1. Waived

    The Golden State Warriors waived Frank Kendrick.

  2. Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed Bill Bridges as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Caldwell Jones as a free agent. (Jones was playing in the ABA at the time and was signed for future services.)

  1. Waived

    The Detroit Pistons waived Don Adams.

  1. Waived

    The Los Angeles Lakers waived Stan Love.

  1. Signing

    The New Orleans Jazz signed Bernie Fryer as a free agent.

  2. Trade

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings traded Nate Williams to the New Orleans Jazz for Rick Adelman and Ollie Johnson.

  3. Trade

    The New Orleans Jazz traded Jim Barnett and Neal Walk to the New York Knicks for Henry Bibby and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Bill Robinzine was later selected).

  4. Trade

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings traded Ken Durrett to the Philadelphia 76ers for future considerations.

  1. Signing

    The New Orleans Jazz signed Otto Moore as a free agent.

  1. Waived

    The Buffalo Braves waived Bernie Harris.

  1. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Jim Washington to the Buffalo Braves for a 1976 5th round draft pick (Connie White was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed Greg Jackson as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded a 1975 1st round draft pick (Bill Robinzine was later selected) to the New York Knicks for Howard Porter.

  1. Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Jim McElroy was later selected) to the New Orleans Jazz for Stu Lantz.

  2. Waived

    The Los Angeles Lakers waived Bill Bridges.

  1. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived Bill Hewitt.

  2. Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Russ Lee.

  3. Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Jacky Dorsey was later selected) and a 1977 3rd round draft pick (Mike Bratz was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Corky Calhoun.

  4. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Walt Wesley as a free agent.

  5. Waived

    The Detroit Pistons waived Otto Moore.

  6. Waived

    The Milwaukee Bucks waived Terry Driscoll.

  1. Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Lamar Green.

  1. Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Ken Boyd.

  2. Waived

    The Boston Celtics waived Steve Downing.

  1. Coaches and front office

    The New Orleans Jazz hired Butch Van Breda Kolff as Head Coach.

  2. Signing

    The Detroit Pistons signed Otto Moore as a free agent.

  3. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Walt Wesley.

  1. Coaches and front office

    The New Orleans Jazz fired Scotty Robertson as Head Coach.

  1. Waived

    The New York Knicks waived Dave Stallworth.

  1. Waived

    The Seattle SuperSonics waived Kenny McIntosh.

  1. Waived

    The Milwaukee Bucks waived Bob Rule.

  2. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Rick Adelman to the New Orleans Jazz for John Block.

  1. Trade

    The Los Angeles Lakers traded Jim Price to the Milwaukee Bucks for Lucius Allen.

  2. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Clyde Lee and a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Jim Baker was later selected) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Tom Van Arsdale.

  1. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Perry Warbington.

  1. Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Dave Stallworth as a free agent.

  2. Waived

    The New York Knicks waived Greg Jackson.

  1. Waived

    The Washington Bullets waived Stan Washington.

  1. Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Walt Bellamy.

  1. Signing

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings signed Don May as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed M.L. Carr as a free agent.

  2. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Dave Stallworth.

  1. Trade

    The Milwaukee Bucks traded Russ Lee and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Rich Kelley was later selected) to the New Orleans Jazz for Steve Kuberski and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers sold the player rights to Lenny Wilkens to the Portland Trail Blazers.

  1. Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed Jim Ard as a free agent.

  2. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Don May.

  3. Waived

    The New Orleans Jazz waived Ed Searcy.

  1. Waived

    The Detroit Pistons waived Bob Nash.

  1. Waived

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings waived M.L. Carr.

  1. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Bill Chamberlain.

  2. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Zelmo Beaty to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Gus Williams was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Gus Gerard was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mickey Johnson.

  2. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers released Jim Ard.

  1. Trade

    The New Orleans Jazz traded Dennis Awtrey, Nate Hawthorne, Curtis Perry and a 1976 1st round draft pick (Adrian Dantley was later selected) to the Phoenix Suns for Neal Walk and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Mayes was later selected).

  2. Trade

    The New Orleans Jazz traded Barry Clemens and a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Major Jones was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Rick Roberson.

  1. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Bill Hewitt as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks sold the player rights to Steve Bracey to the Golden State Warriors.

  1. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Cazzie Russell as a veteran free agent and sent a 1976 1st round draft pick (Robert Parish was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

  2. Trade

    The Phoenix Suns traded Clem Haskins to the Washington Bullets for Dave Stallworth and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Allen Murphy was later selected).

  1. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Walt Wesley as a free agent.

  1. Trade

    The Buffalo Braves traded Matt Guokas, a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Larry Johnson was later selected) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Bob Weiss.

  1. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Clifford Ray and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Joe Bryant was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond.

  1. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks sold the player rights to Dale Schlueter to the Buffalo Braves.

  2. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks sold the player rights to John Tschogl to the Philadelphia 76ers.

  1. Waived

    The Washington Bullets waived Walt Wesley.

  1. Trade

    The Seattle SuperSonics traded Dick Gibbs and a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Tom Kropp was later selected) to the Washington Bullets for Archie Clark.

  1. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Jim Ard as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed Charles Dudley as a free agent.

  1. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Bob Christian.

  1. Waived

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings waived Otto Moore.

  1. Waived

    The Kansas City-Omaha Kings waived Howard Komives.

  1. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Bob Rule as a free agent.