Bucky Buckwalter

Morris B. Buckwalter (Bucky)

Born: November 22, 1933
High School: La Grande in La Grande, Oregon
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 37-56, .398 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Oklahoma City Thunder: May 3, 1973 to May 11, 1973
• Portland Trail Blazers: January 2, 1986 to July 17, 1992

Awards

• 1990-91 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Portland Trail Blazers Franchise

• January 14, 1986: Traded Darnell Valentine and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Tom Garrick) to the Los Angeles Clippers for a 1986 1st round draft pick (Arvydas Sabonis) and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Rolando Ferreira).
• February 24, 1986: Signed Brian Martin to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 26, 1986: Signed Brian Martin as a free agent.
• May 6, 1986: Signed Fernando Martin as a free agent.
• June 17, 1986: Selected Walter Berry (1st round, 14th pick), Arvydas Sabonis (1st round, 24th pick), Parragiotis Fasoulas (2nd round, 37th pick), Juden Smith (3rd round, 49th pick), Drazen Petrovic (3rd round, 60th pick), David Shaffer (4th round, 83rd pick), Jerry Adams (5th round, 106th pick), Tony Hampton (6th round, 129th pick) and Randy Schiff (7th round, 152nd pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
• June 17, 1986: Traded Steve Colter to the Chicago Bulls for Larry Krystkowiak, a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Brett Roberts).
• June 19, 1986: Traded Larry Krystkowiak and Mychal Thompson to the San Antonio Spurs for Steve Johnson.
• August 7, 1986: Signed Mike Holton as a veteran free agent and sent a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Matt Steigenga) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
• August 27, 1986: Signed Perry Young as a free agent.
• November 11, 1986: Traded a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Winston Garland) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Chris Engler.
• December 18, 1986: Traded Walter Berry to the San Antonio Spurs for Kevin Duckworth.
• February 13, 1987: Signed Joe Binion to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 24, 1987: Signed Perry Young to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 16, 1987: Signed Ron Rowan as a free agent.
• April 16, 1987: Signed Charles Jones as a free agent.
• June 22, 1987: Selected Ronnie Murphy (1st round, 17th pick), Lester Fonville (2nd round, 29th pick), Nikita Wilson (2nd round, 30th pick), Kevin Gamble (3rd round, 63rd pick), Norwood Barber (4th round, 86th pick), David Moss (5th round, 109th pick), Bernard Johnson (6th round, 132nd pick) and Kenny Stone (7th round, 155th pick) in the 1987 NBA Draft.
• October 13, 1987: Traded Kermit Washington to the Golden State Warriors for a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Anthony Mason).
• November 10, 1987: Signed Maurice Lucas as a veteran free agent and sent a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Abdul Shamsid-Deen) to the Seattle SuperSonics as compensation.
• February 23, 1988: Traded Jim Paxson to the Boston Celtics for Jerry Sichting.
• June 28, 1988: Selected Mark Bryant (1st round, 21st pick), Rolando Ferreira (2nd round, 26th pick), Anthony Mason (3rd round, 53rd pick) and Craig Neal (3rd round, 71st pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
• October 6, 1988: Signed Darwin Cook as a free agent.
• October 6, 1988: Signed Adrian Branch as a free agent.
• November 2, 1988: Signed Danny Young as a free agent.
• February 23, 1989: Traded Kiki Vandeweghe to the New York Knicks for a 1989 1st round draft pick (Byron Irvin).
• February 24, 1989: Signed Brook Steppe to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 28, 1989: Signed Clinton Wheeler to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 17, 1989: Signed Brook Steppe as a free agent.
• March 20, 1989: Signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent.
• June 24, 1989: Traded Sam Bowie and a 1989 1st round draft pick (Mookie Blaylock) to the New Jersey Nets for Buck Williams.
• June 27, 1989: Selected Byron Irvin (1st round, 22nd pick) and Clifford Robinson (2nd round, 36th pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
• July 24, 1989: Signed Wayne Cooper as an unrestricted free agent.
• August 22, 1989: Signed Nate Johnston as a free agent.
• October 17, 1989: Traded Richard Anderson to the Charlotte Hornets for Robert Reid.
• January 8, 1990: Signed Nate Johnston to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 29, 1990: Signed Nate Johnston as a free agent.
• June 27, 1990: Selected Alaa Abdelnaby (1st round, 25th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
• August 1, 1990: Traded Byron Irvin, a 1991 1st round draft pick (Pete Chilcutt) and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Brett Roberts) to the Sacramento Kings for Danny Ainge.
• January 23, 1991: As part of a 3-team trade, the Portland Trail Blazers traded Drazen Petrovic and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Kevin Thompson) to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Terry Mills to the New Jersey Nets; the Denver Nuggets traded Walter Davis and a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Smith) to the Portland Trail Blazers; and the New Jersey Nets traded Greg Anderson and a 1992 1st round draft pick (Bryant Stith) to the Denver Nuggets.
• June 26, 1991: Selected Marcus Kennedy (2nd round, 54th pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
• June 26, 1991: Traded a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Tyus Edney) and a 1999 2nd round draft pick (Tim Young) to the Golden State Warriors for Lamont Strothers.
• September 16, 1991: Signed Gerald Paddio as a free agent.
• September 16, 1991: Signed Robert Pack as a free agent.
• October 4, 1991: Signed Ennis Whatley as a free agent.
• June 24, 1992: Selected Dave Johnson (1st round, 26th pick) and Reggie Smith (2nd round, 31st pick) in the 1992 NBA Draft.
• July 1, 1992: Traded Alaa Abdelnaby to the Milwaukee Bucks for Tracy Murray.
• July 3, 1992: Signed Rod Strickland as a free agent.