Eddie Donovan

Eddie Donovan

Died: January 20, 2001
As Coach: 4 Yrs, 84-194, .302 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• New York Knicks: January 3, 1965 to March 9, 1970
• Los Angeles Clippers: 1970 to March 20, 1975
• New York Knicks: April 15, 1975 to May 20, 1982

Awards

• 1973-74 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

New York Knicks Franchise

• February 14, 1965: Signed Barry Kramer as a free agent.
• May 6, 1965: Selected Bill Bradley (1st round, 2nd pick), Dave Stallworth (1st round, 5th pick), Dick Van Arsdale (2nd round, 13th pick), Hal Blevins (2nd round, 17th pick), Barry Clemens (3rd round, 22nd pick), Larry Lembo (4th round, 31st pick), Steve Nisenson (5th round, 40th pick), Warren Davis (6th round, 49th pick), Dale Neel (7th round, 58th pick), Frank Granat (8th round, 66th pick), Jay Neary (9th round, 72nd pick), Wayne Molis (10th round, 78th pick), Bill Meyer (11th round, 84th pick), Steve Trupin (12th round, 90th pick) and Dennis McGovern (13th round, 95th pick) in the 1965 NBA Draft.
• October 14, 1965: Traded Bob Boozer to the Los Angeles Lakers for Dick Barnett.
• November 2, 1965: Traded Jim Barnes, Johnny Egan, Johnny Green and cash to the Baltimore Bullets for Walt Bellamy.
• May 11, 1966: Selected Cazzie Russell (1st round, 1st pick), Henry Akin (2nd round, 11th pick), Stewart Johnson (3rd round, 21st pick), Lee DeFore (4th round, 31st pick), Ron Jackson (5th round, 41st pick), George Fisher (6th round, 51st pick), Mike Dabich (7th round, 60th pick), Mike Silliman (8th round, 69th pick), Bill Turner (9th round, 78th pick), Rich Moore (10th round, 85th pick), Rich Dyer (11th round, 92nd pick), Dave Deutsch (12th round, 98th pick) and Bob Bennett (13th round, 101st pick) in the 1966 NBA Draft.
• October 31, 1966: Purchased Neil Johnson from the Baltimore Bullets.
• May 3, 1967: Selected Walt Frazier (1st round, 5th pick), Phil Jackson (2nd round, 17th pick), Gary Gregor (3rd round, 24th pick), Keith Swagerty (4th round, 36th pick), Barry Leibowitz (5th round, 48th pick), Bob Benfield (6th round, 60th pick), Butch Wade (7th round, 72nd pick), Gil Radday (8th round, 84th pick), Ray Smith (9th round, 95th pick), Bruce Kaplan (10th round, 106th pick), Mark Merkin (11th round, 117th pick) and Mike Riordan (12th round, 128th pick) in the 1967 NBA Draft.
• September 18, 1967: Purchased Nate Bowman from the Seattle SuperSonics.
• January 12, 1968: Sold Freddie Crawford to the Los Angeles Lakers.
• June 4, 1968: Selected Bill Hosket (1st round, 10th pick), Don May (3rd round, 30th pick), Warren Armstrong (4th round, 44th pick), Hal Booker (5th round, 58th pick), Brian Brunkhorst (6th round, 72nd pick), Bob Waldal (7th round, 86th pick), Bob Hooper (8th round, 100th pick), Roger Bohnenstiel (9th round, 114th pick), Sylvester Adams (10th round, 128th pick), Bob Redd (11th round, 141st pick), Pat Moriarty (12th round, 154th pick), Ken Morehead (13th round, 166th pick), John Harlow (14th round, 177th pick), Ed Fellers (15th round, 186th pick), Bob Ferguson (16th round, 194th pick) and Milt Williams (17th round, 202nd pick) in the 1968 NBA Draft.
• December 19, 1968: Traded Walt Bellamy and Howard Komives to the Detroit Pistons for Dave DeBusschere.

Los Angeles Clippers Franchise

• March 23, 1970: Traded a 1970 1st round draft pick (George Johnson) to the Baltimore Bullets for Mike Davis and a 1970 1st round draft pick (John Hummer).
• March 23, 1970: Selected John Hummer (1st round, 15th pick), Cornell Warner (2nd round, 24th pick), Chip Case (3rd round, 43rd pick), Erwin Polnick (4th round, 58th pick), Robert Moore (5th round, 77th pick), Doug Hess (6th round, 92nd pick), Cliff Shegogg (7th round, 111th pick), Larry Woods (8th round, 126th pick), Larry Duckworth (9th round, 145th pick), Joe Taylor (10th round, 160th pick) and Dick Walker (11th round, 177th pick) in the 1970 NBA Draft.
• May 11, 1970: Traded Bailey Howell to the Philadelphia 76ers for Bob Kauffman and a 1971 2nd round draft pick (Spencer Haywood).
• June 20, 1970: Traded cash to the New York Knicks for Nate Bowman and Mike Silliman.
• November 26, 1970: Traded Freddie Crawford to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future draft pick.
• March 29, 1971: Selected Elmore Smith (1st round, 3rd pick), Fred Hilton (2nd round, 19th pick), Amos Thomas (2nd round, 26th pick), Spencer Haywood (2nd round, 30th pick), Jim O'Brien (4th round, 53rd pick), Garry Nelson (5th round, 70th pick), Glen Summors (6th round, 87th pick), Randy Smith (7th round, 104th pick), Craig Love (8th round, 121st pick), Gary Stewart (9th round, 138th pick), Don Ward (10th round, 154th pick), Bill Warner (11th round, 170th pick), Butch Webster (12th round, 184th pick), Pete Smith (13th round, 197th pick), Ray Lavender (14th round, 209th pick), William Chatmon (15th round, 218th pick), James Douglas (16th round, 226th pick), Nelson Isley (17th round, 230th pick) and Joey Meyer (18th round, 233rd pick) in the 1971 NBA Draft.
• July 26, 1971: Traded Herm Gilliam and Don May to the Atlanta Hawks for Mahdi Abdul-Rahman and Jerry Chambers.
• April 10, 1972: Selected Bob McAdoo (1st round, 2nd pick), Harold Fox (2nd round, 15th pick), Bob Morse (3rd round, 32nd pick), George Bryant (4th round, 49th pick), Arnie Berman (5th round, 65th pick), Ed Czernota (6th round, 82nd pick), Greg Kohls (7th round, 99th pick), Andy Denny (8th round, 115th pick), John Collins (9th round, 131st pick), Jim Prokell (11th round, 158th pick), Frank Dewitt (12th round, 167th pick), Kim Huband (13th round, 176th pick), Greg Corson (14th round, 182nd pick), Paul Hoffman (15th round, 189th pick) and Norman Bounds (16th round, 194th pick) in the 1972 NBA Draft.
• September 29, 1972: Traded a 1973 2nd round draft pick (Mike D'Antoni) to the Detroit Pistons for Howard Komives.
• April 24, 1973: Selected Ernie DiGregorio (1st round, 3rd pick), Ken Charles (3rd round, 38th pick), Doug Little (4th round, 54th pick), Randy Knoll (5th round, 72nd pick), Mike Macaluso (6th round, 88th pick), Tim Bassett (7th round, 106th pick), Carl Jackson (8th round, 122nd pick), Bob Fullerton (9th round, 140th pick), Nick Connor (10th round, 153rd pick), Mike Lee (11th round, 168th pick), Aaron Covington (12th round, 176th pick), Bob Vartanian (13th round, 184th pick), Ron Gilliam (14th round, 190th pick), John Fraley (15th round, 195th pick), John Green (16th round, 200th pick), Jim Garvin (17th round, 204th pick), Don Johnston (18th round, 207th pick), Ron Thornson (19th round, 209th pick) and Phil Tollestrop (20th round, 211th pick) in the 1973 NBA Draft.
• September 10, 1973: Traded John Hummer, a 1974 2nd round draft pick (Leon Benbow) and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Larry Fogle) to the Chicago Bulls for Gar Heard and Kevin Kunnert.
• September 11, 1973: Signed Paul Ruffner as a free agent.
• September 12, 1973: Traded Elmore Smith to the Los Angeles Lakers for Jim McMillian.
• November 27, 1973: Signed Lee Winfield as a free agent.
• February 1, 1974: Traded Kevin Kunnert and Dave Wohl to the Houston Rockets for Matt Guokas and Jack Marin.
• May 28, 1974: Selected Tom McMillen (1st round, 9th pick), Kim Hughes (3rd round, 45th pick), Bernie Harris (4th round, 63rd pick), Tony Byers (5th round, 81st pick), Gary Link (6th round, 99th pick), Tommy Curtis (7th round, 117th pick), Glenn Price (8th round, 135th pick), John Falconi (9th round, 153rd pick) and Andy Rimol (10th round, 170th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
• August 29, 1974: Purchased Dale Schlueter from the Atlanta Hawks.
• September 4, 1974: Traded Matt Guokas, a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Larry Johnson) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Bob Weiss.
• January 8, 1975: Traded a 1976 5th round draft pick (Connie White) to the Atlanta Hawks for Jim Washington.

• May 29, 1975: Selected Gene Short (1st round, 9th pick), Ticky Burden (2nd round, 26th pick), Larry Fogle (2nd round, 34th pick), John Ramsey (3rd round, 46th pick), David Vaughn (4th round, 63rd pick), Don Washington (5th round, 80th pick), Henry Williams (6th round, 100th pick), Peter Davis (7th round, 117th pick), Jerry Homan (8th round, 134th pick), Tim van Blommesteyn (9th round, 153rd pick) and Mo Rivers (10th round, 168th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
• October 24, 1975: Traded Gene Short and a 1979 1st round draft pick (James Bailey) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Spencer Haywood.
• November 26, 1975: Signed Gene Short as a free agent.
• June 8, 1976: Selected Lonnie Shelton (2nd round, 25th pick), John McGill (3rd round, 41st pick), Rick Bullock (4th round, 57th pick), Beaver Smith (5th round, 76th pick), Joe Jones (6th round, 93rd pick), Boyd Batts (7th round, 110th pick), Rick McCutcheon (8th round, 130th pick), Archie Talley (9th round, 147th pick) and Eugene Shy (10th round, 163rd pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
• September 10, 1976: Purchased Jim McMillian from the Buffalo Braves.
• September 23, 1976: Signed Charlie Criss as a free agent.
• October, 1976: Signed Mo Layton as a free agent.
• October 1, 1976: Traded Randy Denton to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Glen Gondrezick).
• December 9, 1976: Traded John Gianelli and cash to the Buffalo Braves for Bob McAdoo and Tom McMillen.
• January 19, 1977: Signed Dean Meminger as a veteran free agent.
• June 10, 1977: Selected Ray Williams (1st round, 10th pick), Glen Gondrezick (2nd round, 26th pick), Toby Knight (2nd round, 32nd pick), Lloyd McMillian (3rd round, 54th pick), Steve Hayes (4th round, 76th pick), Bill Terry (5th round, 98th pick), Jerry Graycraft (6th round, 120th pick), Tom Weadock (7th round, 140th pick) and Ken Slappy (8th round, 159th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
• October 10, 1977: Signed Jim Cleamons as a veteran free agent and sent Walt Frazier to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation.
• November 14, 1977: Traded Tom McMillen to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (John Rudd).
• June 8, 1978: Traded Phil Jackson and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Winford Boynes) to the New Jersey Nets for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson).
• June 9, 1978: Selected Micheal Ray Richardson (1st round, 4th pick), John Rudd (2nd round, 32nd pick), Greg Bunch (2nd round, 34th pick), Marc Iavaroni (3rd round, 55th pick), Erving Giddings (4th round, 79th pick), Greg Green (5th round, 100th pick), Ed Warren (6th round, 121st pick), Gary Pember (7th round, 144th pick), Greg Sanders (8th round, 162nd pick), Danny Fields (9th round, 178th pick) and Ernest Simons (10th round, 195th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• June 12, 1978: Signed Mike Glenn as a veteran free agent.
• September 29, 1978: Signed Marvin Webster as a veteran free agent.
• October 4, 1978: Traded Lonnie Shelton and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson) to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson). This exchange was arranged as compensation for New York signing veteran free agent Marvin Webster on September 29, 1978.
• December 15, 1978: Jim McMillian signed as a veteran free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers; received a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Kim Goetz) as compensation.
• January 5, 1979: Traded Spencer Haywood to the New Orleans Jazz for Joe Meriweather.
• February 12, 1979: Traded Bob McAdoo to the Boston Celtics for Tom Barker, a 1979 1st round draft pick (Bill Cartwright), a 1979 1st round draft pick (Larry Demic) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams).
• February 20, 1979: Signed Ron Behagen as a free agent.
• June 25, 1979: Selected Bill Cartwright (1st round, 3rd pick), Larry Demic (1st round, 9th pick), Sly Williams (1st round, 21st pick), Reggie Carter (2nd round, 27th pick), Kim Goetz (2nd round, 34th pick), Geoff Huston (3rd round, 50th pick), Larry Rogers (4th round, 71st pick), Johnny Green (5th round, 94th pick), Phil Abney (6th round, 113th pick), Marc Coleman (7th round, 134th pick), Billy Tucker (8th round, 152nd pick), Brett Wyatt (9th round, 172nd pick) and Gordon Thomas (10th round, 189th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.
• August, 1979: Signed Hollis Copeland as a free agent.
• December 4, 1979: Traded Jim Cleamons to the Washington Bullets for a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Frank Brickowski).
• June 10, 1980: Selected Mike Woodson (1st round, 12th pick), DeWayne Scales (2nd round, 36th pick), Kurt Rambis (3rd round, 58th pick), Joseph Chmelich (4th round, 82nd pick), William Carey (5th round, 104th pick), Kelvin Hicks (6th round, 128th pick), Bobby Turner (7th round, 150th pick), James Salters (8th round, 171st pick), Don Wiley (9th round, 190th pick) and Gerald Ross (10th round, 208th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
• September 25, 1980: As part of a 3-team trade, the New York Knicks traded Joe Meriweather and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson) to the Kansas City Kings; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Campy Russell to the New York Knicks; and the Kansas City Kings traded Bill Robinzine to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
• January 30, 1981: Signed Kurt Rambis to a 10-day contract.
• May 20, 1981: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Kevin Loder) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Randy Smith.
• June 9, 1981: Selected Greg Cook (2nd round, 40th pick), Frank Brickowski (3rd round, 57th pick), Wayne McKoy (3rd round, 63rd pick), Alex Bradley (4th round, 86th pick), Jim Wright (5th round, 109th pick), John Blair (6th round, 132nd pick), Terry Cramer (7th round, 155th pick), Brian O'Connor (8th round, 177th pick), Marty Headd (9th round, 198th pick) and Kevin Rogers (10th round, 218th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
• June 10, 1981: Traded Mike Woodson to the New Jersey Nets for Mike Newlin.
• August 4, 1981: Traded Tom Barker to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1982 3rd round draft pick (Craig Tucker).
• October 12, 1981: Mike Glenn signed as a veteran free agent with the Atlanta Hawks; received a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Vince Taylor) as compensation.
• October 25, 1981: Ray Williams signed as a veteran free agent with the New Jersey Nets; received Maurice Lucas as compensation.
• 1982: Signed Mike Davis as a free agent.
• February 12, 1982: Signed Paul Westphal as a veteran free agent.