Dick Motta

Dick Motta

Franchises

• Chicago Bulls: July 13, 1973 to May 29, 1976

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Chicago Bulls Franchise

• September 4, 1973: Traded a future draft pick to the Capital Bullets for John Tresvant.
• September 10, 1973: Traded Gar Heard and Kevin Kunnert to the Buffalo Braves for John Hummer, a 1974 2nd round draft pick (Leon Benbow) and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Larry Fogle).
• October 14, 1973: Traded a 1974 2nd round draft pick (Phil Lumpkin) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Rick Adelman.
• January 7, 1974: Traded John Hummer to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Steve Green).
• February 13, 1974: Traded Larry Cannon to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future draft pick.
• May 28, 1974: Traded Howard Porter and a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Larry Fogle) to the New York Knicks for a 1974 1st round draft pick (Maurice Lucas).
• May 28, 1974: Selected Maurice Lucas (1st round, 14th pick), Cliff Pondexter (1st round, 16th pick), Leon Benbow (2nd round, 27th pick), Bobby Wilson (3rd round, 52nd pick), Jim Forbes (4th round, 70th pick), Randy Knowles (5th round, 88th pick), Robert Rosier (6th round, 106th pick), Geoff Roberts (7th round, 124th pick), Sam McCants (8th round, 142nd pick), Jerry Davenport (9th round, 159th pick) and Rick Hockenos (10th round, 176th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
• September 3, 1974: Traded Clifford Ray and a 1975 1st round draft pick (Joe Bryant) to the Golden State Warriors for Nate Thurmond.
• September 4, 1974: Traded Bob Weiss to the Buffalo Braves for Matt Guokas, a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Larry Johnson) and a future 2nd round draft pick.
• September 12, 1974: Signed Bill Hewitt as a free agent.
• September 18, 1974: Traded a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Gus Gerard) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mickey Johnson.
• November 11, 1974: Traded Rick Adelman to the New Orleans Jazz for John Block.
• May 29, 1975: Selected Steve Green (2nd round, 30th pick), John Laskowski (2nd round, 32nd pick), Ron Haigler (4th round, 68th pick), Bob Iverson (5th round, 86th pick), Bill Andreas (6th round, 104th pick), John Grochowalski (7th round, 122nd pick), John Murphy (8th round, 140th pick) and Gary Tomaszewski (9th round, 156th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
• September 5, 1975: Traded a 1976 8th round draft pick (Dave Koehler) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Fred Foster.
• November 27, 1975: Traded Rowland Garrett and Nate Thurmond to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Eric Fernsten and Steve Patterson.
• November 27, 1975: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong) to the Buffalo Braves for Jack Marin.
• December 8, 1975: Traded Matt Guokas to the Kansas City Kings for a 1976 3rd round draft pick (Lars Hansen) and a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Steve Sheppard).