Fred Podesta

Fred Podesta

Franchises

• New York Knicks: 1957 to January 4, 1960
• New York Knicks: May 8, 1961 to January 3, 1965

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

New York Knicks Franchise

• February 5, 1958: Traded Bo Erias and cash to the Minneapolis Lakers for Art Spoelstra.
• April 22, 1958: Selected Mike Farmer (1st round, 3rd pick), Pete Brennan (1st round, 4th pick), Joe Quigg (2nd round, 12th pick), John Lee (3rd round, 20th pick), John Cox (4th round, 28th pick), Don Lane (5th round, 36th pick), Joe King (6th round, 44th pick), Owen Lawson (7th round, 52nd pick), Milt Kane (8th round, 60th pick) and John McCarthy (9th round, 67th pick) in the 1958 NBA Draft.
• January 27, 1959: Traded Guy Sparrow to the Philadelphia Warriors for Jack George.
• March 31, 1959: Selected Johnny Green (1st round, 6th pick), Bob Anderegg (3rd round, 22nd pick), Johnny Cox (4th round, 30th pick), Herb Busch (5th round, 38th pick), Bucky McDonald (6th round, 46th pick), Russ Robinson (7th round, 54th pick), Walt Torrence (8th round, 60th pick), Jerry Shipp (9th round, 66th pick), Paul Wilcox (10th round, 72nd pick), Paul Benes (11th round, 78th pick), Ed Blair (12th round, 82nd pick), John Nicoll (13th round, 84th pick) and Jack Israel (14th round, 85th pick) in the 1959 NBA Draft.
• December 1, 1959: Sold Ron Sobie to the Minneapolis Lakers.

• May 16, 1961: Sold Sam Stith to the Cincinnati Royals.
• May 16, 1961: Traded Bob McNeill and Charlie Tyra to the Chicago Packers for Dave Budd.
• May 16, 1961: Purchased Sam Stith from the Cincinnati Royals.
• October 31, 1961: Signed Doug Kistler as a free agent.
• December 11, 1961: Purchased Al Butler from the Boston Celtics.
• March 26, 1962: Selected Paul Hogue (1st round, 2nd pick), John Rudometkin (2nd round, 11th pick), Bobby Rascoe (3rd round, 20th pick), Cliff Luyk (4th round, 29th pick), Bob Burgess (5th round, 38th pick), Ken Stanley (6th round, 47th pick), Richie Swartz (7th round, 56th pick), Warren Fouts (8th round, 64th pick), Paul Benec (9th round, 73rd pick), Ralph Richardson (10th round, 82nd pick) and Ed Mazria (11th round, 88th pick) in the 1962 NBA Draft.
• August 29, 1962: Traded Darrall Imhoff and cash to the Detroit Pistons for Gene Shue.
• September 10, 1962: Traded Phil Jordon and Cliff Luyk to the Chicago Zephyrs for Gene Conley.
• December 5, 1962: Traded Willie Naulls and Kenny Sears to the San Francisco Warriors for Tom Gola.
• January 1, 1963: Signed Bevo Nordmann as a free agent.
• January 22, 1963: Purchased Jack Foley from the Boston Celtics.
• April 30, 1963: Selected Art Heyman (1st round, 1st pick), Jerry Harkness (2nd round, 10th pick), Bill O'Connor (3rd round, 19th pick), Nate Cloud (4th round, 28th pick), Joe McDermott (5th round, 37th pick), Jim Kerwin (6th round, 46th pick), Bob Woolard (7th round, 55th pick), Fred Crawford (8th round, 64th pick), Ray Cronk (9th round, 69th pick), Gerald Glur (10th round, 74th pick), Orb Bowling (11th round, 77th pick), Bob Walter (12th round, 79th pick), Jerry Szachara (13th round, 81st pick), Bill Raftery (14th round, 83rd pick) and Ron Pickett (15th round, 84th pick) in the 1963 NBA Draft.
• October 16, 1963: Purchased Tom Hoover from the Philadelphia 76ers.
• October 18, 1963: Traded Richie Guerin to the St. Louis Hawks for cash and a 1964 2nd round draft pick (Howard Komives).
• October 21, 1963: Purchased Len Chappell from the Philadelphia 76ers.
• October 29, 1963: Traded Paul Hogue and Gene Shue to the Baltimore Bullets for Bill McGill.
• November 11, 1963: Purchased Bob Duffy from the St. Louis Hawks.
• December 16, 1963: As part of a 3-team trade, the New York Knicks traded Donnie Butcher and Bob Duffy to the Detroit Pistons; the Cincinnati Royals traded Bob Boozer to the New York Knicks; the Detroit Pistons traded Larry Staverman to the Cincinnati Royals; and the Detroit Pistons traded Johnny Egan to the New York Knicks.
• May 1, 1964: Sold Hub Reed to the Detroit Pistons. This completes the trade where New York obtained Johnny Egan from Detroit on December 11, 1963.
• May 4, 1964: Selected Jim Barnes (1st round, 1st pick), Willis Reed (2nd round, 10th pick), Howard Komives (2nd round, 15th pick), Brian Generalovich (3rd round, 19th pick), Freddie Crawford (4th round, 28th pick), Tony Gennari (5th round, 37th pick), Tom Lavelle (6th round, 46th pick), Em Bryant (7th round, 55th pick), Jim Boutin (8th round, 64th pick), Jack Brens (9th round, 73rd pick), Jim Christie (10th round, 80th pick) and Dennis Lynch (11th round, 87th pick) in the 1964 NBA Draft.
• October 17, 1964: Sold Al Butler to the Baltimore Bullets.
• October 18, 1964: Traded Bill McGill to the St. Louis Hawks for a 1965 2nd round draft pick (Hal Blevins).