Bill Russell

William Felton Russell (Bill)

Born: February 12, 1934 in Monroe, Louisiana
High School: McClymonds in Oakland, California
College: University of San Francisco
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1975 (Full List)
As Player: 963 G, 15.1 PPG, 22.5 RPG, 4.3 APG (Full Record)
As Coach: 8 Yrs, 341-290, .540 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Oklahoma City Thunder: May 11, 1973 to May 4, 1977
• Sacramento Kings: March 7, 1988 to December 19, 1989

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise

• July 25, 1973: Traded Butch Beard to the Golden State Warriors for Mahdi Abdul-Rahman.
• September 10, 1973: Signed Slick Watts as a free agent.
• October 15, 1973: Signed Milt Williams as a free agent.
• December 28, 1973: Signed Vester Marshall as a free agent.
• January 7, 1974: Traded a 1975 2nd round draft pick (Steve Green) to the Chicago Bulls for John Hummer.
• March 14, 1974: Signed Vester Marshall as a free agent.
• May 28, 1974: Traded Dick Snyder and a 1974 1st round draft pick (Campy Russell) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1974 1st round draft pick (Tom Burleson).
• May 28, 1974: Selected Tom Burleson (1st round, 3rd pick), Leonard Gray (2nd round, 26th pick), Tal Skinner (3rd round, 44th pick), William Gordon (4th round, 62nd pick), Dean Tolson (5th round, 80th pick), Wardell Jackson (6th round, 98th pick), Jerry Faulkner (7th round, 116th pick), Leonard Coulter (8th round, 134th pick), Bertrand du Pont (9th round, 152nd pick) and Rod Derline (10th round, 169th pick) in the 1974 NBA Draft.
• August 20, 1974: Traded Dick Gibbs and a 1975 3rd round draft pick (Tom Kropp) to the Washington Bullets for Archie Clark.
• May 29, 1975: Selected Frank Oleynick (1st round, 12th pick), Bruce Seals (2nd round, 21st pick), Jim Moore (4th round, 66th pick), Dwain Govan (5th round, 84th pick), Larry Smith (6th round, 102nd pick), Hollis Miller (7th round, 120th pick), Ken McKenzie (8th round, 138th pick), Rich Haws (9th round, 155th pick) and Jerry Bellotti (10th round, 170th pick) in the 1975 NBA Draft.
• September 24, 1975: Signed Al Carlson as a free agent.
• September 25, 1975: Traded Archie Clark to the Detroit Pistons for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Ron Brewer).
• October 22, 1975: Traded Jim Fox to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1976 2nd round draft pick (Bayard Forrest).
• October 22, 1975: Traded a 1976 3rd round draft pick (Larry Cooke) to the Atlanta Hawks for Herm Gilliam.
• October 24, 1975: Traded Spencer Haywood to the New York Knicks for Gene Short and a 1979 1st round draft pick (James Bailey).
• November 22, 1975: Purchased Mike Bantom from the Phoenix Suns.
• November 23, 1975: Signed Willie Norwood as a free agent.
• January 31, 1976: Signed Zaid Abdul-Aziz as a free agent.
• June 8, 1976: Selected Bob Wilkerson (1st round, 11th pick), Bayard Forrest (2nd round, 19th pick), Dennis Johnson (2nd round, 29th pick), Willie Parr (4th round, 63rd pick), Robert Gray (5th round, 80th pick), Darrell Peterson (6th round, 98th pick), Mark Klein (7th round, 116th pick), Norton Barnhill (8th round, 134th pick), Ron Johnson (9th round, 151st pick) and Ricky Lewis (10th round, 167th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
• September 2, 1976: Sold Herm Gilliam to the Portland Trail Blazers.
• September 2, 1976: Traded future considerations to the Portland Trail Blazers for LaRue Martin.
• September 15, 1976: Signed Mike Green as a free agent.
• November 26, 1976: Zaid Abdul-Aziz signed as a veteran free agent with the Buffalo Braves; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• December 13, 1976: Traded Leonard Gray to the Washington Bullets for Nick Weatherspoon.
• January 27, 1977: Purchased James Donaldson from the New York Nets.
• January 28, 1977: Signed Bob Love as a free agent.
• March 18, 1977: Traded Bayard Forrest to the Phoenix Suns for a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Paul Mokeski).

Sacramento Kings Franchise

• March 26, 1988: Signed Conner Henry to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• April 1, 1988: Signed Martin Nessley to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• April 14, 1988: Signed Conner Henry to a contract for the rest of the season.
• April 21, 1988: Signed Martin Nessley as a free agent.
• June 27, 1988: Traded Reggie Theus and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Jorge Gonzalez) to the Atlanta Hawks for Randy Wittman and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Ricky Berry).
• June 28, 1988: Selected Ricky Berry (1st round, 18th pick) and Vinny Del Negro (2nd round, 29th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
• October 5, 1988: Signed Randy Allen as a free agent.
• October 6, 1988: Signed Ben Gillery as a free agent.
• October 11, 1988: Traded Otis Thorpe to the Houston Rockets for Rodney McCray and Jim Petersen.
• October 31, 1988: Traded Mike McGee to the New Jersey Nets for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Randy Brown) and a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Jeff McInnis).
• February 7, 1989: Signed Michael Jackson to a 10-day contract.
• February 18, 1989: Signed Michael Jackson to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 20, 1989: Traded LaSalle Thompson and Randy Wittman to the Indiana Pacers for Wayman Tisdale and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Bimbo Coles).
• February 23, 1989: Traded Joe Kleine and Ed Pinckney to the Boston Celtics for Danny Ainge and Brad Lohaus.
• March 3, 1989: Signed Randy Allen to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 22, 1989: Signed Randy Allen to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 23, 1989: Signed Randy Allen to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 27, 1989: Selected Pervis Ellison (1st round, 1st pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
• September 10, 1989: Signed Henry Turner as a free agent.
• September 27, 1989: Traded Jim Petersen to the Golden State Warriors for Ralph Sampson.
• October 2, 1989: Signed Greg Stokes as an unrestricted free agent.
• November 25, 1989: Signed Greg Kite as an unrestricted free agent.
• December 18, 1989: Signed Mike Williams as a free agent.