Norm Sonju

Norm Sonju

Franchises

• Los Angeles Clippers: March 25, 1977 to July 19, 1978
• Dallas Mavericks: May 1, 1980 to May 16, 1996

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Los Angeles Clippers Franchise

• June 7, 1977: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Marques Johnson) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Swen Nater and a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong).
• June 10, 1977: Traded a 1977 3rd round draft pick (James Edwards) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Johnny Neumann.
• June 10, 1977: Traded a 1977 1st round draft pick (Tate Armstrong) to the Chicago Bulls for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Larry Johnson).
• June 10, 1977: Selected Larry Johnson (2nd round, 24th pick), Melvin Watkins (4th round, 68th pick), Mike Hanley (5th round, 90th pick), Curvan Lewis (6th round, 112th pick), Mike Jackson (7th round, 133rd pick) and Emery Sammons (8th round, 153rd pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
• August 5, 1977: Don Adams signed as a veteran free agent with the Detroit Pistons; received a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Ricky Gallon) as compensation.
• September 1, 1977: Traded George Johnson, a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Cliff Robinson) to the New Jersey Nets for Tiny Archibald.
• September 1, 1977: Signed Mike Bantom as a veteran free agent and sent a future 4th round draft pick to the New Jersey Nets as compensation.
• September 1, 1977: Traded Mike Bantom and Adrian Dantley to the Indiana Pacers for Billy Knight.
• September 2, 1977: Traded John Gianelli to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Roy Hamilton).
• September 7, 1977: Traded Ernie DiGregorio to the Los Angeles Lakers for future considerations.
• September 13, 1977: Traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Keith Herron) to the Atlanta Hawks for Bill Willoughby.
• September 16, 1977: Sold Bird Averitt to the New Jersey Nets.
• September 20, 1977: Signed Jim McDaniels as a free agent.
• October 3, 1977: Signed Wil Jones as a veteran free agent and sent a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Kenny Natt) to the Indiana Pacers as compensation.
• October 6, 1977: Signed Ted McClain as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Hollis Copeland) to the Denver Nuggets as compensation.
• October 17, 1977: Traded future considerations to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Gary Brokaw.
• October 18, 1977: Traded Johnny Neumann to the Indiana Pacers for a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Mike Santos).
• November 23, 1977: Traded Gus Gerard, John Shumate and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Roy Hamilton) to the Detroit Pistons for Marvin Barnes, a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Lew Massey) and a 1978 4th round draft pick (Larry Harris).
• November 26, 1977: Signed Larry Johnson as a free agent.
• December 8, 1977: Signed Scott Lloyd as a free agent.
• December 14, 1977: Signed Mike Glenn as a free agent.
• January 31, 1978: Signed Bird Averitt as a free agent.
• January 31, 1978: Traded Ted McClain to the Philadelphia 76ers for a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Marvin Dalph).
• February 2, 1978: Signed Larry McNeill as a free agent.
• March 8, 1978: Signed Eddie Owens as a free agent.
• June 1, 1978: Signed Nick Weatherspoon as a free agent.
• June 7, 1978: Traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Lew Massey) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Tom Abernethy.
• June 9, 1978: Selected Jerome Whitehead (2nd round, 41st pick), Mike Santos (3rd round, 48th pick), Ricky Gallon (3rd round, 51st pick), Marvin Dalph (3rd round, 65th pick), Jim Boylan (4th round, 68th pick), Larry Harris (4th round, 73rd pick), Leroy McDonald (4th round, 76th pick), David Thompson (5th round, 90th pick), Bob Miscevicious (6th round, 112th pick), Stan Pietkiewicz (7th round, 133rd pick), Felton Young (8th round, 154th pick) and Bobby White (9th round, 172nd pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• June 12, 1978: Mike Glenn signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• July 15, 1978: Tom Abernethy signed as a veteran free agent with the Golden State Warriors; received a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Gary Garland) as compensation.

Dallas Mavericks Franchise

• June 9, 1980: Signed Ralph Drollinger as a free agent.
• June 9, 1980: Traded Wiley Peck to the Phoenix Suns for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Elston Turner).
• June 10, 1980: Selected Kiki Vandeweghe (1st round, 11th pick), Roosevelt Bouie (2nd round, 34th pick), Dave Britton (3rd round, 57th pick), David Johnson (4th round, 80th pick), Darrell Allums (5th round, 103rd pick), Leroy Jackson (6th round, 126th pick), Tony Forch (7th round, 149th pick), Clarence Kea (8th round, 169th pick), Ken Williams (9th round, 189th pick) and Tom Morgan (10th round, 206th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
• July 28, 1980: Jeff Judkins signed as a veteran free agent with the Utah Jazz; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• September 11, 1980: Traded Billy McKinney to the Utah Jazz for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Mark West) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Anthony Teachey).
• September 16, 1980: Traded Mike Bratz to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1984 1st round draft pick (Sam Perkins).
• October 28, 1980: Signed Scott Lloyd as a free agent.
• October 30, 1980: Traded Richard Washington and Jerome Whitehead to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Bill Robinzine, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Derek Harper) and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Roy Tarpley).
• November 6, 1980: Sold Austin Carr to the Washington Bullets.
• November 17, 1980: Signed Ollie Mack as a free agent.
• December 2, 1980: Signed Brad Davis as a free agent.
• December 3, 1980: Traded Kiki Vandeweghe and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Maurice Martin) to the Denver Nuggets for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Rolando Blackman) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Sam Vincent).
• January 2, 1981: Signed Monti Davis to a 10-day contract.
• January 28, 1981: Signed Stan Pietkiewicz to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 7, 1981: Traded Geoff Huston and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Larry Anderson) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Chad Kinch and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Detlef Schrempf).
• February 10, 1981: Signed Clarence Kea as a free agent.
• June 9, 1981: Selected Mark Aguirre (1st round, 1st pick), Rolando Blackman (1st round, 9th pick), Jay Vincent (2nd round, 24th pick), Elston Turner (2nd round, 43rd pick), Art Housey (3rd round, 47th pick), Eddie Moss (4th round, 70th pick), Pete Budko (5th round, 93rd pick), Karl Bakowski (6th round, 116th pick), Danny Davis (7th round, 139th pick), David Kennedy (8th round, 162nd pick), John Hollinden (9th round, 184th pick) and Scott Bolanko (10th round, 204th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
• August 20, 1981: Traded Bill Robinzine to the Utah Jazz for Allan Bristow and Wayne Cooper.
• September 2, 1981: Signed Kurt Nimphius as a free agent.
• September 25, 1981: Sold Brad Branson to the Detroit Pistons.
• December 28, 1981: Signed Clarence Kea as a free agent.
• June 28, 1982: Traded Wayne Cooper and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Terry Porter) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kelvin Ransey.
• June 28, 1982: Traded a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Fred Roberts) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Pat Cummings.
• June 29, 1982: Selected Bill Garnett (1st round, 4th pick), Corny Thompson (3rd round, 50th pick), Rudy Woods (4th round, 73rd pick), Ken Arnold (5th round, 96th pick), Wayne Waggoner (6th round, 119th pick), Bob Grady (7th round, 142nd pick), Keith Peterson (8th round, 165th pick), Ralph McPherson (9th round, 188th pick) and Albert Culton (10th round, 209th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
• August 16, 1982: Marty Byrnes signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• June 28, 1983: Selected Dale Ellis (1st round, 9th pick), Derek Harper (1st round, 11th pick), Mark West (2nd round, 30th pick), Dirk Minniefield (2nd round, 33rd pick), Johnny Martin (4th round, 79th pick), Jim Lampley (5th round, 102nd pick), Billy Allen (6th round, 125th pick), Terrell Schlundt (7th round, 148th pick), Bill Sadler (8th round, 171st pick), Sherrod Arnold (9th round, 193rd pick) and Clyde Corley (10th round, 214th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
• June 29, 1983: Traded Dirk Minniefield and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Kennedy) to the New Jersey Nets for a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Milt Wagner) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Steve Alford).
• August 12, 1983: Traded Kelvin Ransey to the New Jersey Nets for Foots Walker, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tom Sluby) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Bill Wennington).
• February 20, 1984: Signed Roger Phegley to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 20, 1984: Signed Roger Phegley to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 19, 1984: Selected Sam Perkins (1st round, 4th pick), Terence Stansbury (1st round, 15th pick), Charlie Sitton (2nd round, 38th pick), Anthony Teachey (2nd round, 40th pick), Tom Sluby (2nd round, 41st pick), Jeff Cross (3rd round, 61st pick), John Horrocks (4th round, 84th pick), Dave Williams (5th round, 107th pick), LaVerne Evans (6th round, 130th pick), George Turner (7th round, 153rd pick), Leroy Sutton (8th round, 176th pick), John Tudor (9th round, 198th pick) and Napoleon Johnson (10th round, 220th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
• June 27, 1984: Pat Cummings signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Leonard Allen) and a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Mark Price) as compensation.
• August 3, 1984: Elston Turner signed as a veteran free agent with the Denver Nuggets; received Howard Carter as compensation.
• September 14, 1984: Traded a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Rafael Addison) to the Chicago Bulls for Wallace Bryant.
• October 22, 1984: Traded Bill Garnett and Terence Stansbury to the Indiana Pacers for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Travis Mays).
• May 1, 1985: Traded a 1985 1st round draft pick (Sam Vincent) to the Boston Celtics for a 1985 1st round draft pick (Terry Porter) and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Jose Vargas).
• June 18, 1985: Selected Detlef Schrempf (1st round, 8th pick), Bill Wennington (1st round, 16th pick), Uwe Blab (1st round, 17th pick), Mark Acres (2nd round, 40th pick), Leonard Allen (3rd round, 50th pick), Harold Keeling (3rd round, 63rd pick), Bubba Jennings (4th round, 86th pick), Tommy Davis (5th round, 109th pick), Carlton Cooper (6th round, 132nd pick) and Ed Catchings (7th round, 155th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
• August 23, 1985: Signed Dennis Nutt as a free agent.
• September 20, 1985: Traded Jeff Cross to the Philadelphia 76ers for future considerations.
• November 25, 1985: Traded Kurt Nimphius to the Los Angeles Clippers for James Donaldson.
• January 23, 1986: Signed Harold Keeling to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 17, 1986: Selected Roy Tarpley (1st round, 7th pick), Mark Price (2nd round, 25th pick), Milt Wagner (2nd round, 35th pick), Anthony Welch (3rd round, 62nd pick), Myron Jackson (4th round, 85th pick), Jay Bilas (5th round, 108th pick), Greg Anderson (6th round, 131st pick) and Kim Cooksey (7th round, 154th pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
• June 17, 1986: Traded Mark Price to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Hodge).
• July 23, 1986: Traded Dale Ellis to the Seattle SuperSonics for Al Wood.
• September 3, 1986: Traded Jay Vincent to the Washington Bullets for a 1990 1st round draft pick (Willie Burton).
• September 25, 1986: Signed Dennis Nutt as a free agent.
• December 30, 1986: Signed Dennis Nutt as a free agent.
• June 22, 1987: Selected Jim Farmer (1st round, 20th pick), Steve Alford (2nd round, 26th pick), Mike Richmond (3rd round, 66th pick), David Johnson (4th round, 89th pick), Sam Hill (5th round, 112th pick), Quintan Gates (6th round, 135th pick) and Gerald White (7th round, 158th pick) in the 1987 NBA Draft.
• June 23, 1988: Traded a 1988 1st round draft pick (Kevin Edwards) to the Miami Heat. Miami agreed to select Arvid Kramer in the expansion draft.
• June 28, 1988: Selected Morlon Wiley (2nd round, 46th pick), Jose Vargas (2nd round, 49th pick) and Jerry Johnson (3rd round, 70th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
• October 5, 1988: Signed Bob McCann as a free agent.
• November 1, 1988: Signed Terry Tyler as a free agent.
• January 22, 1989: Signed Anthony Jones to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 14, 1989: Signed Anthony Jones to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 15, 1989: Traded Mark Aguirre to the Detroit Pistons for Adrian Dantley and a 1991 1st round draft pick (LaBradford Smith).
• February 21, 1989: Traded Detlef Schrempf and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Antonio Davis) to the Indiana Pacers for Herb Williams.
• June 27, 1989: Selected Randy White (1st round, 8th pick), Pat Durham (2nd round, 35th pick) and Jeff Hodge (2nd round, 53rd pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
• July 5, 1989: Signed Anthony Jones as a free agent.
• October 3, 1989: Signed John Long as an unrestricted free agent.
• October 5, 1989: Signed Steve Alford as an unrestricted free agent.
• October 26, 1989: Traded Pat Durham to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Eric Riley).
• January 6, 1990: Signed Kelvin Upshaw to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 12, 1990: Signed Bob McCann to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 5, 1990: Signed Bob McCann to a contract for the rest of the season.
• April 9, 1990: Signed Mark Wade to a 10-day contract.
• June 21, 1990: Traded a 1990 1st round draft pick (Willie Burton) and a 1991 1st round draft pick (LaBradford Smith) to the Denver Nuggets for Fat Lever.
• June 26, 1990: Traded Bill Wennington, a 1990 1st round draft pick (Duane Causwell) and a 1990 1st round draft pick (Travis Mays) to the Sacramento Kings for Rodney McCray, a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Phil Henderson) and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Mike Iuzzolino).
• June 27, 1990: Selected Phil Henderson (2nd round, 49th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
• July 19, 1990: Signed Bob McCann as a free agent.
• August 15, 1990: Signed Alex English as an unrestricted free agent.
• October 1, 1990: Signed Jim Grandholm as a free agent.
• October 1, 1990: Signed John Shasky as a free agent.
• October 1, 1990: Signed Kelvin Upshaw as a free agent.
• November 11, 1990: Signed Jim Grandholm as a free agent.
• November 12, 1990: Signed Kelvin Upshaw as a free agent.
• December 29, 1990: Signed Kelvin Upshaw as a free agent.
• January 5, 1991: Signed Howard Wright to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 26, 1991: Selected Doug Smith (1st round, 6th pick), Donald Hodge (2nd round, 33rd pick) and Mike Iuzzolino (2nd round, 35th pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
• August 6, 1991: Signed Terry Davis as an unrestricted free agent.
• October 2, 1991: Signed Joao Vianna as a free agent.
• January 17, 1992: Signed Tracy Moore to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 27, 1992: Signed Tony Brown to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 3, 1992: Signed Brian Howard to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 6, 1992: Signed Tracy Moore to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 20, 1992: Traded James Donaldson to the New York Knicks for Brian Quinnett.
• February 23, 1992: Signed Brian Howard to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 22, 1992: Signed Tom Garrick to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 24, 1992: Selected Jim Jackson (1st round, 4th pick) and Sean Rooks (2nd round, 30th pick) in the 1992 NBA Draft.
• June 24, 1992: Traded Rolando Blackman to the New York Knicks for a 1995 1st round draft pick (Loren Meyer).
• August 24, 1992: Signed Dexter Cambridge as a free agent.
• September 18, 1992: As part of a 3-team trade, the Dallas Mavericks traded Rodney McCray to the Chicago Bulls; the Chicago Bulls traded a 1996 2nd round draft pick (Darnell Robinson) and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks; the Chicago Bulls traded Byron Houston to the Golden State Warriors; and the Golden State Warriors traded a 1994 1st round draft pick (Tony Dumas) to the Dallas Mavericks. The future 2nd round draft pick traded to Dallas was conditional and was not exercised.
• October 1, 1992: Signed Steve Bardo as a free agent.
• October 7, 1992: Signed Walter Bond as a free agent.
• October 8, 1992: Signed Walter Palmer as a free agent.
• October 15, 1992: Signed Radisav Curcic as a free agent.
• February 4, 1993: Signed Lamont Strothers to a 10-day contract.
• February 16, 1993: Signed Morlon Wiley to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 2, 1993: Signed Tim Legler to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 8, 1993: Signed Morlon Wiley as a free agent.
• March 22, 1993: Signed Tim Legler to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 30, 1993: Selected Jamal Mashburn (1st round, 4th pick), Lucious Harris (2nd round, 28th pick) and Eric Riley (2nd round, 33rd pick) in the 1993 NBA Draft.
• June 30, 1993: Traded Eric Riley to the Houston Rockets for Popeye Jones.
• October 7, 1993: Signed Greg Dreiling as a free agent.
• October 7, 1993: Signed Darren Morningstar as a free agent.
• November 12, 1993: Signed Chucky Brown as a free agent.
• January 6, 1994: Traded Derek Harper to the New York Knicks for Tony Campbell and a 1997 1st round draft pick (John Thomas).
• February 14, 1994: Signed Lorenzo Williams to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 8, 1994: Signed Lorenzo Williams as a free agent.
• March 31, 1994: Signed Morlon Wiley as a free agent.
• June 29, 1994: Selected Jason Kidd (1st round, 2nd pick), Tony Dumas (1st round, 19th pick) and Deon Thomas (2nd round, 28th pick) in the 1994 NBA Draft.
• October 3, 1994: Signed Greg Sutton as a free agent.
• November 1, 1994: Traded Sean Rooks to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 1997 1st round draft pick (Kelvin Cato).
• January 30, 1995: Signed George McCloud to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 22, 1995: Signed George McCloud to a contract for the rest of the season.
• February 23, 1995: Traded Morlon Wiley and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Erik Meek) to the Houston Rockets for Scott Brooks.
• June 28, 1995: Selected Cherokee Parks (1st round, 12th pick) and Loren Meyer (1st round, 24th pick) in the 1995 NBA Draft.
• January 10, 1996: Signed Reggie Slater to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 1, 1996: Signed David Wood to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• February 23, 1996: Signed David Wood to a contract for the rest of the season.