Rod Thorn

Rodney King Thorn (Rod)

Born: May 23, 1941 in Princeton, West Virginia
High School: Princeton in Princeton, West Virginia
College: West Virginia University
As Player: 466 G, 10.8 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 2.6 APG (Full Record)
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 35-42, .455 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Chicago Bulls: May 12, 1978 to March 26, 1985
• Brooklyn Nets: June 2, 2000 to June 29, 2004
• Brooklyn Nets: December 4, 2007 to May 8, 2008
• Brooklyn Nets: May 19, 2010 to July 14, 2010
• Philadelphia 76ers: August 12, 2010 to September 21, 2012

Awards

• 2001-02 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Chicago Bulls Franchise

• June 9, 1978: Selected Reggie Theus (1st round, 9th pick), Marvin Johnson (2nd round, 31st pick), Randy Ayers (3rd round, 53rd pick), Ron Anthony (5th round, 97th pick), John Shoemaker (6th round, 119th pick), Jarvis Reynolds (7th round, 140th pick), Chubby Cox (8th round, 159th pick), Joe Ponsetto (9th round, 176th pick) and Mark Tucker (10th round, 191st pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• June 30, 1978: Signed Lars Hansen as a free agent.
• October 8, 1978: Traded a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Craig Shelton) to the Atlanta Hawks for John Brown and future considerations.
• October 11, 1978: Traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Danny Salisbury) to the Golden State Warriors for Charles Dudley.
• October 25, 1978: Signed Ollie Johnson as a free agent.
• October 26, 1978: Traded a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Sam Clancy) to the San Diego Clippers for Scott Lloyd.
• June 1, 1979: Signed Del Beshore as a free agent.
• June 22, 1979: Traded Wilbur Holland to the New Orleans Jazz for Rickey Williams.
• June 23, 1979: Purchased Lawrence Butler from the Denver Nuggets.
• June 25, 1979: Selected Dave Greenwood (1st round, 2nd pick), Lawrence Butler (2nd round, 33rd pick), Calvin Garrett (3rd round, 47th pick), Cedrick Hordges (3rd round, 49th pick), George Maynor (4th round, 72nd pick), Larry Washington (5th round, 93rd pick), Steve Smith (6th round, 114th pick), Mike Eversley (7th round, 133rd pick), Tony Warren (8th round, 153rd pick), James Jackson (9th round, 171st pick), Marvin Thoms (10th round, 190th pick) and Cortez Collins (10th round, 197th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.
• July 17, 1979: Mickey Johnson signed as a veteran free agent with the Indiana Pacers; received Ricky Sobers as compensation.
• August 6, 1979: Signed Coby Dietrick as a veteran free agent and sent Tate Armstrong and cash to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.
• September 10, 1979: Signed Roger Brown as a free agent.
• October 12, 1979: Signed Sam Smith as a free agent.
• October 19, 1979: Signed Dennis Awtrey as a free agent.
• November 11, 1979: John Brown signed as a veteran free agent with the Utah Jazz; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• December 5, 1979: Signed Dwight Jones as a free agent.
• February 13, 1980: Traded Mark Landsberger to the Los Angeles Lakers for Ollie Mack, a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Sam Worthen) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Gene Banks).
• June 9, 1980: Traded Cedrick Hordges to the Denver Nuggets for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Mike Olliver).
• June 10, 1980: Selected Kelvin Ransey (1st round, 4th pick), Sam Worthen (2nd round, 26th pick), James Wilkes (3rd round, 50th pick), Ron Charles (4th round, 74th pick), Mike Campbell (5th round, 96th pick), Bernard Rencher (6th round, 120th pick), Robert Byrd (7th round, 142nd pick), Modzel Greer (8th round, 164th pick), Jay Shidler (9th round, 183rd pick) and Billy Foster (10th round, 203rd pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
• June 10, 1980: Traded Kelvin Ransey and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Darnell Valentine) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Ronnie Lester and a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood).
• June 10, 1980: Traded Calvin Garrett to the Houston Rockets for a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Wayne Sappleton).
• June 23, 1980: Scott Lloyd signed as a veteran free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• August 1, 1980: Signed Jeff Wilkins as a free agent.
• August 8, 1980: Dennis Awtrey signed as a veteran free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics; received a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains) as compensation.
• September 12, 1980: Signed Larry Kenon as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Gene Banks) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains) to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.
• October 8, 1980: Purchased Bob Wilkerson from the Denver Nuggets.
• November 3, 1980: Signed Ricky Sobers as a free agent.
• November 21, 1980: Ollie Johnson signed as a veteran free agent with the Philadelphia 76ers; received cash as compensation.
• June 8, 1981: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Bradshaw) to the Atlanta Hawks for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Orlando Woolridge) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Frazier). Chicago had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with Atlanta in 1982 but did not do so.
• June 9, 1981: Selected Orlando Woolridge (1st round, 6th pick), Mike Olliver (2nd round, 32nd pick), Oliver Lee (4th round, 84th pick), Johnny Nash (5th round, 108th pick), Roger Burkman (6th round, 130th pick), Scott Williams (7th round, 154th pick), Ben Mitchell (8th round, 175th pick), Terry Martin (9th round, 197th pick) and Kenny Easley (10th round, 216th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
• June 10, 1981: Traded Mike Oliver to the Indiana Pacers for Ray Blume and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Rod Higgins).
• June 20, 1981: Bob Wilkerson signed as a veteran free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• July 29, 1981: Signed Jackie Robinson as a free agent.
• August 13, 1981: Signed Steve Hayes as a free agent.
• September 30, 1981: Traded a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Winfred King) to the Phoenix Suns for Johnny High.
• October 2, 1981: Purchased Terry Stotts from the Houston Rockets.
• December 9, 1981: Purchased Tracy Jackson from the Boston Celtics.
• June 23, 1982: Traded a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Wayne Sappleton) to the Golden State Warriors for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Doc Rivers).
• June 29, 1982: Selected Quintin Dailey (1st round, 7th pick), Ricky Frazier (2nd round, 26th pick), Wallace Bryant (2nd round, 30th pick), Rod Higgins (2nd round, 31st pick), Tyrone Adams (3rd round, 53rd pick), Chuck Aleksinas (4th round, 76th pick), Rubin Jackson (5th round, 99th pick), B. B. Fontenet (6th round, 122nd pick), Chuck Verderber (7th round, 145th pick), Mike Burns (8th round, 168th pick), Skip Dillard (9th round, 191st pick) and Tony Britto (10th round, 212th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
• July 22, 1982: Traded Artis Gilmore to the San Antonio Spurs for Dave Corzine, Mark Olberding and cash.
• October 2, 1982: Signed Dudley Bradley as a veteran free agent.
• October 8, 1982: Sold Ray Blume to the San Diego Clippers.
• January 18, 1983: Traded Coby Dietrick to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1983 4th round draft pick (Brant Weidner).
• January 24, 1983: Ricky Sobers signed as a veteran free agent with the Washington Bullets; received a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Sidney Lowe) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin) as compensation.
• February 15, 1983: Traded Dwight Jones to the Los Angeles Lakers for a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Adrian Branch).
• February 16, 1983: Signed Jawann Oldham as a free agent.
• March 2, 1983: Signed Larry Spriggs to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 8, 1983: Traded a 1983 4th round draft pick (Brant Weidner) to the San Antonio Spurs for Mike Bratz.
• March 22, 1983: Signed Larry Spriggs to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 28, 1983: Selected Sidney Green (1st round, 5th pick), Sidney Lowe (2nd round, 25th pick), Larry Micheaux (2nd round, 29th pick), Ron Crevier (4th round, 75th pick), Tim Andree (5th round, 98th pick), Ernest Patterson (6th round, 121st pick), Jacque Hill (7th round, 144th pick), Terry Bradley (8th round, 167th pick), Ray Orange (9th round, 189th pick) and Tom Emma (10th round, 210th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
• June 28, 1983: Traded Larry Micheaux and Mark Olberding to the Kansas City Kings for Chris McNealy, Ennis Whatley and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman).
• June 28, 1983: Traded Sidney Lowe and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Victor Fleming) to the Indiana Pacers for Mitchell Wiggins.
• August 24, 1983: Larry Spriggs signed as a veteran free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers; received a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Mike Brown) as compensation.
• September 30, 1983: Mike Bratz signed as a veteran free agent with the Golden State Warriors; received a 1984 4th round draft pick (Mark Halsel) as compensation.
• February 15, 1984: Traded Reggie Theus to the Kansas City Kings for Steve Johnson, a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Greg Wiltjer), a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Mike Brittain) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Ken Johnson).
• June 19, 1984: Selected Michael Jordan (1st round, 3rd pick), Ben Coleman (2nd round, 37th pick), Greg Wiltjer (2nd round, 43rd pick), Tim Dillon (3rd round, 49th pick), Melvin Johnson (4th round, 72nd pick), Mark Halsel (4th round, 77th pick), Lamont Robinson (5th round, 95th pick), Jeff Tipton (6th round, 118th pick), Butch Hays (7th round, 141st pick), Brett Crawford (8th round, 164th pick), Calvin Pierce (9th round, 186th pick) and Carl Lewis (10th round, 208th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
• August 10, 1984: Traded Mitchell Wiggins, a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Tyrone Corbin) and a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Michael Payne) to the Houston Rockets for Caldwell Jones.
• September 14, 1984: Traded Wallace Bryant to the Dallas Mavericks for a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Rafael Addison).
• September 20, 1984: Signed Charles Jones as a free agent.
• September 27, 1984: Signed Dirk Minniefield as a free agent.
• October 26, 1984: Signed Wes Matthews as a free agent.
• January 14, 1985: Signed Chris Engler to the first of two 10-day contracts.

Brooklyn Nets Franchise

• June 28, 2000: Selected Kenyon Martin (1st round, 1st pick) and Soumaila Samake (2nd round, 36th pick) in the 2000 NBA Draft.
• August 5, 2000: Signed Aaron Williams as a free agent.
• October 2, 2000: Signed Stephen Jackson as a free agent.
• October 3, 2000: Signed Kevin Ollie as a free agent.
• December 15, 2000: Signed Vladimir Stepania as a free agent.
• March 22, 2001: Signed Doug Overton to a 10-day contract, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 28, 2001: Signed Mark Strickland to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 29, 2001: Signed Eddie Gill to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• April 6, 2001: Signed Jamel Thomas as a free agent.
• June 27, 2001: Selected Eddie Griffin (1st round, 7th pick) and Brian Scalabrine (2nd round, 35th pick) in the 2001 NBA Draft.
• June 27, 2001: Traded Eddie Griffin to the Houston Rockets for Brandon Armstrong, Jason Collins and Richard Jefferson.
• July 18, 2001: Traded Stephon Marbury, Johnny Newman and Soumaila Samake to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Dudley and Jason Kidd.
• August 7, 2001: Signed Todd MacCulloch as a free agent.
• October 2, 2001: Signed Donny Marshall as a free agent.
• October 2, 2001: Signed Derrick Dial as a free agent.
• October 2, 2001: Signed David Vanterpool as a free agent.
• October 10, 2001: Signed Steve Goodrich as a free agent.
• October 30, 2001: Signed Reggie Slater as a free agent.
• November 27, 2001: Signed Steve Goodrich as a free agent.
• January 7, 2002: Signed Donny Marshall to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• January 7, 2002: Signed Anthony Johnson to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 26, 2002: Selected Nenad Krstic (1st round, 24th pick) and Tamar Slay (2nd round, 54th pick) in the 2002 NBA Draft.
• August 1, 2002: Signed Chris Childs as a free agent.
• August 6, 2002: Traded Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn to the Philadelphia 76ers for Dikembe Mutombo.
• August 14, 2002: Signed Rodney Rogers as a free agent.
• October 25, 2002: Signed Anthony Johnson as a free agent.
• March 11, 2003: Signed Donny Marshall to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• June 26, 2003: Selected Zoran Planinic (1st round, 22nd pick) and Kyle Korver (2nd round, 51st pick) in the 2003 NBA Draft.
• June 26, 2003: Sold Kyle Korver to the Philadelphia 76ers.
• July 16, 2003: Signed Alonzo Mourning as a free agent.
• September 30, 2003: Signed Doug Overton as a free agent.
• September 30, 2003: Signed Damone Brown as a free agent.
• December 22, 2003: Signed Mikki Moore as a free agent.
• January 19, 2004: Signed Robert Pack to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• January 26, 2004: Signed Hubert Davis to a 10-day contract, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.
• March 22, 2004: Signed Anthony Goldwire to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• June 24, 2004: Selected Viktor Khryapa (1st round, 22nd pick) and Christian Drejer (2nd round, 51st pick) in the 2004 NBA Draft.
• June 24, 2004: Traded Viktor Khryapa to the Portland Trail Blazers for Eddie Gill.

• December 24, 2007: Signed Billy Thomas as a free agent.
• February 4, 2008: Traded Jason Collins to the Memphis Grizzlies for Stromile Swift.
• February 19, 2008: Traded Malik Allen, Jason Kidd and Antoine Wright to the Dallas Mavericks for Maurice Ager, DeSagana Diop, Devin Harris, Trenton Hassell, Keith Van Horn, a 2008 1st round draft pick (Ryan Anderson) and a 2010 1st round draft pick (Jordan Crawford).

• June 23, 2010: Traded Chris Douglas-Roberts to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Robert Sacre).
• June 24, 2010: Selected Derrick Favors (1st round, 3rd pick), Jordan Crawford (1st round, 27th pick) and Tibor Pleiss (2nd round, 31st pick) in the 2010 NBA Draft.
• June 24, 2010: Traded Jordan Crawford and Tibor Pleiss to the Atlanta Hawks for Damion James.
• June 29, 2010: Traded Yi Jianlian and cash to the Washington Wizards for Quinton Ross.
• July 1, 2010: Signed Ben Uzoh as a free agent.
• July 8, 2010: Signed Travis Outlaw as a free agent.
• July 10, 2010: Signed Johan Petro as a free agent.
• July 11, 2010: Signed Jordan Farmar as a free agent.
• July 13, 2010: Traded a 2011 2nd round draft pick to the Golden State Warriors for Anthony Morrow. Golden State did not receive the 2nd round draft pick because it was top 55 protected.

Philadelphia 76ers Franchise

• September 23, 2010: Traded Willie Green and Jason Smith to the New Orleans Hornets for Craig Brackins and Darius Songaila.
• September 26, 2010: Signed Chris Quinn as a free agent.
• April 5, 2011: Signed Antonio Daniels to a 10-day contract.
• June 23, 2011: Selected Nikola Vucevic (1st round, 16th pick) and Lavoy Allen (2nd round, 50th pick) in the 2011 NBA Draft.
• December 9, 2011: Signed Antonio Anderson as a free agent.
• December 9, 2011: Signed Dwayne Jones as a free agent.
• January 4, 2012: As part of a 3-team trade, the Philadelphia 76ers traded Marreese Speights to the Memphis Grizzlies; the Memphis Grizzlies traded Xavier Henry to the New Orleans Hornets; the Memphis Grizzlies traded a 2012 2nd round draft pick (Tornike Shengelia) to the Philadelphia 76ers; and the New Orleans Hornets traded a 2013 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia 76ers.
• January 27, 2012: Signed Francisco Elson as a free agent.
• March 15, 2012: Traded Ricky Sanchez to the Memphis Grizzlies for Sam Young.
• April 24, 2012: Signed Xavier Silas as a free agent.
• June 28, 2012: Selected Maurice Harkless (1st round, 15th pick), Justin Hamilton (2nd round, 45th pick) and Tornike Shengelia (2nd round, 54th pick) in the 2012 NBA Draft.
• June 29, 2012: Traded Justin Hamilton and a future 2nd round draft pick to the Miami Heat for Arnett Moultrie.
• June 29, 2012: Traded Tornike Shengelia to the New Jersey Nets for cash.
• July 11, 2012: As part of a 3-team trade, the Philadelphia 76ers traded Edin Bavcic to the New Orleans Hornets; the Golden State Warriors traded Dorell Wright to the Philadelphia 76ers; the New Orleans Hornets traded Jarrett Jack to the Golden State Warriors; and the New Orleans Hornets traded Darryl Watkins to the Philadelphia 76ers.
• July 12, 2012: Signed Nick Young as a free agent.
• July 20, 2012: Signed Kwame Brown as a free agent.
• July 27, 2012: Signed Royal Ivey as a free agent.
• July 31, 2012: Signed Maalik Wayns as a free agent.
• August 10, 2012: As part of a 4-team trade, the Philadelphia 76ers traded Maurice Harkless, Nikola Vucevic and a future 1st round draft pick to the Orlando Magic; the Philadelphia 76ers traded Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets; the Denver Nuggets traded Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington and a 2014 1st round draft pick to the Orlando Magic; the Los Angeles Lakers traded Christian Eyenga, Josh McRoberts and a 2017 1st round draft pick to the Orlando Magic; the Los Angeles Lakers traded Andrew Bynum to the Philadelphia 76ers; the Orlando Magic traded Earl Clark, Chris Duhon and Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers; and the Orlando Magic traded Jason Richardson to the Philadelphia 76ers. Denver will send the lower of its two 2014 first round draft picks to Orlando.