Zollie Volchok

Zollie Volchok

Franchises

• Oklahoma City Thunder: October 1, 1969 to November 18, 1969
• Oklahoma City Thunder: May 13, 1977 to May 11, 1983

Awards

• 1982-83 NBA Executive of the Year

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise

• October 26, 1969: Traded Art Harris to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder.
• November 1, 1969: Traded Erwin Mueller to the Detroit Pistons for a 1970 2nd round draft pick (Jake Ford).

• May 24, 1977: Traded Tom Burleson, Bob Wilkerson and a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Steve Sheppard) to the Denver Nuggets for Paul Silas, Marvin Webster and Willie Wise.
• June 10, 1977: Selected Jack Sikma (1st round, 8th pick), Joe Hassett (3rd round, 52nd pick), Jim Cooper (4th round, 74th pick), Dale Haberman (5th round, 96th pick), Bucky O'Brien (6th round, 118th pick), Billy Reynolds (7th round, 138th pick) and Jeff Frey (8th round, 158th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
• July 18, 1977: Signed Al Fleming as a free agent.
• October 17, 1977: Signed Gus Williams as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.
• October 22, 1977: Traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Paul Mokeski) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Billy Williams) to the Houston Rockets for John Johnson.
• November 11, 1977: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Ron Brewer) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wally Walker.
• November 12, 1977: Traded Mike Green to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Kevin McDonald) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields).
• January 4, 1978: Traded Slick Watts to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Danny Vranes).
• January 6, 1978: Signed Al Fleming as a free agent.
• June 9, 1978: Traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rod Griffin) to the Denver Nuggets for Tom LaGarde.
• June 9, 1978: Selected James Lee (2nd round, 39th pick), Kevin McDonald (2nd round, 42nd pick), Dave Baxter (3rd round, 61st pick), Billy Lewis (4th round, 83rd pick) and Ralph Drollinger (5th round, 105th pick) in the 1978 NBA Draft.
• September 5, 1978: Signed Dick Snyder as a veteran free agent and sent a 1979 3rd round draft pick (Bill Laimbeer) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Leonard Mitchell) to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation.
• September 29, 1978: Marvin Webster signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• October 4, 1978: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Steve Johnson) to the New York Knicks for Lonnie Shelton and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson). This exchange was arranged as compensation for New York signing veteran free agent Marvin Webster on September 29, 1978.
• December 15, 1978: Signed Lars Hansen as a free agent.
• January 17, 1979: Traded a 1979 1st round draft pick (Sly Williams) to the Boston Celtics for Dennis Awtrey.
• March 1, 1979: Signed Jackie Robinson as a free agent.
• June 25, 1979: Selected James Bailey (1st round, 6th pick), Vinnie Johnson (1st round, 7th pick), Johnny Moore (2nd round, 43rd pick), James Donaldson (4th round, 73rd pick) and Richie Allen (4th round, 87th pick) in the 1979 NBA Draft.
• June 26, 1979: Sold Johnny Moore to the San Antonio Spurs.
• May 21, 1980: Traded Paul Silas (coach) to the San Diego Clippers for a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Calvin Duncan).
• June 4, 1980: Traded Dennis Johnson to the Phoenix Suns for Paul Westphal.
• June 10, 1980: Selected Bill Hanzlik (1st round, 20th pick), Carl Bailey (3rd round, 66th pick), Gary Ray Hooker (4th round, 89th pick), Lenny Horton (5th round, 112th pick), Jim Strickland (6th round, 135th pick), Carl Ervin (7th round, 158th pick), Al Dutch (8th round, 176th pick), Jim Tillman (9th round, 197th pick) and Kent Williams (10th round, 212th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
• June 10, 1980: Signed Ron Davis as a free agent.
• August 8, 1980: Signed Dennis Awtrey as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Rains) to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
• November 3, 1980: Traded a 1981 4th round draft pick (Lewis Lloyd) to the Golden State Warriors for Rudy White.
• November 24, 1980: Traded a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Mark Radford) to the San Antonio Spurs for John Shumate.
• December 1, 1980: Traded John Shumate to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1981 3rd round draft pick (Mark Radford).
• December 2, 1980: Traded a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Jim Thomas) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman) to the Atlanta Hawks for Armond Hill.
• January 19, 1981: Signed Jacky Dorsey as a free agent.
• June 8, 1981: Signed Carl Bailey as a free agent.
• June 9, 1981: Selected Danny Vranes (1st round, 5th pick), Mark Radford (3rd round, 53rd pick), Andra Griffin (5th round, 99th pick), Earl Banks (6th round, 122nd pick) and Tom Sienkiewicz (7th round, 145th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
• June 18, 1981: Signed Gus Williams as a free agent.
• November 23, 1981: Traded Vinnie Johnson to the Detroit Pistons for Greg Kelser.
• November 25, 1981: Traded James Bailey to the New Jersey Nets for Ray Tolbert and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Danny Young).
• December 1, 1981: Dennis Awtrey signed as a veteran free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• February 12, 1982: Paul Westphal signed as a veteran free agent with the New York Knicks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
• February 16, 1982: Traded Armond Hill and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Taylor) to the San Diego Clippers for Phil Smith.
• June 16, 1982: Traded Bill Hanzlik and a 1982 1st round draft pick (Rob Williams) to the Denver Nuggets for David Thompson. Denver originally received Wally Walker but he was ruled ineligible.
• June 29, 1982: Selected John Greig (3rd round, 65th pick), Ken Owens (4th round, 88th pick), Rod Camp (5th round, 111th pick), Bobby Potts (6th round, 134th pick), Allen Rayhorn (7th round, 157th pick) and Steve Burks (8th round, 180th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
• October 5, 1982: Traded Wally Walker to the Houston Rockets for a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Cory Blackwell).
• February 13, 1983: As part of a 3-team trade, the Seattle SuperSonics traded Ray Tolbert to the Detroit Pistons; the Atlanta Hawks traded Steve Hawes to the Seattle SuperSonics; and the Detroit Pistons traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tony Costner) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Lorenzo Charles) to the Atlanta Hawks.