June 8, 1976: Selected Terry Furlow (1st round, 12th pick), Ron Norwood (3rd round, 47th pick), Freeman Blade (4th round, 64th pick), Jeff Browne (5th round, 81st pick), Mike Dunleavy (6th round, 99th pick), Phil Walker (7th round, 117th pick), Lee Dixon (8th round, 135th pick), Fly Williams (9th round, 152nd pick) and Ed Stefanski (10th round, 168th pick) in the 1976 NBA Draft.
August 5, 1976: Traded Fatty Taylor to the Denver Nuggets for a 1977 2nd round draft pick (Herm Harris).
January 14, 1977: Signed Jim Barnett as a free agent.
June 10, 1977: Selected Glenn Mosley (1st round, 20th pick), Wilson Washington (2nd round, 25th pick), Bob Elliott (2nd round, 42nd pick), Herm Harris (2nd round, 43rd pick), Arnold Dugger (3rd round, 64th pick), Jack Jones (4th round, 86th pick), Teko Wynder (5th round, 108th pick), George Gibson (6th round, 129th pick), Dennin Forest (7th round, 149th pick) and John Olive (8th round, 168th pick) in the 1977 NBA Draft.
June 10, 1980: Selected Andrew Toney (1st round, 8th pick), Monti Davis (1st round, 21st pick), Clyde Austin (2nd round, 44th pick), Reggie Gaines (3rd round, 67th pick), Billy Bryant (4th round, 85th pick), Harold Hubbard (4th round, 90th pick), Jim Swaney (5th round, 113th pick), Donald Cooper (6th round, 136th pick), Richard Smith (7th round, 159th pick), Martin Lemelle (8th round, 177th pick), Luke Griffin (9th round, 198th pick) and Joe Hand (10th round, 213th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
November 21, 1980: Signed Ollie Johnson as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the Chicago Bulls as compensation.
June 9, 1981: Selected Franklin Edwards (1st round, 22nd pick), Vernon Smith (2nd round, 46th pick), Ernest Graham (3rd round, 68th pick), Rynn Wright (4th round, 92nd pick), Steve Craig (5th round, 114th pick), Michael Thomas (6th round, 138th pick), John Crawford (7th round, 160th pick), Frank Gilroy (8th round, 183rd pick), Ron Wister (9th round, 202nd pick) and Pete Mullenberg (10th round, 223rd pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
November 12, 1983: Earl Cureton signed as a veteran free agent with the Detroit Pistons; received a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Toney Mack) and a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Stefano Rusconi) as compensation.
September 14, 1984: Traded Leo Rautins to the Indiana Pacers for a 1987 3rd round draft pick (Hansi Gnad).
December 15, 1984: Signed George Johnson as a veteran free agent and sent a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Cross) to the Indiana Pacers as compensation.
October 13, 1985: Signed Paul Thompson as a free agent.
October 23, 1985: Traded Clint Richardson to the Indiana Pacers for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Reggie Cross) and a future 2nd round draft pick. The future 2nd round draft pick traded to Philadelphia was conditional and was not exercised.
December 4, 1985: Signed Perry Moss as a free agent.
December 5, 1985: Signed Butch Carter as a free agent.
June 27, 1990: Traded a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Adonis Jordan) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Michael McDonald) to the Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle agreed not to select Dennis Scott in the 1990 draft.
August 16, 1990: Signed Greg Kite as an unrestricted free agent.