1977-78 NBA Transactions

Transactions listed are from July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978.
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July 8, 1977

The Detroit Pistons signed Wayman Britt as a free agent.

The San Antonio Spurs signed Jim Bostic as a free agent.

July 11, 1977

The Los Angeles Lakers signed Jamaal Wilkes as a veteran free agent and sent cash and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Purvis Short) to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

July 15, 1977

The New Orleans Jazz signed Glenn Hansen as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Mike Russell) to the Kansas City Kings as compensation.

The Phoenix Suns traded Dale Schlueter to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1978 4th round draft pick (Wayne Smith).

July 18, 1977

The Seattle SuperSonics signed Al Fleming as a free agent.

July 25, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks signed Charlie Criss as a free agent.

July 27, 1977

The New Orleans Jazz signed Gus Bailey as a free agent.

August 5, 1977

The New Orleans Jazz signed Truck Robinson as a veteran free agent and sent Ron Behagen and cash to the Atlanta Hawks as compensation.

The Detroit Pistons signed Don Adams as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Ricky Gallon) to the Buffalo Braves as compensation.

August 8, 1977

The New Jersey Nets signed Bob Carrington as a free agent.

The Detroit Pistons waived Don Adams.

August 10, 1977

The Houston Rockets traded Tom Owens to the Portland Trail Blazers for Robin Jones.

The Indiana Pacers signed Bobby Wilson as a free agent.

August 16, 1977

The Washington Bullets signed Bob Dandridge as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the Milwaukee Bucks as compensation.

August 23, 1977

The Phoenix Suns waived Billy McKinney.

September 1, 1977

The Buffalo Braves 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.

The Buffalo Braves signed Mike Bantom as a veteran free agent and sent a future 4th round draft pick to the New Jersey Nets as compensation.

The Buffalo Braves traded Mike Bantom and Adrian Dantley to the Indiana Pacers for Billy Knight.

September 2, 1977

The Detroit Pistons signed Abdul Jeelani as a free agent.

The Buffalo Braves traded John Gianelli to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1979 1st round draft pick (Roy Hamilton).

September 6, 1977

The Indiana Pacers traded Don Buse to the Phoenix Suns for Ricky Sobers.

September 7, 1977

The Chicago Bulls released Keith Starr.

The Buffalo Braves traded Ernie DiGregorio to the Los Angeles Lakers for future considerations.

The Seattle SuperSonics waived Willie Norwood.

September 13, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks traded Bill Willoughby to the Buffalo Braves for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Keith Herron).

September 16, 1977

The Buffalo Braves sold Bird Averitt to the New Jersey Nets.

September 19, 1977

The Kansas City Kings signed Bob Nash as a free agent.

September 20, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks signed Major Jones as a free agent.

The Buffalo Braves signed Jim McDaniels as a free agent.

The Washington Bullets waived Dave Bing.

September 21, 1977

The Detroit Pistons signed Willie Norwood as a free agent.

September 26, 1977

The Cleveland Cavaliers waived Edmund Lawrence.

September 27, 1977

The Houston Rockets claimed C.J. Kupec on waivers from the Los Angeles Lakers.

September 28, 1977

The Boston Celtics signed Dave Bing as a free agent.

The Seattle SuperSonics waived Nick Weatherspoon.

The Atlanta Hawks waived Sam Smith.

September 29, 1977

The Denver Nuggets waived Monte Towe.

September 30, 1977

The New Orleans Jazz waived Mo Howard.

The Atlanta Hawks traded Lou Hudson to the Los Angeles Lakers for Ollie Johnson.

October 3, 1977

The Golden State Warriors signed E.C. Coleman as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 1st round draft pick (James Hardy) to the New Orleans Jazz as compensation.

The Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) and a 1983 1st round draft pick (Rodney McCray) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Terry Furlow.

The Buffalo Braves signed Wil Jones as a veteran free agent and sent a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Kenny Natt) to the Indiana Pacers as compensation.

The Detroit Pistons waived Abdul Jeelani.

October 5, 1977

The Chicago Bulls waived Leon Benbow.

The Atlanta Hawks traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Keith Herron) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Rich Laurel.

October 6, 1977

The Buffalo Braves signed Ted McClain as a veteran free agent and sent a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Hollis Copeland) to the Denver Nuggets as compensation.

The Atlanta Hawks waived Ron Davis.

The Chicago Bulls waived Phil Hicks.

October 7, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs waived Jim Bostic.

October 10, 1977

The New York Knicks signed Jim Cleamons as a veteran free agent and sent Walt Frazier to the Cleveland Cavaliers as compensation.

The Kansas City Kings waived Jim Eakins.

The Kansas City Kings waived Eddie Owens.

October 11, 1977

The Chicago Bulls signed Nick Weatherspoon as a free agent.

The Denver Nuggets traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Dave Corzine) to the Washington Bullets for Bo Ellis.

The Philadelphia 76ers waived Bob Elliott.

October 12, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks waived Major Jones.

October 13, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs signed Jim Eakins as a free agent.

The Atlanta Hawks traded Joe Meriweather to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Jack Givens).

The San Antonio Spurs waived Jeff Wilkins.

October 14, 1977

The Chicago Bulls waived John Laskowski.

The Indiana Pacers signed Willie Smith as a free agent.

The New York Knicks waived Mo Layton.

October 17, 1977

The Denver Nuggets waived Byron Beck.

The Denver Nuggets waived Fatty Taylor.

The Phoenix Suns waived Butch Feher.

The Portland Trail Blazers waived Herm Gilliam.

The Buffalo Braves traded future considerations to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Gary Brokaw.

The Seattle SuperSonics signed Gus Williams as a veteran free agent and sent cash to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

The Atlanta Hawks traded a 1979 4th round draft pick (Ray White) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Tony Robertson.

The Chicago Bulls waived Cliff Pondexter.

The Los Angeles Lakers waived Cazzie Russell.

The Golden State Warriors waived Marlon Redmond.

The Detroit Pistons waived Roger Brown.

October 18, 1977

The Boston Celtics sold John Johnson to the Houston Rockets. Johnson returned to Houston but Houston kept the draft picks.

The Chicago Bulls traded a 1978 4th round draft pick (Jeff Covington) to the New Orleans Jazz for Glenn Hansen.

The Buffalo Braves traded Johnny Neumann to the Indiana Pacers for a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Mike Santos).

October 20, 1977

The Kansas City Kings signed Louie Nelson as a free agent.

The Boston Celtics waived Norm Cook.

The Indiana Pacers waived Willie Smith.

The Kansas City Kings waived Andre McCarter.

October 22, 1977

The Houston Rockets traded John Johnson to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Paul Mokeski) and a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Billy Williams).

November 7, 1977

The Detroit Pistons traded Howard Porter, Kevin Porter and cash to the New Jersey Nets for Al Skinner, a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Terry Tyler) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Tony Price).

November 8, 1977

The Boston Celtics waived Jim Ard.

November 9, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks waived Tom Barker.

November 11, 1977

The Seattle SuperSonics waived Dean Tolson.

The Seattle SuperSonics waived Willie Wise.

The Portland Trail Blazers traded Wally Walker to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Ron Brewer) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields).

November 12, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Kevin McDonald) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Andrew Fields) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Mike Green.

November 14, 1977

The Houston Rockets waived Phil Bond.

The Detroit Pistons waived Wayman Britt.

The Atlanta Hawks traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (John Rudd) to the New York Knicks for Tom McMillen.

The Buffalo Braves waived Larry Johnson.

The Chicago Bulls waived Glenn Hansen.

The Golden State Warriors waived Larry McNeill.

The Kansas City Kings waived Bob Bigelow.

The Denver Nuggets waived Jacky Dorsey.

November 16, 1977

The Kansas City Kings claimed Kevin Restani on waivers from the Milwaukee Bucks.

November 17, 1977

The Kansas City Kings waived Louie Nelson.

November 19, 1977

The New Jersey Nets waived Dave Wohl.

November 22, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs waived Jim Eakins.

November 23, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs signed Mo Layton as a free agent.

The Buffalo Braves 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 25, 1977

The Detroit Pistons waived Willie Norwood.

November 26, 1977

The Buffalo Braves signed Larry Johnson as a free agent.

November 28, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs waived Scott Sims.

The Atlanta Hawks released Rich Laurel.

The New Jersey Nets waived Robert Hawkins.

December 2, 1977

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Rich Laurel as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Bucks waived Scott Lloyd.

December 5, 1977

The Houston Rockets waived Robin Jones.

December 8, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks waived Ken Charles.

The New Jersey Nets waived Mark Crow.

The Boston Celtics waived Steve Kuberski.

The Indiana Pacers waived Bobby Wilson.

The Buffalo Braves waived Larry Johnson.

The Chicago Bulls signed Jim Ard as a free agent.

The Buffalo Braves signed Scott Lloyd as a free agent.

The New Jersey Nets signed Louie Nelson as a free agent.

The Chicago Bulls waived Mike Glenn.

December 12, 1977

The New Jersey Nets claimed Eddie Jordan on waivers from the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The New Jersey Nets waived Bird Averitt.

December 13, 1977

The San Antonio Spurs waived Henry Ward.

The Indiana Pacers traded Adrian Dantley and Dave Robisch to the Los Angeles Lakers for James Edwards, Earl Tatum and cash.

December 14, 1977

The Buffalo Braves waived Gary Brokaw.

The Buffalo Braves signed Mike Glenn as a free agent.

December 16, 1977

The Atlanta Hawks traded Ron Behagen to the Houston Rockets for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Rick Wilson) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Larry Wilson).

December 21, 1977

The Philadelphia 76ers waived Glenn Mosley.

December 22, 1977

The Indiana Pacers waived Johnny Neumann.

The Houston Rockets traded Ron Behagen to the Indiana Pacers for Alonzo Bradley.

December 27, 1977

The Boston Celtics traded Charlie Scott to the Los Angeles Lakers for Don Chaney, Kermit Washington and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Freeman Williams).

January 4, 1978

The New Orleans Jazz traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Danny Vranes) to the Seattle SuperSonics for Slick Watts.

January 5, 1978

The Golden State Warriors traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Tommie Green) to the New Orleans Jazz for Nate Williams.

The Golden State Warriors waived Charles Johnson.

January 6, 1978

The Seattle SuperSonics signed Al Fleming as a free agent.

January 7, 1978

The Chicago Bulls signed Cliff Pondexter as a free agent.

January 13, 1978

The Milwaukee Bucks waived Rich Laurel.

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Jim Eakins as a free agent.

The Kansas City Kings signed Glenn Hansen as a free agent.

January 23, 1978

The Kansas City Kings waived Glenn Hansen.

The Chicago Bulls signed Cazzie Russell as a free agent.

The Chicago Bulls waived Nick Weatherspoon.

January 24, 1978

The Washington Bullets signed Charles Johnson as a free agent.

January 27, 1978

The Indiana Pacers traded John Williamson to the New Jersey Nets for Bob Carrington, a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Louis Orr) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Brian Jackson).

January 30, 1978

The Denver Nuggets traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Clint Richardson) to the New Jersey Nets for Darnell Hillman.

The Los Angeles Lakers waived Ernie DiGregorio.

January 31, 1978

The Buffalo Braves signed Bird Averitt as a free agent.

The Buffalo Braves traded Ted McClain to the Philadelphia 76ers for a 1978 3rd round draft pick (Marvin Dalph).

The New Jersey Nets traded a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Clint Richardson), a 1982 2nd round draft pick (J.J. Anderson) and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Claude Riley) to the Philadelphia 76ers for Wilson Washington.

February 1, 1978

The Boston Celtics signed Ernie DiGregorio as a free agent.

The Boston Celtics traded Fred Saunders to the New Orleans Jazz for a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Judkins).

The Denver Nuggets traded Jim Price and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Phil Hubbard) to the Detroit Pistons for Ralph Simpson.

February 2, 1978

The Buffalo Braves waived Jim McDaniels.

The Buffalo Braves signed Larry McNeill as a free agent.

February 10, 1978

The Houston Rockets waived Larry Moffett.

February 14, 1978

The Boston Celtics signed Zaid Abdul-Aziz as a free agent.

February 16, 1978

The Detroit Pistons waived Essie Hollis.

February 17, 1978

The Chicago Bulls signed Derrek Dickey as a veteran free agent and sent future considerations to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

February 24, 1978

The Boston Celtics signed Bob Bigelow as a free agent.

The Boston Celtics waived Zaid Abdul-Aziz.

March 2, 1978

The Houston Rockets signed Zaid Abdul-Aziz as a free agent.

March 6, 1978

The Portland Trail Blazers signed Willie Norwood as a free agent.

March 8, 1978

The Buffalo Braves signed Eddie Owens as a free agent.

March 10, 1978

The Houston Rockets signed Mike Dunleavy as a free agent.

March 24, 1978

The Portland Trail Blazers signed Jacky Dorsey as a free agent.

April 4, 1978

George Karl retired from the San Antonio Spurs

The Portland Trail Blazers waived Jacky Dorsey.

April 5, 1978

The Detroit Pistons signed Jim Bostic as a free agent.

April 7, 1978

The Denver Nuggets signed Norm Cook as a free agent.

April 11, 1978

The Denver Nuggets waived Norm Cook.

April 24, 1978

Dale Schlueter retired from the Portland Trail Blazers

May 3, 1978

The Portland Trail Blazers waived Willie Norwood.

May 11, 1978

The Houston Rockets signed Jacky Dorsey as a free agent.

May 22, 1978

The Detroit Pistons signed Robert Hawkins as a free agent.

June 1, 1978

The Cleveland Cavaliers traded a 1979 1st round draft pick (Greg Kelser) to the Milwaukee Bucks for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Mike Mitchell).

The Buffalo Braves signed Nick Weatherspoon as a free agent.

June 7, 1978

The Buffalo Braves traded a 1978 2nd round draft pick (Lew Massey) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Tom Abernethy.

The Golden State Warriors traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Albert King) to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Raymond Townsend).

June 8, 1978

The Houston Rockets signed Tom Barker as a free agent.

The Indiana Pacers traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Mychal Thompson) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Johnny Davis and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rick Robey).

The Indiana Pacers signed Alex English as a veteran free agent and sent a 1979 1st round draft pick (Calvin Natt) to the Milwaukee Bucks as compensation.

The New Jersey Nets traded a 1978 1st round draft pick (Micheal Ray Richardson) and a 1979 1st round draft pick (Vinnie Johnson) to the New York Knicks for Phil Jackson and a 1978 1st round draft pick (Winford Boynes).

June 9, 1978

The Denver Nuggets traded Tom LaGarde to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1978 1st round draft pick (Rod Griffin).

The Atlanta Hawks signed Dan Roundfield as a veteran free agent and sent a 1979 1st round draft pick (Dudley Bradley) to the Indiana Pacers as compensation.

June 12, 1978

The New York Knicks signed Mike Glenn as a veteran free agent.

June 17, 1978

The Houston Rockets signed Rick Barry as a veteran free agent and sent John Lucas and cash to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

June 20, 1978

The Houston Rockets waived Zaid Abdul-Aziz.

June 26, 1978

The Denver Nuggets traded Mike Evans and Darnell Hillman to the Kansas City Kings for Ron Boone and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Mark Young).

The Denver Nuggets traded Ron Boone, a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Ollie Mack) and a 1979 2nd round draft pick (Mark Young) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Charlie Scott.

June 28, 1978

The Boston Celtics signed Kevin Kunnert as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Ed Turner) to the Houston Rockets as compensation.

June 30, 1978

The Chicago Bulls signed Lars Hansen as a free agent.

The Indiana Pacers traded a 1980 2nd round draft pick (David Lawrence) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Corky Calhoun.