Franchises
- Atlanta Hawks: November 19, 1979 to February 14, 1990
Awards
- 1985-86 NBA Executive of the Year
- 1986-87 NBA Executive of the Year
Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings
- In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for
an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in
their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.
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November 23, 1979: Signed Sam Pellom as a free agent.
November 23, 1979: Traded Terry Furlow to the Utah Jazz for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Eddie Johnson was later selected) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Frazier was later selected).
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January 24, 1980: Traded Ron Lee, a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Brad Branson was later selected) and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (Jonathan Moore was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons for Jim McElroy.
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January 28, 1980: Signed John Brown as a free agent.
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May 15, 1980: Signed Glenn Hagan as a free agent.
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June 10, 1980: Selected Don Collins (1st round, 18th pick) and Craig Shelton (2nd round, 28th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
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July 8, 1980: Signed Tom Burleson as a veteran free agent and sent a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Eddie Johnson was later selected) to the Kansas City Kings as compensation.
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July 11, 1980: Signed Art Collins as a free agent.
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December 2, 1980: Traded Armond Hill to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Jim Thomas was later selected) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman was later selected).
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January 17, 1981: Traded Don Collins to the Washington Bullets for Wes Matthews.
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February 3, 1981: Signed Art Collins as a free agent.
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March 26, 1981: Fired Hubie Brown as Head Coach.
March 26, 1981: Appointed Mike Fratello as Interim Head Coach.
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May 21, 1981: Hired Kevin Loughery as Head Coach.
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June 4, 1981: Signed Steve Hawes as a free agent.
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June 8, 1981: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Orlando Woolridge was later selected) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Frazier was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood was later selected) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Bradshaw was later selected). Chicago had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with Atlanta in 1982 but did not do so.
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June 9, 1981: Selected Al Wood (1st round, 4th pick) and Rudy Macklin (3rd round, 52nd pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
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August 12, 1981: Traded a 1982 4th round draft pick (James Griffin was later selected) to the New Jersey Nets for Rory Sparrow and a 1985 4th round draft pick (John Battle was later selected).
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October 12, 1981: Signed Mike Glenn as a veteran free agent and sent a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Vince Taylor was later selected) to the New York Knicks as compensation.
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1982: Signed Jim Zoet as a free agent.
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January 20, 1982: Traded Charlie Criss and Al Wood to the San Diego Clippers for Freeman Williams.
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June 29, 1982: Selected Keith Edmonson (1st round, 10th pick) and Joe Kopicki (3rd round, 56th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
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June 30, 1982: Traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Ben Coleman was later selected) to the Kansas City Kings for Jim Johnstone.
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September 2, 1982: Traded John Drew and Freeman Williams to the Utah Jazz for Dominique Wilkins.
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September 27, 1982: Traded Jim Johnstone, a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Darrell Lockhart was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Manute Bol was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs for George Johnson.
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December 31, 1982: Traded a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Jim Thomas was later selected) to the Indiana Pacers for Johnny Davis.
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February 12, 1983: Traded Rory Sparrow to the New York Knicks for Scott Hastings and cash.
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February 13, 1983: As part of a 3-team trade, the Atlanta Hawks traded Steve Hawes to the Seattle SuperSonics; the Detroit Pistons traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tony Costner was later selected) and a 1985 2nd round draft pick (Lorenzo Charles was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks; and the Seattle SuperSonics traded Ray Tolbert to the Detroit Pistons.
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February 15, 1983: Traded a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Othell Wilson was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Rickey Brown.
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March 18, 1983: Signed Randy Smith as a free agent.
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June 9, 1983: Hired Mike Fratello as Head Coach.
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June 28, 1983: Selected Doc Rivers (2nd round, 31st pick) and John Pinone (3rd round, 58th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
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June 29, 1983: Traded Rudy Macklin to the New York Knicks for Sly Williams and cash.
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July 5, 1983: Traded Tom McMillen and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Tony Costner was later selected) to the Washington Bullets for Randy Wittman.
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September 29, 1983: Signed Armond Hill as a free agent.
September 29, 1983: Signed Billy Paultz as a veteran free agent and sent a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Sam Mitchell was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.
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October 6, 1983: Traded Wes Matthews and Kevin Figaro to the San Diego Clippers for a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Cedric Henderson was later selected).
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October 17, 1983: Sold player rights to Keith Edmonson to the San Antonio Spurs.
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December 29, 1983: Signed Mark Landsberger as a free agent.
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February 4, 1984: Signed Charlie Criss as a free agent.
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June 18, 1984: Traded Dan Roundfield to the Detroit Pistons for Antoine Carr, Cliff Levingston, a 1986 2nd round draft pick (Augusto Binelli was later selected) and a 1987 2nd round draft pick (Terence Bailey was later selected).
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June 19, 1984: Selected Kevin Willis (1st round, 11th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
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July 11, 1984: Signed Walker Russell as a free agent.
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August 8, 1984: Traded Johnny Davis to the Cleveland Cavaliers for John Garris and Stewart Granger.
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September 27, 1984: George Johnson signed as a veteran free agent with the New Jersey Nets; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
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September 28, 1984: Billy Paultz signed as a veteran free agent with the Utah Jazz; received a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Sedric Toney was later selected) as compensation.
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October 15, 1984: Signed Leo Rautins as a free agent.
October 15, 1984: Signed Jerry Eaves as a free agent.
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November 28, 1984: Signed Sidney Lowe as a free agent.
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December 20, 1984: Signed Sidney Lowe to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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June 18, 1985: Selected Jon Koncak (1st round, 5th pick), Lorenzo Charles (2nd round, 41st pick), Sedric Toney (3rd round, 59th pick), Arvydas Sabonis (4th round, 77th pick) and John Battle (4th round, 84th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
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September 26, 1985: Signed Spud Webb as a free agent.
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October 25, 1985: Signed Ray Williams as a free agent.
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October 28, 1985: Signed Eddie Johnson as a free agent.
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January 11, 1986: Mike Glenn signed as a veteran free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
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February 10, 1986: Traded Eddie Johnson to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Johnny Davis.
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June 17, 1986: Selected Billy Thompson (1st round, 19th pick), Cedric Henderson (2nd round, 32nd pick), Dave Hoppen (3rd round, 65th pick), Jim Les (3rd round, 70th pick) and Alexander Volkov (6th round, 134th pick) in the 1986 NBA Draft.
June 17, 1986: Traded Billy Thompson and Ron Kellogg to the Los Angeles Lakers for Mike McGee and Ken Barlow.
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December 26, 1986: Signed Michael Wilson to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 6, 1987: Signed Gus Williams as a veteran free agent and sent a 1990 2nd round draft pick (A.J. English was later selected) to the Washington Bullets as compensation.
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February 14, 1987: Signed Jerome Henderson to a 10-day contract.
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June 22, 1987: Selected Dallas Comegys (1st round, 21st pick) in the 1987 NBA Draft.
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November 3, 1987: Traded Dallas Comegys to the New Jersey Nets for a 1990 2nd round draft pick (Les Jepsen was later selected).
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December 14, 1987: Traded Mike McGee to the Sacramento Kings for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Rodney Monroe was later selected) and a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Donnie Boyce was later selected).
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December 15, 1987: Traded Ken Barlow to the Golden State Warriors for Chris Washburn.
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February 11, 1988: Signed Ennis Whatley to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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March 4, 1988: Signed Leon Wood to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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March 25, 1988: Signed Leon Wood to a contract for the rest of the season.
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June 27, 1988: Traded Randy Wittman and a 1988 1st round draft pick (Ricky Berry was later selected) to the Sacramento Kings for Reggie Theus and a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Jorge Gonzalez was later selected).
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June 28, 1988: Selected Anthony Taylor (2nd round, 44th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
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August 16, 1988: Signed Moses Malone as an unrestricted free agent.
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October 6, 1988: Signed Dudley Bradley as a free agent.
October 6, 1988: Signed Ray Tolbert as a free agent.
October 6, 1988: Signed Duane Ferrell as a free agent.
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February 14, 1989: Signed Pace Mannion to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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June 27, 1989: Selected Roy Marble (1st round, 23rd pick) and Haywoode Workman (2nd round, 49th pick) in the 1989 NBA Draft.
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September 29, 1989: Signed Sedric Toney as a free agent.
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January 5, 1990: Signed John Long to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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January 6, 1990: Signed Wes Matthews to a 10-day contract.
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January 25, 1990: Signed John Long to a contract for the rest of the season.
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January 26, 1990: Signed Haywoode Workman to the first of two 10-day contracts.
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February 13, 1990: Traded Antoine Carr, Sedric Toney and a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Steve Hood was later selected) to the Sacramento Kings for Kenny Smith and Mike Williams.
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