1975 NBA Trades

Denver acquired Gus Gerard from Spirits of St. Louis (ABA) for cash.

Chicago exchanged Matt Guokas for 1976 third round pick (#37-Lars Hansen), 1977 second round pick (#30-Steve Sheppard) in a transaction with broadly comparable realized value.

Indiana earned a modest hindsight edge over Kentucky Colonels, with Tom Owens providing the better realized return.

Chicago sent Rowland Garrett, Nate Thurmond for Eric Fernsten, Steve Patterson, and the outgoing package produced materially greater realized value.

Chicago acquired Jack Marin from Braves for 1977 first round pick (#13-Tate Armstrong), producing a clear realized-value win.

Seattle received Mike Bantom and sent cash. The realized return clearly favored Seattle.

The long-term value clearly favored Portland Trail Blazers: Houston received John Johnson (Howard Getty) from Portland Trail Blazers for Steve Hawes.

New York Knicks received Spencer Haywood. Seattle Supersonics received Eugene Short; 1979 conditional first round pick (Short failed to remain on Sonics roster for specified length of time) (#6-James Bailey); reported $1.5M cash. The value leaned toward New York, but the partner still received meaningful return.

Golden State received the 1976 sixth-round pick used on Duane Barnett for the rights to Steve Jones; Portland produced the stronger realized return.

Seattle received Eugene Short / Gene Short; 1979 conditional first round pick (Short failed to remain on Sonics roster for specified length of time) (#6-James Bailey); reported $1.5M cash and sent Spencer Haywood. The completed value remains close enough to support an even result.

Atlanta acquired 1976 second round pick (#46-Larry Cooke); cash from Sonics in exchange for Herm Gilliam.

The 1975-10-22 trade leans slightly toward Milwaukee Bucks; Los Angeles Lakers received rights to Cornell Warner but sent cash.

Milwaukee Bucks received Jim Fox. Oklahoma City Thunder received 1976 second round pick (most favorable of Bucks picks) (#19-Bayard Forrest); cash.

Denver acquired Chuck Williams from Virginia Squires (ABA) for Fatty Taylor.

The Nets acquired future draft pick (not exercised) from Squires (ABA) in exchange for Gerald Govan.

Denver received Dan Issel from Baltimore Claws (ABA), sending Dave Robisch; $500K cash in return.

On October 7, 1975, Portland acquired rights to Greg Lee from Atlanta Hawks in exchange for draft pick conditional (not exercised).

Detroit acquired Willie Norwood from Phoenix Suns for 1976 second round pick (#21 – Earl Tatum).

Detroit acquired Archie Clark from Oklahoma City Thunder for 1978 first round pick (#7 – Ron Brewer).

Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks produced a narrow realized-value edge for Lakers in the 1975-09-23 exchange: Ron Williams (Fritz Williams) for 1976 fifth-round pick (#77-James Rappis).

The Nets acquired Tim Bassett from Sails (ABA) in exchange for Bobby Warren.

Golden State's return of cash fell well short of the long-term value surrendered in rights to Joe Bryant.

The Nets acquired Rich Jones; Chuck Terry; Bobby Warren; Kim Hughes from Spurs (ABA) in exchange for Billy Paultz.

Chicago acquired Fred Foster from Cleveland for a 1976 eighth-round pick that became No. 123 Dale Koehler.

Detroit lost the deal, sending Dave Bing, Tree Rollins for Kevin Porter.

Atlanta acquired Connie Hawkins from Lakers in exchange for 1976 third round pick (#36-Mike Dabney).

Denver acquired draft pick (outcome unknown) from San Diego Sails (ABA) for rights to Pat McFarland.

Denver acquired Jimmy Foster from Spirits of St. Louis (ABA) for future considerations (details unresolved) / draft pick (outcome unknown).

The 1975-07-30 trade leans slightly toward Washington Wizards, although Buffalo Braves still received useful value led by Dick Gibbs.

Denver received George Irvine; rights to David Thompson from Virginia Squires (ABA), sending Mack Calvin; Mike Green; Jan van Breda Kolff in return.

The 1975-06-24 trade leans slightly toward San Antonio Spurs, though Indiana received useful value led by cash.

Los Angeles acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Dave Meyers, Junior Bridgeman and future consideration, gaining the star who bridged the franchise into five Showtime championships.

On June 9, 1975, the Phoenix Suns acquired Phil Lumpkin from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for 1976 second-round pick (#26-Jacky Dorsey).

The Nets acquired Swen Nater; cash from Spurs (ABA) in exchange for Larry Kenon.

The Nets acquired cash from Spurs (ABA) in exchange for Mike Gale.

Atlanta acquired cash from Sonics in exchange for 1975 second round pick (#21-Bruce Seals).

Cleveland acquired 1975 first round pick (#15-John Lambert), 1975 second round pick (#33-Mel Utley) and future considerations (Butch Beard on 1975-06-04) for Dwight Davis, but the outgoing package produced a modestly stronger realized return.

Buffalo Braves won the 1975-05-29 trade with Phoenix Suns in hindsight: 1976 first-round pick (#6-Adrian Dantley) produced the stronger realized return than 1975 first-round pick (#16-Ricky Sobers).

Detroit acquired Earl Williams from Phoenix Suns for Willie Norwood; 1976 conditional draft pick (if Norwood does not pass physical during training camp) (not exercised).

On May 28, 1975, Kansas City-Omaha Kings acquired 1975 first round pick (#10-Bill Robinzine) from Utah Jazz in exchange for Ron Behagen; 1976 second round pick (#20-Major Jones).

Boston acquired Charlie Scott for Paul Westphal and two second-round picks. Scott became an important starter on the 1976 champions, while Westphal developed into a four-time All-Star and four-time All-NBA guard in Phoenix and led the Suns to the 1976 Finals. Both teams won, with Phoenix earning a slight long-term edge.

New York acquired Jim Barnett; Neal Walk from Jazz for Henry Bibby; 1975 first round pick (#10-Bill Robinzine); cash. New York received useful value, but the partner side finished with the better overall return.

On February 1, 1975, Kansas City-Omaha Kings acquired Rick Adelman; Ollie Johnson from Utah Jazz in exchange for Nate Williams (Russell).

Buffalo Braves earned a modest hindsight edge over Atlanta Hawks in the 1975-01-08 exchange, with Jim Washington providing the better overall return.