Houston traded Dave Wohl to the New York Nets on January 8, 1977 for the Nets' 1978 fourth-round pick. Wohl played 37 games for the Nets after the trade, averaging 7.4 points and 3.4 assists, then returned for 10 games in 1977-78 before being waived in November. Houston used the No. 67 pick on Jackie Robinson in the 1978 draft, but the Rockets waived Robinson on October 11, 1978 before he made his NBA debut. Robinson later played 22 NBA games for other teams, so that production is not credited to Houston. The Nets therefore received the only direct NBA production created by the transaction, giving Brooklyn's franchise the modest hindsight edge.
Basketball-Reference's Houston, New York Nets, NBA league and executive ledgers all record the Dave Wohl trade on January 8, 1977. The existing canonical record used January 7. This review corrects the stored date while preserving the stable canonical trade ID. The package itself is straightforward: Houston sent Wohl to the Nets for New York's 1978 fourth-round pick.
Wohl had appeared in only 14 Houston games before the trade in 1976-77. With the Nets he played 37 games, averaging 25.0 minutes, 7.4 points and 3.4 assists. He totaled 275 points and 127 assists in that post-trade stretch. The Nets were a struggling team, but the transaction still produced a regular rotation player rather than a brief end-of-bench appearance.
Wohl returned after the franchise moved to New Jersey in 1977-78. He appeared in 10 more games, adding 35 points and 13 assists before the Nets waived him on November 19, 1977. That gives the franchise 47 regular-season games from the acquisition. The second season was minor, but it confirms the return lasted beyond the closing months of 1976-77.
The fourth-round selection conveyed at No. 67 in the 1978 draft. Houston selected Jackie Robinson from UNLV. Basketball-Reference's draft record shows Robinson eventually played 22 NBA games over three seasons, so the pick did identify a player capable of reaching the league.
The important realized-value distinction is that Robinson's NBA career did not occur with the Rockets. Houston waived him on October 11, 1978, months before his March 1979 NBA debut. His later 22-game career therefore belongs to other teams for franchise-value purposes. This review credits Houston for the draft selection but not for production the Rockets never received.
Nets Edge, C+/C. The Nets receive a C+ because Wohl supplied 47 regular-season games and became a usable rotation guard immediately after the trade. Houston receives a C because the fourth-rounder became an NBA player, but Robinson was waived before debuting and produced zero Rockets games. The difference is modest because Wohl's tenure was not long or high-impact, yet the Nets clearly received more realized basketball value from the direct exchange. Confidence is high on the corrected date, package, draft identity and player outcomes.