• The 1970 NBA expansion draft was the fifth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 11, 1970, so that the...
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  • The 1970 NBA draft was the 24th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 23, 1970, before the 1970–71 season...
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  • The 1974 NBA expansion draft was the sixth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 20, 1974, so that the...
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    The 1968 NBA expansion draft was the fourth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 6, 1968, so that the...
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  • in the NBA. There have been 11 expansion drafts in NBA history. An additional four of the league's current teams joined via the 1976 ABA–NBA merger....
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  • in 1958, and were the first expansion team in the NBA to win a championship since the NBA held its first expansion draft. (The Bullets originally started...
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    Pat Riley (category Portland Trail Blazers expansion draft picks)
    1967 NFL/AFL draft. After playing three seasons with the Rockets, he was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1970 NBA expansion draft. The Blazers...
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  • in the 2005 NBA draft, 2015 NBA champion with Golden State Warriors) and Ben Simmons (first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, 2018 NBA Rookie of the...
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  • The 1967 NBA expansion draft was the third expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 1, 1967, so that the...
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  • Buffalo Braves (category Relocated NBA teams)
    Kauffman and Don May, who were acquired in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft. However, in the NBA Draft of 1970, Buffalo passed on hometown hero Calvin Murphy...
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  • Jon McGlocklin (category Milwaukee Bucks expansion draft picks)
    in the third round of the 1965 NBA draft. After two seasons there, he was left unprotected in the 1967 expansion draft and selected by the San Diego Rockets...
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  • many African American pioneers from NBA history. Chuck Cooper became the first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team when the Boston Celtics selected...
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  • Willis Reed in 1970. Reed was the 8th pick in the 1964 NBA draft. DeAndre Jordan, who was selected as the 35th pick in the 2008 NBA draft, became an All-Star...
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  • Portland Trail Blazers (category NBA teams)
    Roundball Society (part of ESPN's TrueHoop Network). 1970 NBA Expansion Draft Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs List of Portland Trail Blazers accomplishments...
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    Basketball Association (NBA), after multiple attempts over several years. The NBA and ABA had entered merger talks as early as 1970, but an antitrust suit...
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  • by the NBA to be an expansion team that began play in the 2002–03 season. 2004: Charlotte Bobcats entered the league and held an expansion draft. In 2014...
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  • franchise entered the NBA as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Buffalo Braves. Like most expansion teams, the Trail Blazers...
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    1970 NBA expansion draft to further fill out their inaugural roster. The Blazers played their first game on October 16, 1970 against fellow expansion...
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  • June 15, 1995, one day after the NBA Finals concluded. The expansion draft (which was held on June 24) and the NBA draft (which was held on June 28) were...
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    Freddie Crawford (category New York Knicks draft picks)
    Bucks. Later, Crawford was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft. He was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers later that year. Crawford...
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    Bingo Smith (category Cleveland Cavaliers expansion draft picks)
    the 1969 NBA draft, the San Diego Rockets selected Smith. A year later, he was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1970 Expansion Draft. In his first...
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    Fred Hetzel (category Milwaukee Bucks expansion draft picks)
    1970, Hetzel was again claimed by a new team, when he was drafted by the new Portland Trail Blazers from the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA expansion draft...
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  • The 1966 NBA draft was the 20th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 11 and 12, 1966, before the 1966–67...
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  • unknown guard in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft, John Stockton. The Jazz fans on hand for the draft party booed the selection. The 1984–85 season...
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    Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team began play as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland...
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  • 1969–70 New York Knicks season (category Pages using NBA roster footer with unknown parameters)
    listed are from July 1, 1969, to June 30, 1970. New York Knicks NBA All-Star representatives at the 1970 NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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  • Larry Costello (category Milwaukee Bucks expansion draft picks)
    head coach of the expansion team Milwaukee Bucks in 1968 and coached them to a league-best 66–16 mark in 1970–71, including a then-NBA record 20-game win...
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    Dick Van Arsdale (category Phoenix Suns expansion draft picks)
    before being selected by the Suns with their first pick of the 1968 NBA expansion draft. An All-Star in each of his first three seasons with Phoenix, he...
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  • 1971–72 season. NBA.com: All-Time Finals Challenge: 1971 Bucks "Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever". June 18, 2024. "1970 NBA Draft". Basketball...
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