1974 NBA expansion draft explained

1974 NBA expansion draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	May 20, 1974
League:	NBA
Prev:	1970
Next:	1980
Expansion Teams:	New Orleans Jazz

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 newly founded New Orleans Jazz could acquire players for the upcoming 1974–75 season. New Orleans had been awarded the expansion team on March 7, 1974.^[1] The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City in 1979 and are currently known as the Utah Jazz.^[2] In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the seventeen other NBA teams had protected seven players from their roster and the Jazz selected seventeen unprotected players, one from each team.^[3]

The Jazz were formed and owned by a group headed by Fred Rosenfeld and Sam Battistone.^{[4] [5]} Former college basketball coach Scotty Robertson was hired as the franchise's first head coach and 11-time All-Star Elgin Baylor was named as one of the assistant coach.^[2] The Jazz's selections included five-time All-Star Walt Bellamy, three-time All-Star Bob Kauffman and one-time All-Star John Block. However, none of them had long careers with the Jazz; Bellamy, who was 35 years old, was waived after one game and both Kauffman and Block were traded. Prior to the draft, the Jazz made a trade with the Atlanta Hawks which brought two-time All-Star Pete Maravich to the Jazz. In exchange for Maravich, the Jazz sent the first guard and forward chosen in the expansion draft, which turned out to be Bob Kauffman and Dean Meminger, along with future draft picks to the Hawks.^{[3] [6]} Ten players from the expansion draft joined the Jazz for their inaugural season, but only three played more than one season for the team.

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Selections

Player	Pos.	Nationality	Previous team	Years of NBA experience	Career with the franchise	Ref.
	C		Chicago Bulls	4	—	^[7]
	G/F		Golden State Warriors	8		^[8]
^	C		Atlanta Hawks	13		^[9]
^+	F/C		Kansas City–Omaha Kings	8		^[10]
	F		Cleveland Cavaliers	9	—	^[11]
	F		Houston Rockets	1	–	^[12]
	F/C		Phoenix Suns	5		^[13]
	G		Los Angeles Lakers	1	—	^[14]
	F		Portland Trail Blazers	2		^[15]
^+	F/C		Buffalo Braves	6	—	^[16]
	F/C		Philadelphia 76ers	8		^[17]
	F/C		Boston Celtics	5	—	^[18]
	G		Detroit Pistons	6		^[19]
	G		New York Knicks	3	—	^[20]
	G		Washington Bullets	1	–	^[21]
	F		Milwaukee Bucks	4	—	^[22]
	G/F		Seattle SuperSonics	2	–	^[23]

Notes

• Number of years played in the NBA prior to the draft
• Never played a game for the franchise

References

General

• Web site: NBA Expansion Drafts: Results. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329091903/http://www.nba.com/history/expansion_drafts.html. 29 March 2010. dead.
• Web site: All-Time NBA Expansion Draft Results . NBA.com/Bobcats . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . April 9, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116123003/http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/draft_central_expansion_alltime_results.html . January 16, 2008 .
• Web site: 1974 NBA Expansion Draft. basketball-reference.com. April 9, 2010.

Specific

External links

• NBA.com
• NBA.com: NBA Draft History

Notes and References

1. Web site: This Date in History–March. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. April 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100321143926/http://www.nba.com/history/this_date_march.html. 21 March 2010. dead.
2. Web site: Utah Jazz History. April 9, 2010. NBA.com/Jazz. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20100405073728/http://www.nba.com/jazz/history/00400490.html. 5 April 2010 . live.
3. News: Castoff List Has Arrived. May 17, 1974. Herald-Journal. April 9, 2010.
4. Web site: Jazz at 35: A first-era timeline. May 3, 2009. The Salt Lake Tribune. April 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090218054328/http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_10736816. February 18, 2009. dead.
5. Web site: Sam D. Battistone Profile. Forbes.com. April 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100803055401/http://people.forbes.com/profile/sam-d-battistone/27241. August 3, 2010. dead.
6. Web site: Pete Maravich Statistics. basketball-reference.com. April 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413232429/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/maravpe01.html. 13 April 2010 . live.
7. Web site: Dennis Awtrey Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
8. Web site: Jim Barnett Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
9. Web site: Walt Bellamy Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100524004402/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bellawa01.html. 24 May 2010 . live.
10. Web site: John Block Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
11. Web site: Barry Clemens Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
12. Web site: E.C. Coleman Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
13. Web site: Lamar Green Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
14. Web site: Nate Hawthorne Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100528215634/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hawthna01.html. 28 May 2010 . live.
15. Web site: Ollie Johnson Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
16. Web site: Bob Kauffman Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
17. Web site: Toby Kimball Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
18. Web site: Steve Kuberski Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
19. Web site: Stu Lantz Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
20. Web site: Dean Meminger Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
21. Web site: Louie Nelson Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
22. Web site: Curtis Perry Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.
23. Web site: Bud Stallworth Statistics. June 4, 2010. basketball-reference.com.