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The 1976–77 NBA season was the Braves seventh season in the NBA. The Braves were purchased by John Y. Brown, Jr., the former owner of the Kentucky Colonels in the now defunct American Basketball Association for $6.2 million. [1]
The 1976 NBA draft was the 30th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 8, 1976, before the 1976–77 season . In this draft, 18 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players , including international players.
The Braves had no selections during the first two rounds of the 1975 NBA draft and no players drafted by the team that year played for the 1975–76 Buffalo. [3] 1974 NBA draft pick Tom McMillen played for a year in Europe before joining the 1975–76 Buffalo Braves. [4]
The Braves repeated their 22–60 record in the 1971–72 season, but did make good acquisitions that would make the club better. Buffalo drafted center Elmore Smith from Kentucky State University and local favorite Randy Smith from Buffalo State College. Johnny McCarthy replaced Schayes one game into the season as the team's head coach.
October 23, 1975 – April 11, 1976 April 13 – May 18, 1976 (Playoffs) May 23 – June 6, 1976 (Finals) Number of games: 82: Number of teams: 18: TV partner(s) CBS: Draft; Top draft pick: David Thompson: Picked by: Atlanta Hawks: Regular season; Top seed: Golden State Warriors: Season MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Lakers) Top scorer: Bob ...
The 1976–77 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Portland Trail Blazers winning their first NBA Championship in franchise history, beating the Philadelphia 76ers in six games in the NBA Finals .
McMillen playing for Virtus in Italy, 1975. Prior to entering politics, McMillen was a star basketball player on all levels. In 1970, he was the number one high school basketball player in the U.S. coming out of Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and was the biggest recruiting catch early in Coach Lefty Driesell's career at the University of Maryland, beating out rival Coaches Dean Smith of the ...
William Wesley Willoughby (born May 20, 1957) is an American former professional basketball player born in Englewood, New Jersey.After graduating from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1975 NBA draft as the first pick in the second round (19th overall), bypassing college for a chance to play professionally. [1]