1976–77_Phoenix_Suns_season References

1976–77 Phoenix Suns season
1976–77 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	John MacLeod
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owners	Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Bloch
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	34–48 (.415)
Place	Division: 5th ( Pacific); Conference: 10th ( Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTAR-TV
Radio	KTAR
< 1975–76	1977–78 >

The 1976–77 Phoenix Suns season was the ninth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. With injuries limiting the team to only six games with a full roster, the Suns plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific division standings, missing the playoffs after appearing in the Finals just one season prior.^[1] The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Offseason

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Ron Lee	Guard	United States	Oregon
2	30	Al Fleming	Forward	United States	Arizona
2	33	Raymond "Butch" Feher	Guard	United States	Vanderbilt
3	45	Ira Terrell	Forward	United States	Southern Methodist
4	62	Paul Miller	Forward	United States	Oregon
5	79	Ralph Walker	Guard	United States	Saint Mary's (CA)
6	97	Carl Brown	Guard	United States	Eastern Kentucky
7	115	Brad Warble	Forward	United States	Eastern Illinois
8	133	Tom DeBerry	Guard	United States	Northern Arizona
9	150	John Irving	Center	United States	Hofstra
10	166	Gary Jackson	Forward	United States	Arizona State

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
F/C	33	Adams, Alvan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1954-07-19	Oklahoma
C	21	Awtrey, Dennis	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1948-02-22	Santa Clara
G/F	14	Erickson, Keith	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1944-04-19	UCLA
G	7	Feher, Butch	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1954-05-19	Vanderbilt
F	24	Heard, Garfield	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1948-05-03	Oklahoma
G	30	Lee, Ron	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1952-11-02	Oregon
F	18	Perry, Curtis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1948-09-13	Missouri State
C	54	Schlueter, Dale	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1945-11-12	Colorado State
G	40	Sobers, Ricky	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1953-01-15	UNLV
F	32	Terrell, Ira	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1954-06-19	SMU
G/F	5	Van Arsdale, Dick	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1943-02-22	Indiana
G/F	4	Van Arsdale, Tom	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	1943-02-22	Indiana
G	44	Westphal, Paul	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1950-11-30	USC

Head coach

John MacLeod ( Bellarmine)

Assistant coach(es)

Al Bianchi ( Bowling Green)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y- Los Angeles Lakers	53	29	.646	–	37–4	16–25	11–5
x- Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	4	35–6	14–27	10–6
x- Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	7	29–12	17–24	8–8
Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	13	27–14	13–28	6–10
Phoenix Suns	34	48	.415	19	26–15	8–33	5–11

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z- Los Angeles Lakers	53	29	.646	–
2	y- Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	3
3	x- Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	4
4	x- Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	7
5	x- Detroit Pistons	44	38	.537	9
6	x- Chicago Bulls	44	38	.537	9

7	Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	13
8	Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	13
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	17
10	Phoenix Suns	34	48	.415	19
11	Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	23

Record vs. opponents

1976–77 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	NYN	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–4	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–3
Boston	4–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4
Buffalo	0–4	1–3	—	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	0–4
Chicago	2–2	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–2
Cleveland	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3
Denver	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–2
Detroit	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
Golden State	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1
Houston	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	—	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1
Indiana	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4
Kansas City	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2
Los Angeles	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	4–0
Milwaukee	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3
New Orleans	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	—	3–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2
N.Y. Knicks	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	2–2
N.Y. Nets	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–3	1–3
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1
Phoenix	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	—	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3
Portland	1–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	3–1	1–2
San Antonio	0–4	0–4	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2
Seattle	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	—	3–1
Washington	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	—

Game log

1976–77 game log
Total: 34–48 (home: 26–15; road: 8–33)

October: 1–4 (home: 0–0; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
1	October 22	@ New Orleans	L 98–111	Alvan Adams (29)	Louisiana Superdome 12,234	0–1	L 1
2	October 23	@ Houston	L 126–129	Alvan Adams (29)	The Summit 6,385	0–2	L 2
3	October 27	@ San Antonio	L 106–115	Alvan Adams (24)	HemisFair Arena 8,919	0–3	L 3
4	October 29	@ Chicago	W 95–82	Gar Heard (23)	Chicago Stadium 9,318	1–3	W 1
5	October 30	@ Denver	L 107–113	Gar Heard (28)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,608	1–4	L 1

November: 5–5 (home: 5–2; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
6	November 5	@ Seattle	L 84–88	Ricky Sobers (18)	Seattle Center Coliseum 11,902	1–5	L 2
7	November 11	Indiana	W 108–98	Ricky Sobers, Paul Westphal (18)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,152	2–5	W 1
8	November 13	Cleveland	L 90–103	Ricky Sobers (20)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,671	2–6	L 1
9	November 17	Milwaukee	W 103–95	Dick Van Arsdale (19)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,017	3–6	W 1
10	November 18	@ Golden State	L 111–131	Ricky Sobers (19)	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,965	3–7	L 1
11	November 19	N.Y. Nets	L 88–90	Paul Westphal (17)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,506	3–8	L 2
12	November 21	Chicago	W 101–96	Paul Westphal (26)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,589	4–8	W 1
13	November 25	Washington	W 104–98	Paul Westphal (26)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,614	5–8	W 2
14	November 27	Seattle	W 119–107	Paul Westphal (25)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,553	6–8	W 3
15	November 30	@ Indiana	L 97–103	Paul Westphal (27)	Market Square Arena 8,581	6–9	L 1

December: 8–7 (home: 5–2; road: 3–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
16	December 1	@ N.Y. Nets	W 106–96	Paul Westphal (23)	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,103	7–9	W 1
17	December 3	Portland	L 99–113	Ricky Sobers (21)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,339	7–10	L 1
18	December 5	San Antonio	W 103–98 (OT)	Paul Westphal (27)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,235	8–10	W 1
19	December 8	Houston	W 116–95	Paul Westphal (23)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,117	9–10	W 2
20	December 10	@ Boston	W 107–103	Ricky Sobers (25)	Boston Garden 12,878	10–10	W 3
21	December 11	@ N.Y. Knicks	L 96–112	Alvan Adams (17)	Madison Square Garden 15,263	10–11	L 1
22	December 12	@ Atlanta	W 106–91	Paul Westphal (28)	Omni Coliseum 2,507	11–11	W 1
23	December 14	@ Buffalo	L 99–108	Ricky Sobers (23)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 7,132	11–12	L 1
24	December 15	@ Philadelphia	L 87–87	Alvan Adams (27)	The Spectrum 11,363	11–13	L 2
25	December 17	@ Los Angeles	L 105–118	Ricky Sobers, Paul Westphal (25)	The Forum 9,816	11–14	L 3
26	December 18	Kansas City	L 90–89	Ricky Sobers (21)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,482	11–15	L 4
27	December 23	Buffalo	W 107–92	Ricky Sobers (28)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,834	12–15	W 1
28	December 25	Los Angeles	W 113–96	Paul Westphal (25)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	13–15	W 2
29	December 28	@ Denver	L 102–110	Paul Westphal (27)	McNichols Sports Arena 17,595	13–16	L 1
30	December 29	Boston	W 97–87	Paul Westphal (30)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	14–16	W 1

January: 8–9 (home: 7–1; road: 1–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
31	January 2	@ Kansas City	L 88–89	Paul Westphal (20)	Omaha Civic Auditorium 4,226	14–17	L 1
32	January 4	@ Milwaukee	L 111–139	Curtis Perry, Ira Terrell (20)	MECCA Arena 8,871	14–18	L 2
33	January 5	@ Detroit	L 115–118	Alvan Adams (24)	Cobo Arena 6,249	14–19	L 3
34	January 7	@ Washington	L 89–99	Paul Westphal (15)	Capital Centre 6,072	14–20	L 4
35	January 8	@ N.Y. Knicks	L 95–102	Paul Westphal (31)	Madison Square Garden 18,589	14–21	L 5
36	January 10	@ Atlanta	W 93–92	Paul Westphal (20)	Omni Coliseum 2,408	15–21	W 1
37	January 11	@ Chicago	L 90–93	Paul Westphal (31)	Chicago Stadium 6,446	15–22	L 1
38	January 13	Detroit	W 131–101	Paul Westphal (25)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	16–22	W 1
39	January 15	Cleveland	W 94–79	Paul Westphal (24)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	17–22	W 2
40	January 19	N.Y. Knicks	W 97–90	Paul Westphal (31)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,035	18–22	W 3
41	January 20	@ Golden State	L 103–107	Paul Westphal (25)	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 10,886	18–23	L 1
42	January 21	Indiana	W 125–96	Alvan Adams (29)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,957	19–23	W 1
43	January 23	Seattle	W 98–88	Paul Westphal (24)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	20–23	W 2
44	January 25	San Antonio	L 108–116	Paul Westphal (24)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,814	20–24	L 1
45	January 27	Philadelphia	W 111–94	Ron Lee (28)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	21–24	W 1
46	January 29	New Orleans	W 118–102	Paul Westphal (26)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,274	22–24	W 2
47	January 30	@ Portland	L 91–97	Paul Westphal (24)	Memorial Coliseum 12,311	22–25	L 1

February: 4–9 (home: 3–4; road: 1–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
48	February 2	Milwaukee	W 130–113	Paul Westphal (29)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,364	23–25	W 1
49	February 4	Golden State	L 106–109	Alvan Adams (29)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,849	23–26	L 1
50	February 6	Denver	W 115–104	Paul Westphal (32)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,826	24–26	W 1
51	February 8	Atlanta	W 117–104	Alvan Adams (34)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,495	25–26	W 2
52	February 10	Washington	L 103–109	Paul Westphal (29)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,352	25–27	L 1
53	February 15	@ Kansas City	L 96–102	Paul Westphal (30)	Kemper Arena 7,313	25–28	L 2
54	February 16	@ Indiana	L 93–111	Ira Terrell (15)	Market Square Arena 9,553	25–29	L 3
55	February 18	@ Philadelphia	W 102–96	Paul Westphal (22)	The Spectrum 16,660	26–29	W 1
56	February 19	@ Cleveland	L 88–92	Paul Westphal (23)	Coliseum at Richfield 17,882	26–30	L 1
57	February 20	@ Detroit	L 107–109	Ricky Sobers (25)	Cobo Arena 7,233	26–31	L 2
58	February 22	@ Buffalo	L 114–115	Alvan Adams (47)	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 6,143	26–32	L 3
59	February 24	Houston	L 106–109	Paul Westphal (31)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,835	26–33	L 4
60	February 26	Boston	L 104–108	Paul Westphal (22)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,353	26–34	L 5

March: 4–12 (home: 2–5; road: 2–7)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
61	March 2	Chicago	L 104–108 (OT)	Paul Westphal (26)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,823	26–35	L 6
62	March 4	Golden State	L 87–101	Alvan Adams (21)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,750	26–36	L 7
63	March 6	@ Washington	L 110–118	Ricky Sobers (32)	Capital Centre 14,189	26–37	L 8
64	March 8	@ San Antonio	L 115–122	Ricky Sobers, Paul Westphal (24)	HemisFair Arena 10,011	26–38	L 9
65	March 9	@ Houston	L 100–105	Alvan Adams (26)	The Summit 6,421	26–39	L 10
66	March 11	@ N.Y. Nets	L 73–82	Paul Westphal (16)	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,730	26–40	L 11
67	March 13	@ Boston	L 107–124	Alvan Adams (29)	Boston Garden 14,859	26–41	L 12
68	March 16	N.Y. Knicks	W 124–91	Paul Westphal (23)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,177	27–41	W 1
69	March 18	New Orleans	L 100–104	Paul Westphal (35)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,285	27–42	L 1
70	March 20	Portland	W 126–106	Alvan Adams (27)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,174	28–42	W 1
71	March 24	Buffalo	L 102–107	Paul Westphal (24)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,410	28–43	L 1
72	March 25	@ Los Angeles	L 93–118	Ira Terrell (22)	The Forum 13,507	28–44	L 2
73	March 26	Los Angeles	L 102–109	Alvan Adams (27)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,150	28–45	L 3
74	March 27	@ Seattle	W 121–100	Ron Lee (33)	Seattle Center Coliseum 14,096	29–45	W 1
75	March 29	@ Milwaukee	W 122–110	Paul Westphal (34)	MECCA Arena 8,945	30–45	W 2
76	March 30	@ New Orleans	L 100–112	Alvan Adams (19)	Louisiana Superdome 6,237	30–46	L 1

April: 4–2 (home: 4–1; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record	Streak
77	April 1	Detroit	W 133–116	Paul Westphal (40)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,506	31–46	W 1
78	April 3	Denver	L 109–124	Ron Lee (28)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,501	31–47	L 1
79	April 5	Atlanta	W 108–102	Ricky Sobers (25)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,668	32–47	W 1
80	April 7	Kansas City	W 121–110	Paul Westphal (30)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,462	33–47	W 2
81	April 8	@ Portland	L 111–122	Alvan Adams (26)	Memorial Coliseum 12,536	33–48	L 1
82	April 10	N.Y. Nets	W 128–104	Ron Lee (21)	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,476	34–48	W 1

1976–77 schedule

Awards and honors

All-Star

Paul Westphal was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection. Westphal finished first in voting among Western Conference guards with 163,173 votes.

Season

Paul Westphal was named to the All-NBA First Team.
Ron Lee was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Alvan Adams	72	67	31.6	.474	.754	9.1+	4.5	1.3	1.2	18.0
Dennis Awtrey	72	26	24.4	.429	.722	4.9	2.5	.3	.4	5.7
Keith Erickson	50	3	19.0	.483	.740	2.9	2.1	.6	.1	6.4
Butch Feher	48	9	10.1	.531+	.768	1.5	0.8	.2	.1	5.2
Garfield Heard	46	35	29.6	.379	.725	9.6+	1.9	1.2	1.2	9.7
Ron Lee	82	34	22.5	.441	.676	3.6	3.2	1.9	.4	10.2
Curtis Perry	44	42	31.6	.432	.789	9.0	1.8	1.1	.6	10.7
Dale Schlueter	39	0	8.6	.361	.581	2.1	1.0	.2	.2	1.8
Ricky Sobers	79	48	25.4	.496	.841	3.0	3.0	1.2	.2	13.6
Ira Terrell	78	36	22.4	.508	.631	5.0	1.3	.5	.6	8.5
Dick Van Arsdale	78	3	19.7	.456	.873	1.5	1.5	.4	.1	7.7
Tom Van Arsdale	77	28	18.5	.433	.703	2.4	0.9	.3	.0	5.8
Paul Westphal	81	79	32.1	.518+	.825	2.3	5.7	1.7	.3	21.3

+ – Minimum 50 games played.

Transactions

Trades

August 25, 1976	To Buffalo Braves 1977 second-round draft pick ( Glenn Williams) Cash considerations	To Phoenix Suns Tom Van Arsdale
March 18, 1977	To Seattle SuperSonics 1979 second-round draft pick ( Paul Mokeski) Cash considerations	To Phoenix Suns Rights to Bayard Forrest

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
September 23, 1976	Marv Roberts	Undisclosed	Virginia Squires ( ABA)
December 7, 1976	Dale Schlueter	Undisclosed	Buffalo Braves

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
August 26, 1976	John Wetzel	Retired	—
September 15, 1976	Paul Miller	Waived	— (Retired)
September 21, 1976	Pat Riley	Retired	—
October 3, 1976	Carl Brown	Waived	— (Retired)
October 4, 1976	Al Fleming	Waived	Indiana Pacers
October 15, 1976	Marv Roberts	Waived	Los Angeles Lakers
October 15, 1976	Nate Hawthorne	Waived	— (Retired)
October 15, 1976	Phil Lumpkin	Waived	— (Retired)

References

^ "SUNS: 1976–77". nba.com/history. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.

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