Traded • Donnie Freeman • Wayne Hightower • 1971 first round pick (#9-Stan Love) to Chaparrals for • Ron Boone • Glen Combs • 1971 first round pick (#1-Jim McDaniels) on 1971-01-08

Jim McDaniels

Unknown.

First round #4 "Pittsburgh from Floridians" per AP

"Denver, which had its own first round pick taken away for signing Ralph Simpson as a hardship case last year before he was graduated, acquired another pick in an earlier trade with the Floridians and chose Ken Durrett... . However, the Rockets turned around and traded him to Virginia, the next selector, for the Squired first pick and a player to be named later. Denver then picked Cliff Meely of Colorado." per AP

Traded • Rick Barry to Nets for • 1971 first round pick (#5-Cliff Meely) • cash (reportedly $200K) on 1970-09-02

Traded • rights to Ken Durrett to Squires for • 1971 first round pick (#5-Cliff Meely) • player to be named later or cash (?) on 1971-01-22

"Denver, which had its own first round pick taken away for signing Ralph Simpson as a hardship case last year before he was graduated, acquired another pick in an earlier trade with the Floridians and chose Ken Durrett... . However, the Rockets turned around and traded him to Virginia, the next selector, for the Squires first pick and a player to be named later. Denver then picked Cliff Meely of Colorado." per AP

"...Virginia, whose first pick in the round had been acquired from New York, used its choice acquired from Kentucky to pick Willie Sojourner..." per AP

"...The Virginia Squires, ... gained Indiana's fifth round pick in a trade for Warren Armstrong." [1971-01-22 New York Times]

Many historical accounts of this draft indicate that Gilmore was made available, before the draft began, to any ABA team which felt it had the resources to sign him. The Colonels were the only team which indicated that it did, and thus were allowed to select him first overall.

Traded • Ron Boone • Glen Combs • 1971 first round pick (#1-Jim McDaniels) to Stars for • Donnie Freeman • Wayne Hightower • 1971 first round pick (#9-Stan Love) on 1971-01-08

Unknown.

Second round pick Bob Kissane "New York from Virginia" per AP.

Unknown.

Second round pick Roger Brown "Texas from Utah" per AP.

Unconfirmed.

Traded • Bobby Cremins to Cougars for • draft pick (possibly 1971 #35-Bill Smith) on 1970-08-19

Fourth round pick Bill Smith "Pittsburgh from Carolina" per AP.

Unknown.

Fourth round pick Tom Owens "Memphis from Floridians" per AP.

Unknown.

Tenth round Eric Hill "Pittsburgh trade from New York" per AP.