1971–72 Phoenix Suns season

The 1971–72 Phoenix Suns season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. With a 49–33 record, the Suns hold the NBA record as the team with the best winning percentage to not make the playoffs. The team broke the record they set the previous year with a 48–34 finish. Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons led the Suns in their debut season as members of the Pacific division. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

1971–72 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	Cotton Fitzsimmons
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	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 3rd (Midwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	KTAR-TV
Radio	KTAR
< 1970–71 1972–73 >

Paul Silas again led the team in rebounds, averaging 11.9 per game, while also leading the Suns in assists with a 4.3 average. Connie Hawkins's 21 points a game led the club, while Dick Van Arsdale was second with his 19.7 average. Silas averaged 17.5 for the season, while both Clem Haskins and Neal Walk averaged 15.7.

Draft picks

Main article: 1971 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	14	John Roche	Guard	United States	South Carolina
3	48	Dennis "Mo" Layton	Guard	United States	USC
4	65	Walt Szczerbiak	Forward	United States	George Washington
5	82	Ken Gardner	Forward	United States	Utah
5	84	Bob Kissane	Center	United States	Holy Cross
6	99	William Graham	Forward	United States	Kentucky State
7	116	Ralph Brateris	Forward	United States	Trenton State
8	133	Vernell Ellzy	Forward	United States	Florida State
9	149	Mike Johnson	Guard	United States	Kansas State
10	165	Tom Newell	Guard	United States	Hawaii
11	179	Paul Leitz	Forward	United States	Western Carolina
12	192	Floyd Mason	Forward	United States	Alcorn A&M
13	204	Ron Dorsey	Guard	United States	Tennessee State
14	213	Ken Booker	Guard	United States	UCLA
15	222	Curtis Carter	Forward	United States	Bishop

Roster

1971–72 Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 31 Mel Counts 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1941-10-16 Oregon State F 16 Lamar Green 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1947-03-22 Morehead State G 23 Art Harris 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1947-01-13 Stanford G 11 Clem Haskins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1943-07-11 Western Kentucky F/C 42 Connie Hawkins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1942-07-17 Iowa G 1 Dennis Layton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1948-12-24 USC F/C 34 Otto Moore 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1946-08-27 Texas–Pan American G 33 Charlie Scott 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1948-12-15 North Carolina F 29 Paul Silas 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1943-07-12 Creighton G/F 5 Dick Van Arsdale 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-02-22 Indiana C 41 Neal Walk 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948-07-29 Florida G 10 Jeff Webb 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1948-07-06 Kansas State G/F 25 John Wetzel  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1944-10-22 Virginia Tech

Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons (Midwestern State) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Standings

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	63	19	.768	–	31–5	27–12	5–2	13–5
x-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695	6	29–12	26–12	2–1	12–6
Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598	14	30–11	19–20	0–2	7–11
Detroit Pistons	26	56	.317	37	16–25	9–30	1–1	4–14

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	69	13	.841
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	63	19	.768
3	x-Chicago Bulls	57	25	.695
4	x-Golden State Warriors	51	31	.622
5	Phoenix Suns	49	33	.598
6	Seattle SuperSonics	47	35	.573
7	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415
8	Detroit Pistons	26	56	.317
9	Portland Trail Blazers	18	64	.220

Record vs. opponents

1971–72 NBA records
Team	ATL	BAL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	DET	GSW	HOU	LAL	MIL	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SEA
Atlanta	—	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–5	3–3	4–2	3–2	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–3	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	1–4
Baltimore	4–2	—	2–2	3–3	1–4	4–2	1–5	3–2	1–4	3–2	1–4	0–5	2–4	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–3
Boston	4–0	2–2	—	6–0	3–2	4–2	5–1	5–0	2–3	5–0	1–4	2–3	3–3	6–0	2–3	4–0	2–3
Buffalo	2–4	3–3	0–6	—	1–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–3	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–5	3–3	0–4	2–4	0–4
Chicago	5–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	—	3–1	4–0	5–1	3–3	5–1	1–3	2–4	3–2	4–1	5–1	6–0	2–3
Cincinnati	3–3	2–4	2–4	3–3	1–3	—	6–2	2–3	2–3	0–4	1–4	0–5	2–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	0–5
Cleveland	2–4	5–1	1–5	2–4	0–4	2–6	—	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–4	1–5	2–4	0–4	4–2	0–4
Detroit	2–3	2–3	0–5	4–2	1–5	3–2	3–1	—	0–5	3–3	1–4	1–5	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–2	0–4
Golden State	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–1	3–3	3–2	4–0	5–0	—	5–1	1–5	2–2	2–3	4–1	2–3	4–2	4–2
Houston	4–1	2–3	0–5	4–0	1–5	4–0	2–2	3–3	1–5	—	1–5	0–5	0–5	4–1	1–3	4–2	3–3
Los Angeles	5–0	4–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	5–1	—	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	6–0	5–1
Milwaukee	3–2	5–0	3–2	4–0	4–2	5–0	4–0	5–1	2–2	5–0	1–4	—	2–3	4–1	4–2	6–0	6–0
New York	1–3	4–2	3–3	5–1	2–3	2–2	5–1	4–1	3–2	5–0	1–4	3–2	—	3–3	1–4	3–1	3–2
Philadelphia	3–3	0–4	0–6	3–3	1–4	2–2	4–2	4–1	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–4	3–3	—	1–4	2–2	4–1
Phoenix	2–3	1–4	3–2	4–0	1–5	3–2	4–0	4–2	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–4	4–1	4–1	—	6–0	3–2
Portland	0–4	1–3	0–4	4–2	0–6	2–2	2–4	2–2	2–4	2–4	0–6	0–6	1–3	2–2	0–6	—	0–6
Seattle	4–1	3–2	3–2	4–0	3–2	5–0	4–0	4–0	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–3	1–4	2–3	6–0	—

Game log

1971–72 game log Total: 49–33 (home: 30–11; road: 19–22)
October: 3–4 (home: 2–3; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 1 October 14 Milwaukee L 97–110 Connie Hawkins (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,174 0–1 L 1 2 October 16 Houston W 128–108 Paul Silas (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,572 1–1 W 1 3 October 22 Detroit L 109–116 Connie Hawkins (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,337 1–2 L 1 4 October 24 Chicago L 104–105 Paul Silas (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,970 1–3 L 2 5 October 26 Cincinnati W 126–99 Paul Silas (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,901 2–3 W 1 6 October 29 @ Philadelphia W 137–135 (2OT) Dick Van Arsdale (28) The Spectrum 6,128 3–3 W 2 7 October 30 @ Baltimore L 94–101 Dick Van Arsdale (29) Baltimore Civic Center 6,839 3–4 L 1
November: 8–7 (home: 4–0; road: 4–7) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 8 November 2 @ Chicago L 101–108 Clem Haskins (22) Chicago Stadium 5,843 3–5 L 2 9 November 3 @ Buffalo W 100–98 Dick Van Arsdale (31) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 5,417 4–5 W 1 10 November 5 @ Cleveland W 107–87 Clem Haskins (24) Cleveland Arena 3,307 5–5 W 2 11 November 6 @ Cincinnati L 95–110 Clem Haskins (22) Cincinnati Gardens 3,076 5–6 L 1 12 November 9 @ Milwaukee L 113–118 Connie Hawkins (28) Milwaukee Arena 10,039 5–7 L 2 13 November 12 Boston W 128–119 Connie Hawkins (33) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,470 6–7 W 1 14 November 14 Cleveland W 119–105 Dick Van Arsdale (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 5,336 7–7 W 2 15 November 16 @ New York L 111–112 Dick Van Arsdale (26) Madison Square Garden 18,344 7–8 L 1 16 November 17 @ Boston L 121–140 Connie Hawkins (35) Boston Garden 9,440 7–9 L 2 17 November 18 @ Detroit L 126–128 Neal Walk (30) Cobo Arena 3,418 7–10 L 3 18 November 20 @ Atlanta L 109–115 Paul Silas (24) Alexander Memorial Coliseum 5,702 7–11 L 4 19 November 23 Philadelphia W 128–107 Mo Layton (27) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,678 8–11 W 1 20 November 25 Detroit W 122–103 Mo Layton (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,846 9–11 W 2 21 November 28 @ Houston W 116–110 Mo Layton (25) Hofheinz Pavilion 3,643 10–11 W 3 22 November 30 @ Portland W 121–111 (OT) Dick Van Arsdale (23) Memorial Coliseum 7,704 11–11 W 4
December: 11–5 (home: 7–3; road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 23 December 1 Portland W 139–103 Paul Silas (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,040 12–11 W 5 24 December 4 @ Golden State W 128–92 Clem Haskins (27) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 5,491 13–11 W 6 25 December 5 Golden State W 120–87 Connie Hawkins (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,886 14–11 W 7 26 December 9 Atlanta W 135–115 Connie Hawkins (30) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,524 15–11 W 8 27 December 10 @ Los Angeles L 117–126 (OT) Dick Van Arsdale (31) The Forum 17,505 15–12 L 1 28 December 11 Houston L 110–111 Hawkins, Silas (23) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,695 15–13 L 2 29 December 14 @ New York W 110–100 Neal Walk (24) Madison Square Garden 19,253 16–13 W 1 30 December 15 @ Cincinnati W 127–108 Dick Van Arsdale (31) Cincinnati Gardens 2,038 17–13 W 2 31 December 17 Detroit W 123–102 Dick Van Arsdale (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,808 18–13 W 3 32 December 18 Los Angeles L 106–132 Neal Walk (31) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,534 18–14 L 1 33 December 19 @ Seattle L 127–130 (OT) Paul Silas (29) Seattle Center Coliseum 9,189 18–15 L 2 34 December 21 Philadelphia W 124–119 Paul Silas (29) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,272 19–15 W 1 35 December 23 Chicago L 108–117 (OT) Dick Van Arsdale (28) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,289 19–16 L 1 36 December 25 Seattle W 116–86 Connie Hawkins (31) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,026 20–16 W 1 37 December 29 @ Houston W 124–106 Clem Haskins, Dick Van Arsdale (27) Hofheinz Pavilion 5,389 21–16 W 2 38 December 30 Buffalo W 123–102 Mel Counts, Paul Silas, Dick Van Arsdale (19) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 7,272 22–16 W 3
January: 9–8 (home: 5–3; road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 39 January 1 Boston W 114–104 Connie Hawkins (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,056 23–16 W 4 40 January 2 Atlanta L 111–116 Clem Haskins (29) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,670 23–17 L 1 41 January 4 @ Chicago W 112–108 Clem Haskins (23) Chicago Stadium 9,009 24–17 W 1 42 January 7 @ Buffalo W 123–110 Connie Hawkins (32) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 10,247 25–17 W 2 43 January 8 @ Philadelphia L 119–130 Otto Moore (21) The Spectrum 7,833 25–18 L 1 44 January 9 @ Baltimore L 103–109 Connie Hawkins, Dick Van Arsdale (22) College Park, MD 7,235 25–19 L 2 45 January 11 @ Milwaukee W 115–114 Neal Walk (42) Milwaukee Arena 10,111 26–19 W 1 46 January 14 Cleveland W 117–107 Neal Walk (24) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,279 27–19 W 2 47 January 15 @ Seattle L 110–118 Mel Counts, Paul Silas, Dick Van Arsdale (18) Seattle Center Coliseum 12,693 27–20 L 1 48 January 16 Baltimore L 104–107 Dick Van Arsdale (25) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,385 27–21 L 2 All-Star Break 49 January 20 New York W 130–109 Connie Hawkins (40) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,006 28–21 W 1 50 January 21 @ Seattle W 128–113 Connie Hawkins (29) Seattle Center Coliseum 12,751 29–21 W 2 51 January 22 Los Angeles W 116–102 Dick Van Arsdale (32) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,534 30–21 W 3 52 January 25 @ Los Angeles L 119–129 Paul Silas (24) The Forum 17,505 30–22 L 1 53 January 28 Chicago L 102–116 Paul Silas (29) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,245 30–23 L 2 54 January 29 @ Golden State L 110–111 Paul Silas (28) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 6,488 30–24 L 3 55 January 30 Atlanta W 105–103 Clem Haskins, Connie Hawkins, Neal Walk (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,839 31–24 W 1
February: 11–5 (home: 7–1; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 56 February 1 @ Portland W 129–117 Dick Van Arsdale (24) Memorial Coliseum 4,961 32–24 W 2 57 February 2 Milwaukee L 103–106 Connie Hawkins (37) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,365 32–25 L 1 58 February 4 Golden State W 113–105 Dick Van Arsdale (27) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,486 33–25 W 1 59 February 5 @ Portland W 118–117 (OT) Dick Van Arsdale (28) Memorial Coliseum 6,401 34–25 W 2 60 February 6 Portland W 107–94 Paul Silas (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,160 35–25 W 3 61 February 8 Philadelphia W 120–108 Connie Hawkins (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,532 36–25 W 4 62 February 10 Baltimore W 131–98 Dick Van Arsdale (27) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,794 37–25 W 5 63 February 12 Cincinnati W 117–95 Dick Van Arsdale (31) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,766 38–25 W 6 64 February 16 Los Angeles W 110–109 Neal Walk (30) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,534 39–25 W 7 65 February 18 Boston W 126–115 Dick Van Arsdale (32) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 12,005 40–25 W 8 66 February 20 @ Detroit W 121–107 Dick Van Arsdale (25) Cobo Arena 4,898 41–25 W 9 67 February 22 @ Boston L 103–114 Connie Hawkins (30) Boston Garden 8,106 41–26 L 1 68 February 23 @ Atlanta L 118–120 Paul Silas (26) Alexander Memorial Coliseum 5,073 41–27 L 2 69 February 25 @ Chicago L 107–115 Connie Hawkins (25) Chicago Stadium 9,720 41–28 L 3 70 February 26 @ Milwaukee L 117–119 (OT) Neal Walk (28) Madison, WI 9,371 41–29 L 4 71 February 27 @ Cleveland W 127–125 Mo Layton (37) Cleveland Arena 6,889 42–29 W 1
March: 7–4 (home: 5–1; road: 2–3) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record Streak 72 March 1 Baltimore L 90–95 Paul Silas (16) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 9,002 42–30 L 1 73 March 5 Buffalo W 131–103 Neal Walk (26) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 6,729 43–30 W 1 74 March 7 @ Detroit W 129–121 Connie Hawkins (28) Cobo Arena 2,014 44–30 W 2 75 March 8 @ Cincinnati L 105–122 Neal Walk (18) Cincinnati Gardens 2,387 44–31 L 1 76 March 11 @ New York W 110–106 Dick Van Arsdale (25) Madison Square Garden 19,588 45–31 W 1 77 March 15 Milwaukee W 110–106 Connie Hawkins (27) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 11,090 46–31 W 2 78 March 17 New York W 111–106 Charlie Scott (23) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,571 47–31 W 3 79 March 18 @ Golden State L 116–134 Connie Hawkins (25) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena 9,399 47–32 L 1 80 March 21 Portland W 160–128 Clem Haskins (28) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 8,045 48–32 W 1 81 March 24 @ Los Angeles L 110–112 Charlie Scott (21) The Forum 17,505 48–33 L 1 82 March 25 Seattle W 118–99 Charlie Scott (21) Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,189 49–33 W 1
1971–72 schedule

Team-by-team results

Opponent	Home	Road	Total	All-time record	Suns leading scorer	Opp. leading scorer
Atlanta Hawks	2–1	0–2	2–3	10–12 (.455%)	Connie Hawkins (21.2)	Lou Hudson (26.8)
Baltimore Bullets	1–2	0–2	1–4	6–16 (.273%)	Dick Van Arsdale (23.6)	Archie Clark (24.6)
Boston Celtics	3–0	0–2	3–2	10–12 (.455%)	Connie Hawkins (28.2)	John Havlicek (27.2)
Buffalo Braves	2–0	2–0	4–0	7–1 (.875%)	Connie Hawkins (20.3)	Walt Hazzard (19.3)
Chicago Bulls	0–3	1–2	1–5	8–17 (.320%)	Paul Silas (19.8)	Bob Love (26.7)
Cincinnati Royals	2–0	1–2	3–2	12–10 (.545%)	Dick Van Arsdale (23.6)	Tom Van Arsdale (23.4)
Cleveland Cavaliers	2–0	2–0	4–0	8–0 (1.000%)	Dick Van Arsdale (21.0)	John Johnson (17.3)
Detroit Pistons	2–1	2–1	4–2	13–11 (.542%)	Connie Hawkins (20.3)	Bob Lanier (25.7)
Golden State Warriors	2–0	1–2	3–2	11–11 (.500%)	Clem Haskins (18.6)	Nate Thurmond (23.6)
Houston Rockets	1–1	2–0	3–1	13–12 (.520%)	Dick Van Arsdale (19.8)	Elvin Hayes (24.0)
Los Angeles Lakers	2–1	0–3	2–4	10–15 (.400%)	Dick Van Arsdale (21.2)	Gail Goodrich (28.3)
Milwaukee Bucks	1–2	1–2	2–4	6–20 (.231%)	Connie Hawkins (28.2)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37.8)
New York Knicks	2–0	2–1	4–1	6–16 (.273%)	Connie Hawkins (24.6)	Walt Frazier (23.4)
Philadelphia 76ers	3–0	1–1	4–1	9–13 (.409%)	Connie Hawkins (22.0)	Bob Rule (21.7)
Portland Trail Blazers	3–0	3–0	6–0	10–0 (1.000%)	Connie Hawkins (22.2)	Sidney Wicks (25.8)
Seattle SuperSonics	2–0	1–2	3–2	13–10 (.565%)	Connie Hawkins (23.4)	Spencer Haywood (29.8)

Awards and honors

All-Star

• Connie Hawkins was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his third consecutive All-Star selection.
• Paul Silas was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his first All-Star selection.

Season

• Paul Silas was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game
PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Mel Counts	76	11.9	.427	.721	3.4	1.3	5.2
Lamar Green	67	14.8	.446	.733	5.2	0.7	5.0
Art Harris	21	6.9	.329	.429	0.6	0.9	2.6
Clem Haskins	79	31.1	.483	.853^	3.4	3.7	15.7
Connie Hawkins	76	36.8	.459	.807	8.3	3.9	21.0
Mo Layton	80	23.1	.424	.739	2.1	3.1	9.1
Otto Moore	81	20.0	.436	.603	6.7	1.1	7.6
Charlie Scott*	6	29.5	.425	.810	3.8	4.3	18.8
Paul Silas	80	38.5	.470	.773	11.9	4.3	17.5
Fred Taylor*	13	5.3	.222	.308	1.3	0.5	1.2
Dick Van Arsdale	82	37.8	.463	.845^	4.1	3.6	19.7
Neal Walk	81	26.4	.479	.744	8.2	1.9	15.7
Jeff Webb*	27	4.8	.477	.500	0.6	0.6	2.5
John Wetzel	51	8.2	.378	.800	1.3	1.1	1.7

* – Stats with the Suns.
^ – Minimum 350 free throw attempts.

Transactions

Trades

April 2, 1971	To Detroit Pistons 1972 first-round draft pick ( Bob Nash)	To Phoenix Suns Otto Moore
August 13, 1971	To Cleveland Cavaliers Greg Howard	To Phoenix Suns 1972 third-round draft pick ( Scott English) Future third-round draft pick
December 27, 1971	To Cincinnati Royals Fred Taylor	To Phoenix Suns 1973 third-round draft pick ( Joe Reaves)
March 14, 1971	To Boston Celtics Future considerations Cash considerations ( Paul Silas was sent to Boston in September to complete trade)	To Phoenix Suns Rights to Charlie Scott

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former Team
January 4, 1972	Jeff Webb	Undisclosed	Milwaukee Bucks

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
September 21, 1971	Joe Thomas	Waived	n/a

References

• Standings on Basketball Reference