New Orleans Buccaneers
Doug Moe played for which team between Aug 1967 and Nov 1967?
Doug Moe Douglas Edwin Moe ( born September 21 , 1938 ) is an American former professional basketball player and coach . As a head coach with the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , he was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 1988 . Early life . Born in Brooklyn , New York , Moe was a star player at the University of North Carolina where he was a two-time All-American . However , his collegiate career ended in controversy when he admitted to being associated with a point shaving scandal . Moe received $75 from fix conspirator Aaron Wagman to fly to a meeting in New Jersey , arranged by Moes friend , conspirator Lou Brown , but Moe reportedly turned down an offer to throw games . There is no evidence that Moe was ever involved in a fix conspiracy , but his ties to the scandal blemished his reputation . He was selected in the NBA draft in 1960 by the Detroit Pistons and again in 1961 with the Chicago Packers , but began his pro career in Italys Lega Basket Serie A with the Pallacanestro Petrarca Padova , and later in the American Basketball Association with the New Orleans Buccaneers , Oakland Oaks , Washington Caps , Carolina Cougars and Virginia Squires . He garnered ABA All-Star honors three times in an injury-shortened five-year professional playing career . Moe became a head coach in 1976–77 , after serving as an assistant coach for the Carolina Cougars . Moe worked behind the bench for 15 years , ten of them with the Denver Nuggets . He also had stops with the San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers . In Denver . Moe began his coaching career with the Carolina Cougars in the ABA as an assistant coach to his UNC teammate Larry Brown from 1972 to 1974 . He then followed Brown to Denver , where they coached the Nuggets from 1974 to 1976 . During those two seasons , the Nuggets were 125–43 ( .744 ) . They advanced to the ABA Finals in 1976 , but lost to the New York Nets in six games . After the ABA–NBA merger in 1976 , Moe served as a head coach for the San Antonio Spurs for four seasons ( 1976–80 ) , leading them to a conference finals appearance in 1979 . He returned to Denver in 1980 to take over the head coaching reins from another UNC alum , Donnie Walsh . From 1980 to 1990 , Moe compiled a 432–357 ( .548 ) record and led the Nuggets to the postseason nine-straight years—advancing as far as the Western Conference Finals in 1985 . He guided the Nuggets to two Midwest Division titles ( 1984–85 and ’87–88 ) and a franchise-record 54 wins in 1987–88 . He was named NBA Coach of the Year that same year . Under Moes direction , the Nuggets high-octane offense led the league in scoring in six of his 10 seasons in Denver . He is honored by the Nuggets with a banner that reads 432 for his number of wins as a Nuggets head coach . Moe also served an unsuccessful stint as a head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers ( 1992–93 ) , with his son David Moe as an assistant coach . In 1979 , he led the Spurs to the conference finals . His overall NBA head coaching ledger stands at 628–529 ( .543 ) and his wins are the 19th-most in NBA history , though he is not in the Hall of Fame . Coaching style . Moe used a run-and-gun offense which had his team shoot before the opponents defense had set up . He ran almost no plays , instead relying on ball movement , screens and constant cuts to the basket . Players were not to hold onto the ball for longer than two seconds . The movement of the ball was predicated on what the defense allowed . You cant diagram it , you cant put a pencil and paper to it . If you do , youre doing an injustice to the system , said former Nuggets assistant Allan Bristow . Moe simply said , The passing game is basically doing whatever the hell you want . Moes passing strategy was adopted from North Carolina head coach Dean Smith . Smith , normally a conservative coach , thought that the passing game could work with the right players , but he did not believe players would be smart enough to execute it at all times . Though his offensive strategy led to high scores , Moes Denver teams were never adept at running fast breaks . His teams at times appeared to give up baskets in order to get one . He disputed the fact that his teams did not play defense , attributing the high scores to the pace of the game . On coming to the NBA after the NBA-ABA merger . One of the biggest disappointments in my life was going into the NBA after the merger . The NBA was a rinky-dink league—listen , Im very serious about this . The league was run like garbage . There was no camaraderie ; a lot of the NBA guys were aloof and thought they were too good to practice or play hard . The NBA All-Star Games were nothing—guys didnt even want to play in them and the fans could [ sic ] care less about the games . It wasnt until the 1980s , when David Stern became commissioner , that the NBA figured out what the hell they were doing , and what they did was a lot of stuff we had in the ABA—from the 3-point shot to All-Star weekend to the show biz stuff . Now the NBA is like the old ABA . Guys play hard , they show their enthusiasm and there is a closeness in the league . Hell , the ABA might have lost the battle , but we won the war . The NBA now plays our kind of basketball . External links . - Basketball-Reference.com : Doug Moe ( as coach ) - Basketball-Reference.com : Doug Moe ( as player )