List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions
This is a list of transactions that took place during the 2021 NBA off-season and the 2021–22 NBA season. The season set a new record for the highest number of different players to appear in at least one game in a single season.[1]
Retirement[edit]
Front office movements[edit]
Head coaching changes[edit]
- Off-season
- In-Season
Departure date | Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Reason for Departure | Hire date | Incoming Head Coach | Last coaching position | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 21 | Sacramento Kings | Luke Walton | Fired | November 21 | Alvin Gentry (Interim Also fired ) | Sacramento Kings assistant coach (2020–2021) | [39] |
General manager changes[edit]
- Off-season
Departure date | Team | Outgoing General Manager | Reason for Departure | Hire date | Incoming General Manager | Last managerial position | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 2 | Boston Celtics | Danny Ainge | Retired | June 2 | Brad Stevens | [25] | |
June 16 | Dallas Mavericks | Donnie Nelson | Mutually agreed to part ways | June 28 | Nico Harrison | [40][41] | |
December 3 | Portland Trail Blazers | Neil Olshey | Fired | December 3 | Joe Cronin (interim)(permanent) | Director of player personnel (2014–2021) | [42] |
Player movements[edit]
Trades[edit]
June | |||
---|---|---|---|
June 18 | To Boston Celtics
| To Oklahoma City Thunder
| [44][45] |
July | |||
July 29 (Draft-day trades) | To Los Angeles Clippers
| To Orlando Magic
| [46][47] |
To New Orleans Pelicans
| To Philadelphia 76ers
| [48][49] | |
July 30 | To New Orleans Pelicans
| To Portland Trail Blazers
| [50][51] |
To Houston Rockets
| To Oklahoma City Thunder | [52][53] | |
To Los Angeles Clippers
| To New York Knicks
| [54][55] | |
To Charlotte Hornets
| To New York Knicks
| [56] | |
To Indiana Pacers
| To Milwaukee Bucks
| [57] | |
To New York Knicks
| To Oklahoma City Thunder
| [52][58] | |
To Oklahoma City Thunder
| To Utah Jazz
| [59] | |
July 31 | To Boston Celtics | To Dallas Mavericks | [60][61] |
August | |||
August 2 | To Cleveland Cavaliers | To Minnesota Timberwolves
| [62][63] |
August 6 | To Charlotte Hornets
| To Detroit Pistons
| [64][65] |
To Miami Heat | To Toronto Raptors | [66] | |
To Brooklyn Nets
| To Phoenix Suns | [67][68] | |
Five-team trade | [69][70][71][72][73] | ||
To Brooklyn Nets
| To Indiana Pacers
| ||
To Los Angeles Lakers
| To San Antonio Spurs
| ||
To Washington Wizards
| |||
August 7 | Three-team trade | [74][75][76] | |
To Charlotte Hornets
| To Memphis Grizzlies
| ||
To New Orleans Pelicans
| |||
To Memphis Grizzlies
| To Utah Jazz
| [77] | |
To Los Angeles Clippers
| To New Orleans Pelicans
| [78][79] | |
To Chicago Bulls
| To Houston Rockets | [80] | |
To Golden State Warriors
| To Utah Jazz | [81][82] | |
To Indiana Pacers
| To San Antonio Spurs
| [83][84] | |
Three-team trade | [85][86][87] | ||
To Atlanta Hawks
| To Boston Celtics
| ||
To Sacramento Kings
| |||
To Memphis Grizzlies
| To Milwaukee Bucks | [88][89] | |
August 8 | To Chicago Bulls | To New Orleans Pelicans
| [90][91] |
August 11 | To Chicago Bulls | To San Antonio Spurs
| [92][93] |
August 16 | To Los Angeles Clippers | To Memphis Grizzlies | [94][95] |
August 17 | To Boston Celtics
| To New York Knicks
| [96][97] |
August 25 | To Memphis Grizzlies | To Minnesota Timberwolves | [98][99] |
August 28 | Three-team trade | [100][101][102] | |
To Chicago Bulls
| To Cleveland Cavaliers
| ||
To Portland Trail Blazers
| |||
September | |||
September 4 | To Brooklyn Nets | To Detroit Pistons
| [104] |
September 10 | To Los Angeles Lakers
| To Memphis Grizzlies
| [105][106] |
September 15 | To Boston Celtics | To Memphis Grizzlies
| [107][108] |
October | |||
October 6 | To Brooklyn Nets
| To Houston Rockets
| [109] |
To Brooklyn Nets
| To Indiana Pacers
| [110][111] | |
January | |||
January 3 | Three-team trade | [112][113][114] | |
To Cleveland Cavaliers
| To Los Angeles Lakers
| ||
To New York Knicks
| |||
January 4 | To Oklahoma City Thunder | To Utah Jazz
| [115][116] |
January 10 (trade voided) | To Detroit Pistons | To Denver Nuggets
| [117][118][119] |
January 13 | To Atlanta Hawks
| To New York Knicks
| [120][121] |
January 19 | Three-team trade | [122][123][124] | |
To Boston Celtics | To Denver Nuggets
| ||
To San Antonio Spurs
| |||
February | |||
February 4 | To Los Angeles Clippers | To Portland Trail Blazers
| [125][126] |
February 7 | To Cleveland Cavaliers
| To Indiana Pacers
| [127][128] |
February 8 | To Indiana Pacers | To Sacramento Kings
| [129][130] |
To New Orleans Pelicans | To Portland Trail Blazers
| [131][132] | |
February 9 | To Miami Heat
| To Oklahoma City Thunder | [133][134] |
Three-team trade | [135][136] | ||
To Portland Trail Blazers
| To San Antonio Spurs
| ||
To Utah Jazz
| |||
February 10 | To Boston Celtics | To Houston Rockets | [137][138] |
To Boston Celtics
| To Orlando Magic | [139][140] | |
To Boston Celtics | To San Antonio Spurs
| [141] | |
To Brooklyn Nets
| To Philadelphia 76ers | [142][143] | |
To Charlotte Hornets | To Washington Wizards
| [144][145] | |
To Dallas Mavericks | To Washington Wizards
| [146][147] | |
To Indiana Pacers
| To Phoenix Suns
| [148][149] | |
To Phoenix Suns | To Washington Wizards
| [149][150] | |
To San Antonio Spurs
| To Toronto Raptors
| [151][152] | |
Four-team trade | [153][154][155] | ||
To Detroit Pistons
| To Los Angeles Clippers
| ||
To Milwaukee Bucks
| To Sacramento Kings
|
Free agents[edit]
The NBA's free agency period began on August 2 at 6 P.M. EST.[156]
Players would be allowed to sign new offers starting on August 6 at 12 p.m. ET, after the moratorium ended.
R | Denotes unsigned players whose free-agent rights were renounced |
Denotes sign and trade players | |
Denotes player who is signed after buyout | |
Denotes signed player who failed to make opening day roster | |
Denotes player whose deal was later turned into a two-way contract | |
Denotes player signed to 10-day contract |
* Player option
** Team option
*** Early termination option
Two-way contracts[edit]
Per recent NBA rules implemented as of the 2017–18 season, teams are permitted to have two two-way players on their roster at any given time, in addition to their 15-man regular season roster. A two-way player will provide services primarily to the team's G League affiliate, but can spend up to 45 days with the parent NBA team. Only players with four or fewer years of NBA experience are able to sign two-way contracts, which can be for either one season or two. Players entering training camp for a team have a chance to convert their training camp deal into a two-way contract if they prove themselves worthy enough for it. Teams also have the option to convert a two-way contract into a regular, minimum-salary NBA contract, at which point the player becomes a regular member of the parent NBA team. Two-way players are not eligible for NBA playoff rosters, so a team must convert any two-way players it wants to use in the playoffs, waiving another player in the process.
During the 2021–22 season, two-way deals will work a little differently than usual. Rather than being limited to spending 45 days with their NBA teams, two-way players would be eligible to be active for up to 50 of their team's 82 NBA games. And instead of having their salaries by how many days they spend in the NBA, they'll be paid a flat salary equal to 50% of the minimum player salary applicable to a player with zero years of service.[617]
Denotes players who were promoted to the main roster | |
**** | Denotes players who were cut before season's end |
Going to other American and Canadian leagues[edit]
The new league of all players is NBA G League, although some players have returned to their former team, as shown below. The NBA contract status of nearly all players is unrestricted free agent, and the rest is stated otherwise.
* | Denotes G-League players who returned to their former team |
† | Previously on a two-way contract |
Denotes players whose NBA contract status is unsigned draft pick |