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
Departure date Team Outgoing Head Coach Reason for Departure Hire date Incoming Head Coach Last coaching position Ref.
June 2 Boston Celtics Brad Stevens Promoted to General manager June 28 Ime Udoka Brooklyn Nets assistant coach (2020–2021) [25][26]
June 4 Portland Trail Blazers Terry Stotts Mutually agreed to part ways June 27 Chauncey Billups Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach (2020–2021) [27][28]
June 5 Orlando Magic Steve Clifford Mutually agreed to part ways July 11 Jamahl Mosley Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (20142021) [29][30]
June 9 Indiana Pacers Nate Bjorkgren Fired June 24 Rick Carlisle Dallas Mavericks head coach (20082021) [31][32]
June 16 New Orleans Pelicans Stan Van Gundy Mutually agreed to part ways July 22 Willie Green Phoenix Suns assistant coach (20192021) [33][34]
Washington Wizards Scott Brooks End of Contract July 17 Wes Unseld Jr. Denver Nuggets assistant coach (20152021) [35][36]
June 17 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle Resigned June 28 Jason Kidd Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach (20192021) [37][38]
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 (20202021) [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
  • 2026 DET second-round pick
  • Cash considerations
[46][47]
To New Orleans Pelicans
  • Cash considerations
To Philadelphia 76ers
  • 2021 No. 53 pick[c]
[48][49]
July 30 To New Orleans Pelicans
  • 2026 POR second-round pick[d]
  • Cash considerations
To Portland Trail Blazers
[50][51]
To Houston Rockets
To Oklahoma City Thunder
  • 2022 DET protected first-round pick[e]
  • 2023 WAS protected first-round pick[f]
[52][53]
To Los Angeles Clippers
To New York Knicks
[54][55]
To Charlotte Hornets
To New York Knicks
  • 2022 CHA protected first-round pick[g]
[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
  • 2027 second-round pick[k]
  • Cash considerations
[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
  • 2024 second-round pick[l] (from Washington)
  • 2025 second-round pick swap right[m] (from Washington)
  • Draft rights to Nikola Milutinov (2015 No. 26) (from San Antonio)
To Indiana Pacers
To Los Angeles Lakers
  • Russell Westbrook (from Washington)
  • 2023 CHI second-round pick (from Washington)
  • 2024 second-round pick[n] (from Washington)
  • 2028 WAS second-round pick (from Washington)
To San Antonio Spurs
To Washington Wizards
August 7 Three-team trade [74][75][76]
To Charlotte Hornets
  • Wes Iwundu (from New Orleans)
  • Draft rights to Tyler Harvey (2015 No. 51) (from Memphis)
  • 2022 NOP protected first-round pick[p] (from New Orleans)
  • Cash considerations (from New Orleans)
To Memphis Grizzlies
To New Orleans Pelicans
To Memphis Grizzlies
To Utah Jazz
[77]
To Los Angeles Clippers
To New Orleans Pelicans
  • 2022 SAC protected second-round pick[w]
  • Cash considerations
[78][79]
To Chicago Bulls
  • Cash considerations
To Houston Rockets
[80]
To Golden State Warriors
  • 2026 MEM protected second-round pick[x]
To Utah Jazz
[81][82]
To Indiana Pacers
  • 2023 SAS protected second-round pick[y]
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
  • Cash considerations
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
  • Derrick Jones Jr. (from Portland)
  • 2022 POR protected first-round pick (from Portland)[ah]
  • 2023 DEN protected second-round pick[ai] (from Cleveland)
To Cleveland Cavaliers
To Portland Trail Blazers
September
September 4 To Brooklyn Nets
To Detroit Pistons
  • DeAndre Jordan
  • 2022 BKN second-round pick[aj]
  • 2024 second-round pick[ak]
  • 2025 second-round pick[al]
  • 2027 BKN second-round pick
  • Cash considerations
[104]
September 10 To Los Angeles Lakers
To Memphis Grizzlies
  • Marc Gasol
  • 2024 LAL second-round pick
  • Cash considerations
[105][106]
September 15 To Boston Celtics
To Memphis Grizzlies
[107][108]
October
October 6 To Brooklyn Nets
  • Cash considerations
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
  • Cash considerations
[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
  • Juancho Hernangómez (from Boston)
  • 2028 DEN protected second-round pick[aq] (from Denver)
  • Cash considerations (from Boston)
  • Cash considerations (from Denver)
February
February 4 To Los Angeles Clippers
To Portland Trail Blazers
[125][126]
February 7 To Cleveland Cavaliers
To Indiana Pacers
  • Ricky Rubio
  • 2022 CLE protected first-round pick[ar]
  • 2022 HOU second-round pick
  • 2027 UTA second-round pick
[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
  • 2026 second-round pick[av]
To Oklahoma City Thunder
  • KZ Okpala
  • 2023 MIA protected first-round pick deferred to 2025[aw]
[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
  • 2023 ORL protected second-round pick[ay]
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
  • Cash considerations
[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
  • Serge Ibaka (from LA Clippers)
  • 2023 second-round pick[bi] (from Detroit)
  • 2024 POR second-round pick (from Detroit)
  • Cash considerations
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