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List of 2008–09 NBA season transactions

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The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Basketball Association during the 2008–09 NBA season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

Retirement

Date		style="width:180px"	Name		style="width:250px"	Team(s) played (years)		style="width:40px"	Age		style="width:290px"	Notes		style="width:40px"	Ref.
September 11
September 22
September 26
October 27
November 1
December 4
December 10
January 22
January 26
April 5
April 23
May 5
May 21

Front office movements

Coaching changes

Off-season

Team	Outgoing coach	New coach	Previous position
Milwaukee Bucks		****	Head coach of the Chicago Bulls (2003–2007)
Miami Heat		****	Assistant coach / Director of Scouting of the Miami Heat (2001–2008)
Charlotte Bobcats		****	Head coach of the New York Knicks (2005–2006)
New York Knicks		****	Head coach of the Phoenix Suns (2003–2008)
Dallas Mavericks		****	Head coach of the Indiana Pacers (2003–2007)
Phoenix Suns		****	Assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons (2006–2008)
Detroit Pistons		****	Assistant coach of the Detroit Pistons (2007–2008)
Chicago Bulls	(interim)	****	Assistant general manager of the Phoenix Suns (2007–2008)

In-season

Team	Outgoing coach	New coach	Previous position
Oklahoma City Thunder		**** (interim)	Assistant coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder (2007–2008)
Washington Wizards		**** (interim)	Director of Player Development of the Washington Wizards (2007–2008)
Toronto Raptors		**** (interim)	Assistant coach of the Toronto Raptors (2002–2008)
Minnesota Timberwolves		**** (interim)	Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves (1995–2008)
Philadelphia 76ers		**** (interim)	Senior Vice President / Assistant general manager of the Philadelphia Sixers (2003–2008)
Sacramento Kings		**** (interim)	Assistant coach of the Sacramento Kings (2007–2008)
Memphis Grizzlies		**** (interim)	Assistant coach of the Memphis Grizzlies (2007–2009)
Memphis Grizzlies	(interim)	****	Assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks (2008–2009)
Phoenix Suns		**** (interim)	Assistant coach of the Phoenix Suns (2004–2009)

General manager change

Player movements

Trades

June	July	August
June 25	To Charlotte Bobcats	To Denver Nuggets
June 26	To Memphis Grizzlies	To Minnesota Timberwolves
To Detroit Pistons	To Seattle SuperSonics
To Cleveland Cavaliers	To Miami Heat
To Los Angeles Clippers	To Portland Trail Blazers
To Phoenix Suns	To San Antonio Spurs
To Boston Celtics	To Washington Wizards
To Miami Heat	To Minnesota Timberwolves
To New Orleans Hornets	To Portland Trail Blazers
To Milwaukee Bucks	To New Jersey Nets
To Houston Rockets	To Portland Trail Blazers
To Houston Rockets (from Memphis Grizzlies)
To Memphis Grizzlies (from Portland Trail Blazers)
To Chicago Bulls	To Portland Trail Blazers
To Denver Nuggets (from Chicago Bulls)
To Portland Trail Blazers (from Denver Nuggets)
July 9	To Indiana Pacers	To Portland Trail Blazers
To Indiana Pacers	To Toronto Raptors
To Minnesota Timberwolves	To Philadelphia 76ers
July 9	To Denver Nuggets	To Los Angeles Clippers
July 21	To New Jersey Nets	To Orlando Magic
July 22	To Golden State Warriors	To New Jersey Nets
July 23	To Los Angeles Clippers	To Utah Jazz
July 28	To Denver Nuggets	To New York Knicks
August 6	To Houston Rockets	To Los Angeles Clippers
August 11	To Charlotte Bobcats	To Oklahoma City Thunder
August 13	To Cleveland Cavaliers	To Milwaukee Bucks
To Oklahoma City Thunder	To Milwaukee Bucks
August 14	To Sacramento Kings	To Houston Rockets
August 29	To New York Knicks	To Houston Rockets
November 3	To Denver Nuggets	To Detroit Pistons
November 21	To New York Knicks	To Los Angeles Clippers
To Golden State Warriors	To New York Knicks
December 10	To Charlotte Bobcats	To Phoenix Suns
To Washington Wizards	To New Orleans Hornets
To Washington Wizards	To Memphis Grizzlies
December 24	To Houston Rockets	To Memphis Grizzlies
January 5	To Denver Nuggets	To Los Angeles Clippers
January 7	To Los Angeles Clippers	To Toronto Raptors
To Denver Nuggets	To Oklahoma City Thunder
To Memphis Grizzlies	To Miami Heat
January 16	To Charlotte Bobcats	To Dallas Mavericks
February 5	To Milwaukee Bucks	To Orlando Magic
February 7	To Charlotte Bobcats	To Los Angeles Lakers
February 14	To Miami Heat	To Toronto Raptors
February 16	To Detroit Pistons	To Los Angeles Clippers
February 17	To Boston Celtics	To Sacramento Kings
February 18	To Chicago Bulls	To Sacramento Kings
To Los Angeles Lakers	To Memphis Grizzlies
To Portland Trail Blazers	To Sacramento Kings
February 19	To Chicago Bulls	To Oklahoma City Thunder
To Minnesota Timberwolves	To Sacramento Kings
To Houston Rockets	To Orlando Magic
To Houston Rockets	To Memphis Grizzlies
To Chicago Bulls	To New York Knicks
To Oklahoma City Thunder	To New York Knicks
To Toronto Raptors	To Boston Celtics
To Sacramento Kings	To Toronto Raptors

Free agency

The following lists players who join or leave other team via free agency. Some dates might be contrast from other sources.

Player	New team	Former team
Gerald Green		Dallas Mavericks
Hassan Adams		Toronto Raptors
J. J. Barea		Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul	New Orleans Hornets
Elton Brand	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
José Calderón	Toronto Raptors
DeSagana Diop	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Chris Duhon	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
James Jones	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Corey Maggette	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Chris Paul	New Orleans Hornets
Mickaël Piétrus	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Beno Udrih	Sacramento Kings
Brent Barry		Houston Rockets
Baron Davis	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Andrew Bogut		Milwaukee Bucks
Roger Mason Jr.	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Keith McLeod	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana Pacers
James Singleton	Dallas Mavericks	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
Antoine Wright	Dallas Mavericks	New Jersey Nets
Anthony Carter		Denver Nuggets
Gilbert Arenas		Washington Wizards
Anthony Johnson		Orlando Magic
Jarvis Hayes		New Jersey Nets
Eduardo Nájera	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Roko Ukić	Toronto Raptors	Virtus Roma
Malik Allen		Milwaukee Bucks
Tyronn Lue	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks
Craig Smith	Minnesota Timberwolves
Dee Brown		Washington Wizards
Deron Williams	Utah Jazz
Tony Allen		Boston Celtics
Kurt Thomas		San Antonio Spurs
Eddie House		Boston Celtics
Matt Barnes	Phoenix Suns	Golden State Warriors
Hamed Haddadi		Memphis Grizzlies

Going overseas

Player	New team	Former team
ESP	ESP Regal FC Barcelona	Memphis Grizzlies
ARG	RUS Khimki	Toronto Raptors
SVN	ITA Lottomatica Roma	Toronto Raptors
SVN	RUS Dynamo Moscow	New Jersey Nets
USA	GRE Olympiacos Piraeus	Atlanta Hawks
SRB	RUS BC Triumph	New Jersey Nets
PUR	ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv	Orlando Magic
USA	ITA Virtus Bologna	Charlotte Bobcats
USA	RUS Dynamo Moscow	New Orleans Hornets
USA	ITA Fortitudo Bologna	Miami Heat
CRO	TUR Fenerbahçe Ülker	Phoenix Suns

Released

Waived

Date waived	Former team	Ref
{{dts	May	5}}	Memphis Grizzlies
{{dts	June	18}}	Toronto Raptors
{{dts	June	23}}	Miami Heat
{{dts	July	29}}	New York Knicks
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
{{dts	July	30}}	Los Angeles Clippers
{{dts	July	31}}	Chicago Bulls
{{dts	August	15}}	Miami Heat
{{dts	August	20}}	Oklahoma City Thunder
{{dts	September	3}}	Miami Heat
{{dts	October	14}}	Charlotte Bobcats
Charlotte Bobcats
{{dts	October	20}}	Boston Celtics
{{dts	October	23}}	Orlando Magic
Charlotte Bobcats
Minnesota Timberwolves	url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/article/2008-10-23/timberwolves-waive-richard-ahearn-and-harrison	title=Timberwolves waive Richard, Ahearn and Harrison	work=Sporting News	date=October 23, 2008	accessdate=January 22, 2010}}
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves
{{dts	October	27}}	Charlotte Bobcats
{{dts	February	27}}	Los Angeles Clippers
{{dts	February	28}}	Houston Rockets
{{dts	March	1}}	Sacramento Kings
Memphis Grizzlies
Oklahoma City Thunder
New Jersey Nets
{{dts	March	10}}	Golden State Warriors
{{dts	April	5}}	Cleveland Cavaliers
{{dts	April	8}}	San Antonio Spurs
Sacramento Kings

Going overseas

Player	New team	Former team
ESP	RUS Khimki	Toronto Raptors
USA	ESP CAI Zaragoza	Denver Nuggets
USA	GER ALBA Berlin	Memphis Grizzlies
USA	GER Brose Baskets	Miami Heat
SRB	ESP Valencia	Golden State Warriors
GAB	SER KK Partizan	Miami Heat

Draft picks

Main article: 2008 NBA draft

Signed

Round	Pick	Team	School/Club Team	Notes	Ref.
1	1	Chicago Bulls	Memphis (Fr.)
1	2	Miami Heat	Kansas State (Fr.)
1	3	Memphis Grizzlies		USC (Fr.)	Drafted by Minnesota Timberwolves
1	4	Oklahoma City Thunder	UCLA (So.)
1	5	Minnesota Timberwolves	UCLA (Fr.)	Drafted by Memphis Grizzlies
1	6	New York Knicks	Olimpia Milano (Italy)
1	7	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana (Fr.)
1	8	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia (Jr.)
1	9	Charlotte Bobcats	Texas (So.)
1	10	New Jersey Nets	Stanford (So.)
1	11	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona (Fr.)	Drafted by Indiana Pacers
1	12	Sacramento Kings	Rider (Sr.)
1	13	Indiana Pacers	Kansas (Jr.)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
1	14	Golden State Warriors	LSU (Fr.)
1	15	Phoenix Suns	Stanford (So.)
1	16	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida (So.)
1	17	Indiana Pacers	Georgetown (Sr.)	Drafted by Toronto Raptors
1	18	Washington Wizards	Nevada (So.)
1	19	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State (Fr.)
1	20	Charlotte Bobcats	Hyères-Toulon Var Basket (France)
1	21	New Jersey Nets	California (So.)
1	22	Orlando Magic	Western Kentucky (Sr.)
1	23	Utah Jazz	Ohio State (Fr.)
1	25	Portland Trail Blazers	Le Mans Sarthe Basket (France)	Drafted by Houston Rockets
1	26	San Antonio Spurs	IUPUI (Jr.)
1	27	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas (So.)	Drafted by New Orleans Hornets
1	28	Houston Rockets	Syracuse (Fr.)	Drafted by Memphis Grizzlies
1	29	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana (Sr.)	Drafted by Detroit Pistons
1	30	Boston Celtics	New Mexico (Sr.)
2	32	Detroit Pistons	UAB (Jr.)	Drafted by Oklahoma City Thunder (as Seattle SuperSonics)
2	33	Houston Rockets	Memphis (Sr.)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
2	34	Miami Heat	Kansas (Jr.)	Drafted by Minnesota Timberwolves
2	35	Los Angeles Clippers	Texas A&M (Fr.)
2	37	Milwaukee Bucks	UCLA (Jr.)
2	38	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington State (Sr.)	Drafted by Charlotte Bobcats
2	39	Denver Nuggets	Arkansas (Sr.)	Drafted by Chicago Bulls
2	40	New Jersey Nets	Memphis (Jr.)
2	41	Toronto Raptors	Cairns Taipans (Australia)	Drafted by Indiana Pacers
2	42	Sacramento Kings	Virginia (Sr.)
2	43	Sacramento Kings	Georgetown (Sr.)
2	45	Phoenix Suns	KK Union Olimpija (Slovenia)	Drafted by San Antonio Spurs
2	47	Boston Celtics	Kansas State (Fr.)	Drafted by Washington Wizards
2	48	San Antonio Spurs	Oregon (Sr.)	Drafted by Phoenix Suns
2	49	Golden State Warriors	Alabama (Jr.)
2	52	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)	Drafted by Miami Heat
2	55	Los Angeles Clippers	Idaho Stampede (D-League)	Drafted by Portland Trail Blazers
2	58	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky (Sr.)

From previous seasons

Round	Pick	Team	School/Club Team	Notes
1	24	Portland Trail Blazers	Joventut Badalona (Spain)	Drafted in 2007 by Phoenix Suns
2	40	Los Angeles Lakers	Beijing Olympians (ABA)	Drafted in 2007
2	41	Toronto Raptors	KK Split (Croatia)	Drafted in 2005
2	49	Memphis Grizzlies	CB Girona (Spain)	Drafted in 2007 by the Los Angeles Lakers

Signed undrafted players

Date	Team	School/Club Team
August 7	Atlanta Hawks	Ohio State (Sr.)
September 8	Golden State Warriors
July 9	Golden State Warriors
July 9	Golden State Warriors
July 24	Golden State Warriors
September 12	Los Angeles Lakers
July 2	Miami Heat
July 2	Miami Heat
September 25	Miami Heat
August 27	Portland Trail Blazers

References

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[Houston Chronicle Rice Owls Blog, December 4, 2008]
[http://www.nba.com/2008/news/12/11/121108mobleyretires.ap/index.html Knicks' Mobley retires due to worsening heart disease]
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(June 18, 2008). "Raptors Release Garbajosa". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(June 23, 2008). "Heat waive forward Alexander Johnson". The Sports Network.
(July 29, 2008). "Knicks Waive Taurean Green, Bobby Jones". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(July 29, 2008). "Magic part ways with little-used James Augustine". Orlando Sentinel.
(July 30, 2008). "Clippers Waive Josh Powell". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(July 31, 2008). "Bulls waive guard Curry". ESPN.com.
(August 15, 2008). "Heat Request Waivers On Bobby Jones". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(August 20, 2008). "Veteran forward Marshall waived by Oklahoma City". ESPN.com.
(September 3, 2008). "Heat Waives Stephane Lasme". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(October 14, 2008). "Bobcats waive guards Taylor, Williams to reduce roster to 15". CBS Sports.
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(October 23, 2008). "Orlando waives Dwayne Jones to make room on the roster for forward Jeremy Richardson". Orlando Sentinel.
(October 23, 2008). "Bobcats waive Justin Williams; roster at 15". Sporting News.
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(August 25, 2008). "Lakers sign Sun Yue". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(July 16, 2008). "Raptors Sign Roko Ukić". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(July 9, 2008). "Grizzlies sign 2008 ACB Most Valuable Player Marc Gasol". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.

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