List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions explained

This is a detailed list of transactions during the 2004-05 NBA season.^[1]

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
September 22		Philadelphia 76ers (1999–2001, 2002–2003) New Jersey Nets (2001–2002)	28	Retired due to a genetic disorder in his hands and feet.	^[2]
September 30		Boston Celtics (1991–1997) Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004)	35
October 5		Chicago Bulls (1987–1998, 2003–2004) Houston Rockets (1998–1999) Portland Trail Blazers (1999–2003)	39	Made a comeback in 2008 overseas	^[3]
October 6		Miami Heat (1990–1996, 2003–2004) Golden State Warriors (1996–1999) Atlanta Hawks (1999–2000) Cleveland Cavaliers (2000–2003) Boston Celtics (2003)	36
October 23		New Jersey Nets (1999–2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001–2003)	29	Retired due to knee problems	^[4]
October 28		Seattle SuperSonics (1988–1990) Denver Nuggets (1990, 2001–2002) San Antonio Spurs (1991, 1992–1993, 1994–2001) Houston Rockets (1992) Golden State Warriors (1993–1994, 2003–2004) Dallas Mavericks (2002–2003)	39	Signed as an assistant coach for Dallas.	^[5]
February 13		Utah Jazz (1985–2003) Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004)	41		^[6]

Front office movements

• Cleveland Cavaliers names Danny Ferry general manager (June 27, 2005)
• Orlando Magic names Dave Twardzik and Otis Smith assistant general managers and Alex Martins executive vice president of marketing and franchise relations (June 27, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers dismisses president and general manager of basketball operations Jim Paxson (April 1, 2005).

Front office contract extensions

• New Jersey Nets sign general manager Ed Stefanski to a contract extension (May 12, 2005).

Head coach changes

• Terry Stotts is hired as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks (July 8, 2005) after Terry Porter was dismissed on June 22.^[7]
• Dwane Casey is hired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves (June 17, 2005)^[8]
• Phil Jackson returns to coach the Los Angeles Lakers (June 14, 2005)
• Mike Brown is named assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers (June 2, 2005)^[9]
• Brian Hill is named head coach of the Orlando Magic (May 24, 2005)^[10]
• Philadelphia 76ers announce the replacement of Maurice Cheeks for Jim O'Brien as head coach (May 23, 2005)
• Avery Johnson was named head coach of the Dallas Mavericks on March 19, 2005.^[11]
• Johnny Davis is dismissed as head coach of the Orlando Magic (March 17, 2005)^[12]

Head coach contract extensions

• Chicago Bulls extend Scott Skiles's contract through the 2008-09 NBA season (June 16, 2005)^[13]
• Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy gets a contract extension through the 2007-08 NBA season (May 18, 2005)^[14]

Assistant coach changes

• Phoenix Suns names Dan D'Antoni assistant coach (June 29, 2005)
• Orlando Magic names Randy Ayers and Tom Sterner assistant coaches (June 10, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers names Hank Egan assistant coach (June 9, 2005)
• New Jersey Nets (now called Brooklyn Nets) names Gordon Chiesa assistant coach (June 9, 2005)
• Milwaukee Bucks names Mike Sanders assistant coach (June 7, 2005).
• Assistant coach Jim Boylen resigns to become an assistant coach at Michigan State (May 31, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers names Mike Bratz and Wes Wilcox assistant coaches (March 24, 2005)

Player movement

Trades

June
June 22	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats 2004 1st round pick (Emeka Okafor)	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Clippers 2004 1st round pick (Shaun Livingston) 2004 2nd round pick (Lionel Chalmers)
	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats 2005 1st round pick (Sean May)
June 23	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats 2004 2nd round pick (Bernard Robinson)	align=left valign=top	To Milwaukee Bucks Zaza Pachulia
	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats 2007 1st round pick (Jared Dudley)	align=left valign=top	To Cleveland Cavaliers Saša Pavlović
June 24 (Draft-day trades)	align=left valign=top	To San Antonio Spurs Draft rights to Viktor Sanikidze	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks 2005 2nd round pick (Cenk Akyol) Cash
	align=left valign=top	To Utah Jazz 2005 1st round pick (Linas Kleiza)	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Pavel Podkolzin
	align=left valign=top	To Orlando Magic Draft rights to Jameer Nelson	align=left valign=top	To Denver Nuggets 2005 1st round pick Julius Hodge
	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Jackson Vroman 2005 1st round pick (Nate Robinson)	align=left valign=top	To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to Luol Deng
	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Vassilis Spanoulis	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Luis Flores
	align=left valign=top	To Washington Wizards Antawn Jamison	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Christian Laettner Jerry Stackhouse Draft rights to Devin Harris
	align=left valign=top	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Viktor Khryapa	align=left valign=top	To New Jersey Nets Eddie Gill
	align=left valign=top	To Seattle SuperSonics 2005 2nd round pick (Mickaël Gelabale)	align=left valign=top	To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Andre Emmett
	align=left valign=top	To Toronto Raptors Draft rights to Pape Sow 2005 2nd round pick (Uroš Slokar)	align=left valign=top	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Albert Miralles
June 29	align=left valign=top	To Orlando Magic Kelvin Cato Steve Francis Cuttino Mobley	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Tracy McGrady Tyronn Lue Juwan Howard Reece Gaines
July
July 14	align=left valign=top	To Miami Heat Shaquille O'Neal	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Lakers Caron Butler Brian Grant Lamar Odom 2006 1st round pick (Jordan Farmar) 2007 2nd round pick (Renaldas Seibutis)
	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Clippers 2005 2nd round pick (Daniel Ewing) 2006 2nd round pick (Paul Davis)	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats Melvin Ely Eddie House
July 15	align=left valign=top	To Indiana Pacers Stephen Jackson	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks Al Harrington
	align=left valign=top	To New Jersey Nets 2005 1st round pick (Joey Graham) Two 2006 1st round picks (Renaldo Balkman and Marcus Williams)	align=left valign=top	To Denver Nuggets Kenyon Martin
July 23	align=left valign=top	To Cleveland Cavaliers Drew Gooden Steven Hunter Anderson Varejão	align=left valign=top	To Orlando Magic Tony Battie 2005 2nd round pick (Martynas Andriuškevičius) 2007 2nd round pick (Brad Newley)
July 26	align=left valign=top	To Seattle SuperSonics Danny Fortson	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Calvin Booth
July 29	align=left valign=top	To New Jersey Nets 2005 2nd round pick (Chris Taft)	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Clippers Kerry Kittles
August
August 4	align=left valign=top	To Detroit Pistons Derrick Coleman Amal McCaskill	align=left valign=top	To Philadelphia 76ers Corliss Williamson
	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks Tony Delk Antoine Walker	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Jason Terry Alan Henderson Cash (was going to receive 2007 1st round pick, but it was lottery protected)
August 5	align=left valign=top	To Chicago Bulls Othella Harrington Dikembe Mutombo Cezary Trybański Frank Williams	align=left valign=top	To New York Knicks Jamal Crawford Jerome Williams
August 6	align=left valign=top	To Boston Celtics Rick Fox Gary Payton 2006 1st round pick (Rajon Rondo)	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Lakers Chucky Atkins Jumaine Jones Chris Mihm
August 16	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats 2005 2nd round pick (Ronny Turiaf)	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks Predrag Drobnjak
August 24	align=left valign=top	To Golden State Warriors Christian Laettner Luis Flores Eduardo Nájera Mladen Šekularac 2007 1st round pick (Petteri Koponen) Future 1st round pick Cash Trade exception	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Erick Dampier Dan Dickau Evan Eschmeyer Steve Logan
September
September 8	align=left valign=top	To Chicago Bulls Adrian Griffin Eric Piatkowski Mike Wilks	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Dikembe Mutombo
November
November 1	align=left valign=top	To Orlando Magic Brandon Hunter	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats Keith Bogans
December
December 3	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Hornets Dan Dickau 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Darrell Armstrong
December 6	align=left valign=top	To Los Angeles Lakers 2005 2nd round pick (Ronny Turiaf) 2009 2nd round pick (Patrick Beverley)	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats Kareem Rush
December 17	align=left valign=top	To Toronto Raptors Alonzo Mourning Aaron Williams Eric Williams 2005 1st round pick (Joey Graham) 2006 1st round pick (Renaldo Balkman)	align=left valign=top	To New Jersey Nets Vince Carter
December 23	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Jon Barry	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks Tyronn Lue
December 27	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Hornets Boštjan Nachbar Jim Jackson	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets David Wesley
January
January 3	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns 2007 2nd round pick (Aaron Gray) 2009 2nd round pick (DeJuan Blair)	align=left valign=top	To Golden State Warriors Žarko Čabarkapa
January 10	align=left valign=top	To Orlando Magic Doug Christie	align=left valign=top	To Sacramento Kings Michael Bradley Cuttino Mobley
January 21	align=left valign=top	To Detroit Pistons Carlos Arroyo	align=left valign=top	To Utah Jazz Elden Campbell 2006 1st round pick (Joel Freeland)
	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns Jim Jackson 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Hornets Casey Jacobsen Maciej Lampe Jackson Vroman
February
February 8	align=left valign=top	To Phoenix Suns Walter McCarty	align=left valign=top	To Boston Celtics 2007 2nd round pick (Aaron Gray)
February 14	align=left valign=top	To Golden State Warriors 2005 2nd round pick (Chris Taft) 2007 2nd round pick (Stéphane Lasme)	align=left valign=top	To New Jersey Nets Clifford Robinson
February 23	align=left valign=top	To Sacramento Kings Brian Skinner Kenny Thomas Corliss Williamson	align=left valign=top	To Philadelphia 76ers Chris Webber Matt Barnes Michael Bradley
February 24	align=left valign=top	To Philadelphia 76ers Jamal Mashburn Rodney Rogers	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Hornets Glenn Robinson
	align=left valign=top	To Miami Heat Steve Smith	align=left valign=top	To Charlotte Bobcats Malik Allen
	align=left valign=top	To New York Knicks Maurice Taylor 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Vin Baker Moochie Norris 2006 2nd round pick (Steve Novak)
	align=left valign=top	To Dallas Mavericks Keith Van Horn	align=left valign=top	To Milwaukee Bucks Calvin Booth Alan Henderson
	align=left valign=top	To Golden State Warriors Baron Davis	align=left valign=top	To New Orleans Hornets Speedy Claxton Dale Davis
	align=left valign=top	To Milwaukee Bucks Reece Gaines 2006 2nd round pick (David Noel) 2007 2nd round pick (Ramon Sessions)	align=left valign=top	To Houston Rockets Zendon Hamilton Mike James
	align=left valign=top	To New York Knicks Malik Rose 2005 1st round pick (David Lee) 2006 1st round pick (Mardy Collins)	align=left valign=top	To San Antonio Spurs Jamison Brewer Nazr Mohammed
	align=left valign=top	To Golden State Warriors Nikoloz Tskitishvili Rodney White	align=left valign=top	To Denver Nuggets Eduardo Nájera Luis Flores 2007 1st round pick (Petteri Koponen)
	align=left valign=top	To Atlanta Hawks Tom Gugliotta Gary Payton Michael Stewart 2006 1st round pick (Rajon Rondo)	align=left valign=top	To Boston Celtics Antoine Walker
	align=left valign=top	To Boston Celtics 2007 1st round pick (Rudy Fernández)	align=left valign=top	To Cleveland Cavaliers Jiří Welsch

Releases

Player	Date waived	Former team	Ref
		San Antonio Spurs
		San Antonio Spurs
		New Jersey Nets
	Portland Trail Blazers
		Atlanta Hawks
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Chicago Bulls
		Golden State Warriors
		Philadelphia 76ers
		Golden State Warriors
		New Jersey Nets
		Indiana Pacers
		Seattle SuperSonics
	Detroit Pistons
		Chicago Bulls
		Orlando Magic
		Cleveland Cavaliers
		Orlando Magic
		Chicago Bulls
	New Jersey Nets
		Charlotte Bobcats
	New Jersey Nets
	New York Knicks
		Denver Nuggets
		Atlanta Hawks
	Los Angeles Clippers
	New Orleans Hornets
	Atlanta Hawks
	Milwaukee Bucks
	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Los Angeles Clippers
	Golden State Warriors
	Chicago Bulls
	Houston Rockets
		Phoenix Suns
		Washington Wizards
	Washington Wizards
		New Orleans Hornets
		Memphis Grizzlies
	Minnesota Timberwolves
	Memphis Grizzlies
	Chicago Bulls
		Chicago Bulls
		New York Knicks
		Miami Heat
		Milwaukee Bucks
		Charlotte Bobcats
		Indiana Pacers
		New Jersey Nets
		Indiana Pacers
		Atlanta Hawks
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Indiana Pacers
		New Orleans Hornets
	New Orleans Hornets
		New Jersey Nets
	New Orleans Hornets
	Los Angeles Clippers
	Golden State Warriors
		Detroit Pistons
		New Jersey Nets
	Detroit Pistons
	Milwaukee Bucks
		Houston Rockets
		New Orleans Hornets
	Portland Trail Blazers
	New Orleans Hornets
		Detroit Pistons
		Utah Jazz
	Miami Heat
		Portland Trail Blazers
		Phoenix Suns
	Charlotte Bobcats
		Toronto Raptors
		New Jersey Nets
		Atlanta Hawks
	Houston Rockets
	Atlanta Hawks
		New York Knicks
		New Orleans Hornets
	New Orleans Hornets
	Miami Heat
	Atlanta Hawks
		Washington Wizards
		Houston Rockets
		Los Angeles Clippers
		San Antonio Spurs
		New York Knicks

Free Agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
	July 14	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
		Utah Jazz
		Memphis Grizzlies
		Boston Celtics
		San Antonio Spurs
		Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
		Atlanta Hawks
		Dallas Mavericks
		Detroit Pistons	Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
		Golden State Warriors
		San Antonio Spurs
		Charlotte Bobcats	San Antonio Spurs
		Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
		Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
		Charlotte Bobcats	New Jersey Nets
		Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
	July 15	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle SuperSonics
		Los Angeles Lakers
		Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
		Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle SuperSonics
		Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
	July 16	Indiana Pacers
		Denver Nuggets
		Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
	July 19	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
		Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
		Los Angeles Clippers	Telindus Oostende
	July 20	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
		Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
	July 21	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
	July 22	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
	July 23	Utah Jazz
		Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
		Sacramento Kings
		Detroit Pistons
RFA	July 25	Washington Wizards (matched offer sheet from Milwaukee)
RFA	July 27	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons (refused to match offer sheet)
		New Jersey Nets	Partizan
	July 28	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
		Miami Heat
	July 29	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
		New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
		Chicago Bulls	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
		Washington Wizards	Sacramento Kings
RFA		Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers (refused to match offer sheet)
		New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
RFA	July 30	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers (refused to match offer sheet)
RFA		Toronto Raptors (matched offer sheet from New Orleans)
	August 2	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Hornets
		Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
	August 3	Charlotte Bobcats	Portland Trail Blazers
		New Orleans Hornets	New Jersey Nets
	August 4	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
		Washington Wizards	Miami Heat
		Detroit Pistons	AEK Athens
RFA		Minnesota Timberwolves (matched offer sheet from Portland)
	August 5	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
		Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
	August 6	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
		New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
	August 9	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
		Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
	August 11	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
		Chicago Bulls	Tau Cerámica
	August 12	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
	August 16	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
		Los Angeles Clippers	Telindus Oostende
	August 18	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
	August 20	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
		Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
RFA	August 21	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz (refused to match offer sheet)
	August 25	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
		Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
	August 27	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
	August 31	Charlotte Bobcats	Milwaukee Bucks
	September 7	Phoenix Suns	Long Beach Jam
RFA	September 10	Memphis Grizzlies (matched offer sheet from Cleveland)
	September 14	Dallas Mavericks	Spirou Charleroi
	September 15	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
	September 16	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
		Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
		Charlotte Bobcats	New Orleans Hornets
	September 20	Philadelphia 76ers	Baloncesto León
	September 22	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
		Seattle SuperSonics	Ülkerspor
	September 23	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
	September 28	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
	September 29	New Orleans Hornets	Detroit Pistons
		New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
	September 30	New Orleans Hornets	Azovmash Mariupol
		Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
		Utah Jazz	Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
		New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
		Los Angeles Clippers	Columbus Riverdragons
		Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
	October 1	Washington Wizards	Guangdong Southern Tigers
		Sacramento Kings	Benetton Treviso
		Detroit Pistons	Aris B.C.
		Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
		Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
		Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
		Washington Wizards	Pallacanestro Trieste
	October 4	Utah Jazz	P.A.O.K. B.C.
		Minnesota Timberwolves	CB Sant Josep
		Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
		Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
		New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
		Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Hornets
		Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
		Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
		Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
		Golden State Warriors	Seattle SuperSonics
		New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
		Minnesota Timberwolves	Yakima Sun Kings
		Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
		Orlando Magic	Sioux Falls Skyforce
		New Jersey Nets	Huntsville Flight
		Houston Rockets	Columbus Riverdragons
		Orlando Magic	Tuborg Pilsener
		New Jersey Nets	Trotamundos de Carabobo
	October 5	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
	October 6	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
	October 18	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
	October 22	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
	October 27	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
	October 29	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
	November 3	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
		Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
	November 4	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
	November 5	Seattle SuperSonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
	November 8	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
		Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
	November 14	Portland Trail Blazers	Al Kuwait BC
		Miami Heat	New York Knicks
	November 19	New Orleans Hornets	Miami Heat
	November 25	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
		Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
	December 1	Indiana Pacers	Milwaukee Bucks
	December 4	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
	December 6	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
	December 8	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
	December 12	New Orleans Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
	December 13	Indiana Pacers	Toronto Raptors
	December 18	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Hornets
	December 18	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
	December 26	Los Angeles Clippers	Asheville Altitude
	December 28	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
	January 5	Detroit Pistons (10-day contract)	Milwaukee Bucks
		Los Angeles Clippers (10-day contract)	Minnesota Timberwolves
		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)
		New Orleans Hornets
	January 7	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
	January 10	Atlanta Hawks (10-day contract)	Columbus Riverdragons
		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Idaho Stampede
	January 15	Detroit Pistons (2nd 10-day contract)
		New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
		Houston Rockets (10-day contract)	Asheville Altitude
	January 19	Phoenix Suns (10-day contract)	Florida Flame
		Houston Rockets (10-day contract)	Toronto Raptors
	January 20	Atlanta Hawks (2nd 10-day contract)
		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Dakota Wizards
	January 23	Phoenix Suns	UNICS Kazan
	January 26	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
	January 28	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
	January 29	New Orleans Hornets (10-day contract)
		Phoenix Suns (2nd 10-day contract)
	January 30	New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
	February 1	New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Sioux Falls Skyforce
		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
	February 11	New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
	February 22	Cleveland Cavaliers (10-day contract)	Portland Trail Blazers
		Los Angeles Clippers	Dakota Wizards
	February 23	Charlotte Bobcats	Roanoke Dazzle
	February 27	New York Knicks	Great Lakes Storm
	February 28	Charlotte Bobcats	Roanoke Dazzle
		New York Knicks (10-day contract)	Great Lakes Storm
		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
	March 1	Miami Heat	New Jersey Nets
		Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
	March 2	Utah Jazz (10-day contract)	Sioux Falls Skyforce
	March 3	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
	March 4	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
		Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
		Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
	March 7	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
	March 12	Portland Trail Blazers (10-day contract)	Los Angeles Clippers
	March 17	Washington Wizards (10-day contract)	Huntsville Flight
		San Antonio Spurs (10-day contract)	Toronto Raptors
	March 19	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
	March 27	Washington Wizards (2nd 10-day contract)
		San Antonio Spurs (2nd 10-day contract)
	March 29	Utah Jazz (10-day contract)	Phoenix Suns
	March 31	Orlando Magic (10-day contract)	Houston Rockets
	April 2	Washington Wizards (10-day contract)	Huntsville Flight
	April 2	Orlando Magic (2nd 10-day contract)
	April 4	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
	April 9	Toronto Raptors (10-day contract)	Fayetteville Patriots
		Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
	April 10	Orlando Magic (Rest of season)
	April 18	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team	Ref
1			Orlando Magic	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta, GA)
2			Orlando Magic	Connecticut (Jr.)
3			Chicago Bulls	Connecticut (Jr.)
4			Los Angeles Clippers	Peoria (Peoria, IL)
5			Dallas Mavericks	Wisconsin (Jr.)
6			Atlanta Hawks	Stanford (Jr.)
7			Chicago Bulls	Duke (Fr.)
8			Toronto Raptors	BYU (Sr.)
9			Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona (So.)
10			Cleveland Cavaliers	Oregon (Sr.)
11			Golden State Warriors	BK Skonto (Latvia)
12			Seattle SuperSonics	Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
13			Portland Trail Blazers	Lincoln HS (Brooklyn, NY)
14			Utah Jazz	Minnesota (Fr.)
15			Boston Celtics	Prentiss HS (Prentiss, MS)
16			Utah Jazz	Nevada (Jr.)
17			Atlanta Hawks	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA)
18			New Orleans Hornets	St. Benedict Prep (Newark, NJ)
19			Miami Heat	South Kent HS (South Kent, CT)
20			Orlando Magic	Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
21			Dallas Mavericks	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
22			Portland Trail Blazers	PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
23			Portland Trail Blazers	PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
24			Boston Celtics	Saint Joseph's (Jr.)
25			Boston Celtics	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
26			Sacramento Kings	Western Carolina (Jr.)
27			Los Angeles Lakers	Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
28			San Antonio Spurs	Breil Milano (Italy)
29			Indiana Pacers	Colorado (Jr.)

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team	Ref
30			Cleveland Cavaliers	FC Barcelona Bàsquet (Spain)
31			Phoenix Suns	Iowa State (Sr.)
32			Washington Wizards	Caguas (Puerto Rico)
33			Los Angeles Clippers	Xavier (Sr.)
34			Atlanta Hawks	Southeastern Illinois (So.)
35			Memphis Grizzlies	Texas Tech (Sr.)
36			Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis (Sr.)
37			Atlanta Hawks	Texas (Sr.)
38			Chicago Bulls	Duke (Sr.)
39			Miami Heat	Roseto Basket (Italy)
40			Boston Celtics	Ole Miss (Sr.)
41			Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina Central (Sr.)
42			San Antonio Spurs	JDA Dijon (France)
43			New York Knicks	UCLA (Fr.)
44			New Orleans Hornets	Florida State (Sr.)
45			Charlotte Bobcats	Michigan (Sr.)
46			Portland Trail Blazers	Yonsei University (South Korea)
47			Toronto Raptors	Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
48			Sacramento Kings	Morehead State (Sr.)
49			Memphis Grizzlies	Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
50			Houston Rockets	Maroussi B.C. (Greece)
51			New Jersey Nets	Michigan (Sr.)
52			San Antonio Spurs	Xavier (Sr.)
53			Miami Heat	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
54			Detroit Pistons	Missouri (Sr.)
55			Golden State Warriors	Manhattan (Sr.)
56			Los Angeles Lakers	Providence (Sr.)
57			San Antonio Spurs	Skha Jakutia Yakutsk
58			Minnesota Timberwolves	Gonzaga (Sr.)
59			Indiana Pacers	Georgia (Sr.)

Signed Undrafted Players

Date	Player	Team	School/Club Team
July 26		New Jersey Nets	Auburn (Sr.)
August 6		Los Angeles Lakers	Cincinnati (Sr.)
September 14		Indiana Pacers	Kent State (Sr.)
September 30		Chicago Bulls	Iowa (Sr.)
October 1		Sacramento Kings	Kentucky (Sr.)
October 1		Washington Wizards	Kentucky (Sr.)
October 4		Houston Rockets	Seton Hall (Sr.)
October 4		New Jersey Nets	DePaul (Sr.)
November 3		Seattle SuperSonics	Georgia (Sr.)
January 9		Portland Trail Blazers (10-day contract)	Texas (Sr.)
March 23		Orlando Magic (10-day contract)	UCF (Sr.)

External links

• The full detailed list at NBA.com
• NBA Transactions at NBA.com
• 2004 Free Agent Tracker at NBA.com
• 2004–05 NBA D-League Assignments at NBA.com
• 2004-05 NBA Transactions| Basketball-Reference.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Transactions: 2004-05 Season. August 21, 2009. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 25, 2014.
2. Web site: MacCulloch Officially Ends Basketball Career. BasketballRealGM.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 7, 2015. September 23, 2004.
3. Web site: Pippen won six NBA rings with Jordan. ESPN.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. May 13, 2015. October 7, 2004.
4. Web site: Mavericks C Eschmeyer announces retirement. ESPN.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. May 13, 2015. October 25, 2004.
5. Web site: Avery Johnson Jersey Retirement Tribute. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. May 13, 2015. 2007.
6. Web site: Malone: 'You will not see me play again'. ESPN.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. May 13, 2015. February 14, 2005.
7. Web site: Bucks Hire Terry Stotts as Head Coach THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS . 2014-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090308104408/http://www.nba.com/bucks/news/Terry_Stotts_050708.html . 2009-03-08 . dead .
8. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/06/17_ap_wolvescoach/ MPR:Timberwolves name Dwane Casey new head coach
9. Web site: NBA.com Mike Brown . 2014-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110310052554/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/mike_brown/index.html?nav=page . 2011-03-10 . dead .
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140809000528/http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/11819 Chat: Chat With Orlando Coach Brian Hill - SportsNation - ESPN
11. Web site: NBA.com Avery Johnson . 2014-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110118051952/http://www.nba.com/coachfile/avery_johnson/ . 2011-01-18 . dead .
12. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2015188 Assistant Jent will finish season as coach - NBA - ESPN
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140728211010/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-06-17/news/0506170354_1_four-seasons-deal-three-year-internal-investigation BULLS Coach Scott Skiles has signed a contract... - Chicago Tribune
14. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2005/may/19/sports-briefs-for-may-19-2005/ Sports briefs for May 19, 2005 - Las Vegas Sun News