List of 2009–10 NBA season transactions explained

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2009 NBA off-season and 2009–10 NBA season.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
n/a		Charlotte Hornets (1996–1997) San Antonio Spurs (1997–2005) New York Knicks (2005–2009) Oklahoma City Thunder (2009)	34	Became an analyst for the Knicks.
July 1		Portland Trail Blazers (1997–1998) Toronto Raptors (1998–2006) Los Angeles Clippers (2007)	34	Was hired as an assistant coach for the Raptors.	^[1]
September 3		Miami Heat (1997, 2000–2001) Boston Celtics (1997–1999) Philadelphia 76ers (1999–2000) San Antonio Spurs (2001–2009)	38		^[2]
October 22		Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2003) Minnesota Timberwolves (2003–2009)	33	Became an assistant coach of the Utah Flash (D-League).	^[3]
October 23		Denver Nuggets (1997–1998) Minnesota Timberwolves (1998–2000) Sacramento Kings (2000–2005, 2008–2009) Memphis Grizzlies (2005–2006) New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets (2006–2008) Houston Rockets (2008)	36	Became an assistant coach of the Kings.	^[4]
October 23		Los Angeles Lakers (1998–2001) Washington Wizards (2001–2003) Orlando Magic (2003–2004, 2009) Houston Rockets (2004) Atlanta Hawks (2004–2008) Dallas Mavericks (2008) Milwaukee Bucks (2008–2009)	32	Became the director of basketball development of the Celtics.	^[5]
October 26		Minnesota Timberwolves (1994–1995) Golden State Warriors (1995–2000) Utah Jazz (2000–2002) Chicago Bulls (2002–2003) Toronto Raptors (2003–2005) Cleveland Cavaliers (2005–2008) Seattle SuperSonics (2008) Philadelphia 76ers (2008–2009)	36	Became an analyst for the 76ers.
November 5		Minnesota Timberwolves (1995, 2003–2004) Vancouver Grizzlies (1995–1996) Los Angeles Clippers (1996–1999, 2004–2005) Sacramento Kings (1999–2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001–2002) Toronto Raptors (2005–2008)	38	Named assistant director of player development of Timberwolves.
November 11		Minnesota Timberwolves (1999–2006) Boston Celtics (2006–2007) Seattle SuperSonics (2007–2008) Cleveland Cavaliers (2008–2009)	32	Became a broadcaster.	^[6]
March 6		Detroit Pistons (1993–2000, 2003–2008) Milwaukee Bucks (2000–2001) Los Angeles Lakers (2001–2002) Toronto Raptors (2002–2003) Chicago Bulls (2008–2010)	39	Became a player development assistant for the Bulls.
March 14		Detroit Pistons (2000–2001) Sacramento Kings (2001–2003) Cleveland Cavaliers (2004) Seattle SuperSonics (2004–2006)	32	Became an analyst for the Pistons.	^[7]

Front office movements

Head coach changes

Off-season
Date	Team	Interim coach	New head coach	Previous position	Ref.
April 15, 2009		Scott Brooks	Interim coach of the Thunder	^[8]
April 22, 2009		Ed Tapscott	Flip Saunders		^[9]
May 9, 2009		Alvin Gentry	Interim coach of the Suns	^[10]
May 11, 2009		Jay Triano	Interim coach of the Raptors	^[11]
June 1, 2009		Tony DiLeo	Eddie Jordan	Head coach of the Wizards	^[12] ^[13]
June 10, 2009		Kenny Natt	Paul Westphal		^[14] ^[15]
July 9, 2009		Michael Curry	John Kuester		^[16]
August 10, 2009		Kevin McHale	Kurt Rambis		^[17] ^[18]
In-season
Date	Team	Outgoing coach	Interim coach	Reason	Ref.
November 12, 2009		Byron Scott	Jeff Bower	Fired after a 3–6 start	^[19]
November 29, 2009	New Jersey Nets	Lawrence Frank	Tom Barrise	Fired after a 0–16 start	^[20] ^[21]
		Tom Barrise	Kiki Vandeweghe
February 4, 2010	Los Angeles Clippers	Mike Dunleavy, Sr.	Kim Hughes	Relieved of coaching position

Legend:

• Strike = fired or will not return for the 2009–10 season
• Boldface = New head coach
• Bold italics = Interim coach who was promoted to head coach

General manager changes

Off-season
Date	Team	Former GM	New GM	Previous position	Ref.
May 11, 2009		Chris Mullin	Larry Riley	Assistant coach of the Warriors	^[22]
May 21, 2009		John Paxson	Gar Forman	Director of player personnel of the Bulls	^[23]
In-season
Date	Team	Outgoing GM	New GM	Reason	Ref.
March 9, 2010		Mike Dunleavy, Sr.	Neil Olshey	Fired	^[24]
				-->

Legend:

• Strike = fired or did not have contract renewed
• Boldface = New General Manager

Player movement

The following is a list of player movement via free agency and trades.

Trades

June
June 9, 2009	To Philadelphia 76ers Jason Kapono	To Toronto Raptors Reggie Evans
June 23, 2009	To San Antonio Spurs Richard Jefferson	To Milwaukee Bucks Bruce Bowen Kurt Thomas Fabricio Oberto
	To Milwaukee Bucks Amir Johnson	To Detroit Pistons Charlie Villanueva Fabricio Oberto
June 24, 2009	To Dallas Mavericks 24th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft (B. J. Mullens) 56th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft (Ahmad Nivins) 2010 second-round pick	To Portland Trail Blazers 22nd pick in the 2009 NBA draft (Víctor Claver)
	To Minnesota Timberwolves Oleksiy Pecherov Darius Songaila Etan Thomas 5th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft (Ricky Rubio)	To Washington Wizards Randy Foye Mike Miller
June 25, 2009	To Cleveland Cavaliers Shaquille O'Neal	To Phoenix Suns Sasha Pavlović Ben Wallace 2010 conditional second-round pick Cash considerations
	To New Jersey Nets Rafer Alston Tony Battie Courtney Lee	To Orlando Magic Ryan Anderson Vince Carter
	To Atlanta Hawks Jamal Crawford	To Golden State Warriors Speedy Claxton Acie Law
	June 26, 2009	To Cleveland Cavaliers Rights to Emir Preldžič (57th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Phoenix Suns Cash considerations
July
July 9, 2009	Four-team trade
	To Toronto Raptors Hedo Türkoğlu (From Orlando) (via sign and trade) Devean George (From Dallas) Antoine Wright (From Dallas)	To Orlando Magic Cash (From Dallas) Cash (From Toronto)
	To Memphis Grizzlies Jerry Stackhouse (From Dallas) Second-round pick (From Toronto) Cash (From Toronto)	To Dallas Mavericks Shawn Marion (From Toronto) (via sign and trade) Kris Humphries (From Toronto) Nathan Jawai (From Toronto) Greg Buckner (From Memphis)
July 13, 2009	To Denver Nuggets Arron Afflalo Walter Sharpe Cash considerations	To Detroit Pistons 2011 second-round pick
July 14, 2009	To Atlanta Hawks Future second-round pick Cash and future considerations	To Houston Rockets Rights to David Andersen (36th pick in 2002 NBA draft)
July 17, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Quentin Richardson	To Memphis Grizzlies Zach Randolph
July 20, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Craig Smith Mark Madsen Sebastian Telfair	To Minnesota Timberwolves Quentin Richardson
July 27, 2009	To Minnesota Timberwolves Chucky Atkins Damien Wilkins	To Oklahoma City Thunder Etan Thomas 2010 second-round pick 2010 conditional second-round pick
July 28, 2009	To New Orleans Hornets Emeka Okafor	To Charlotte Bobcats Tyson Chandler
July 30, 2009	To Toronto Raptors Marco Belinelli	To Golden State Warriors Devean George Cash considerations
July 31, 2009	To Denver Nuggets Malik Allen	To Milwaukee Bucks Walter Sharpe Sonny Weems Cash considerations
August
August 7, 2009	To Denver Nuggets Future conditional second-round pick	To Memphis Grizzlies Steven Hunter 2010 conditional first-round pick Cash considerations
August 12, 2009	To Los Angeles Clippers Rasual Butler Cash considerations	To New Orleans Hornets 2016 conditional second-round pick
August 13, 2009	To Miami Heat Quentin Richardson	To Minnesota Timberwolves Mark Blount
August 18, 2009	To Milwaukee Bucks Carlos Delfino (via sign and trade) Roko Ukić	To Toronto Raptors Amir Johnson Sonny Weems
September
September 9, 2009	To Minnesota Timberwolves Antonio Daniels 2014 second-round pick	To New Orleans Hornets Bobby Brown Darius Songaila
September 22, 2009	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Axel Hervelle (52nd pick in the 2005 NBA draft)	To Denver Nuggets James White
October
October 20, 2009	To Minnesota Timberwolves Nathan Jawai	To Dallas Mavericks 2012 second-round pick
November
November 16, 2009	To Golden State Warriors Raja Bell Vladimir Radmanovic	To Charlotte Bobcats Stephen Jackson Acie Law
December
December 22, 2009	To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Peter Fehse (48th pick in the 2002 NBA draft)	To Oklahoma City Thunder Matt Harpring Eric Maynor
December 29, 2009	To Phoenix Suns Jason Hart	To Minnesota Timberwolves Alando Tucker Second-round pick Cash
January
January 5, 2010	To New Jersey Nets Chris Quinn 2010 conditional second-round pick Cash	To Miami Heat Second-round pick in 2012
January 11, 2010	To Dallas Mavericks Eduardo Nájera	To New Jersey Nets Kris Humphries Shawne Williams
	To Sacramento Kings Hilton Armstrong	To New Orleans Hornets 2016 conditional second-round pick
January 25, 2010	To New Orleans Hornets Aaron Gray	To Chicago Bulls Devin Brown
January 26, 2010	To New Orleans Hornets conditional second-round pick in 2014	To Los Angeles Clippers Bobby Brown
February
February 13, 2010	To Washington Wizards Quinton Ross Josh Howard James Singleton Drew Gooden	To Dallas Mavericks DeShawn Stevenson Caron Butler Brendan Haywood Cash
February 16, 2010	To Portland Trail Blazers Marcus Camby	To Los Angeles Clippers Travis Outlaw Steve Blake Cash
February 17, 2010	Three-team trade
	To Cleveland Cavaliers Antawn Jamison (From Washington) Sebastian Telfair (From Los Angeles)	To Los Angeles Clippers Drew Gooden (From Washington)
	To Washington Wizards Zydrunas Ilgauskas (From Cleveland) Al Thornton (From Los Angeles) 2010 first-round draft pick (From Cleveland) Rights to Emir Preldžič (From Cleveland) (57th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)
	To New York Knicks Brian Cardinal	To Minnesota Timberwolves Darko Miličić

NBA Trade Deadline (February 18, 2010)

To Chicago Bulls Hakim Warrick Joe Alexander Kurt Thomas	To Milwaukee Bucks John Salmons 2011 & 2012 second-round picks and option to switch 2010 first-round picks
To Chicago Bulls Acie Law Flip Murray 2010 first-round draft pick	To Charlotte Bobcats Tyrus Thomas
To Boston Celtics Nate Robinson Marcus Landry	valign-"top"	To New York Knicks Eddie House J.R. Giddens Bill Walker
To Milwaukee Bucks Royal Ivey Primož Brezec 2010 second-round draft pick	To Philadelphia 76ers Francisco Elson Jodie Meeks
To Memphis Grizzlies Ronnie Brewer	To Utah Jazz 2010 protected first-round draft pick
Three-team trade
To New York Knicks Tracy McGrady (From Houston) Sergio Rodríguez (From Sacramento)	To Sacramento Kings Larry Hughes (From New York) Carl Landry (From Houston) Joey Dorsey (From Houston)
To Houston Rockets Kevin Martin (From Sacramento) Jared Jeffries (From New York) Jordan Hill (From New York) Hilton Armstrong (From Sacramento) 2012 protected first-round pick (From New York) Right to exchange 2011 first-round picks with New York
To Charlotte Bobcats Theo Ratliff	valign-"top"	To San Antonio Spurs 2016 protected second-round pick

Draft-night trades (June 25, 2009)

To Denver Nuggets Rights to Ty Lawson (18th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Minnesota Timberwolves 2010 first-round pick
To Oklahoma City Thunder Rights to B. J. Mullens (24th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Dallas Mavericks Rights to Rodrigue Beaubois (25th pick in 2009 NBA Draft) Future second-round pick
To New York Knicks Rights to Toney Douglas (29th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Los Angeles Lakers Future second-round pick Cash Considerations
To New York Knicks Darko Miličić	To Memphis Grizzlies Quentin Richardson Cash considerations
To Portland Trail Blazers Rights to Jeff Pendergraph (31st pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Sacramento Kings Rights to Jon Brockman (38th pick in 2009 NBA Draft) Sergio Rodríguez Cash considerations
To Houston Rockets Rights to Jermaine Taylor (32nd pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Washington Wizards Cash considerations
To Houston Rockets Rights to Sergio Llull (34th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations
To Miami Heat Rights to Patrick Beverley (42nd pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Los Angeles Lakers Future second-round pick Cash considerations
To New Orleans Hornets Rights to Marcus Thornton (43rd pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Miami Heat Two future second-round picks
To Houston Rockets Rights to Chase Budinger (44th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Detroit Pistons Future second-round pick Cash considerations
To Dallas Mavericks Rights to Nick Calathes (45th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Minnesota Timberwolves Future second-round pick
To Oklahoma City Thunder Rights to Robert Vaden (54th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)	To Charlotte Bobcats Cash considerations

Signed from free agency

Signed in the off-season
Player	Signed	New team	Former team
July
	July 8		Los Angeles Lakers
			Houston Rockets
			Detroit Pistons
			Chicago Bulls
			Austin Toros (NBDL)
			Unicaja Málaga (Spain)
			Memphis Grizzlies
Charlie Villanueva			Milwaukee Bucks
Chris Andersen		Denver Nuggets
Shannon Brown		Los Angeles Lakers
Anderson Varejão	July 9	Cleveland Cavaliers
	July 10		Dallas Mavericks
			Detroit Pistons
Jason Kidd	July 11	Dallas Mavericks
	July 13		Olympiacos (Greece)
Mike Bibby		Atlanta Hawks
Marcin Gortat		Orlando Magic
Grant Hill		Phoenix Suns
Zaza Pachulia		Atlanta Hawks
	July 14
Ronnie Price		Utah Jazz
Lindsey Hunter	July 15	Chicago Bulls
Paul Millsap	July 16	Utah Jazz
Joel Anthony	July 20	Miami Heat
	July 21
	July 22
Jamaal Magloire		Miami Heat
Josh McRoberts		Indiana Pacers
	July 23
			Regal FC Barcelona (Spain)
	July 24		Philadelphia 76ers
	July 25
	July 28		Chicago Bulls
	July 29
	July 30
	July 31		Memphis Grizzlies
Lamar Odom
August
	August 1
	August 3
	August 7		Quebradillas Pirates (Puerto Rico)
			Minnesota Timberwolves
Marvin Williams		Atlanta Hawks
	August 10
Glen Davis		Boston Celtics
Royal Ivey		Philadelphia 76ers
	August 11
	August 12		Boston Celtics
			Phoenix Suns
	August 13		Lottomatica Roma (Italy)
Anthony Carter	August 14	Denver Nuggets
	August 19		Retirement
	August 25		Cleveland Cavaliers
Adonal Foyle	August 26	Orlando Magic
Sean Marks		New Orleans Hornets
Johan Petro		Denver Nuggets
September
	September 1		Indiana Pacers
	September 2		Minnesota Timberwolves
			Boston Celtics
	September 3		Toronto Raptors
C. J. Watson	September 9	Golden State Warriors
	September 10		Detroit Pistons
	September 11		BK Ventspils (Latvia)
			Boston Celtics
			Milwaukee Bucks
Steve Novak		Los Angeles Clippers
James Singleton	September 14	Dallas Mavericks
	September 15		Minnesota Timberwolves
Brian Skinner	September 16	Los Angeles Clippers
	September 17		Miami Heat
			Charlotte Bobcats
			Oklahoma City Thunder
			Phoenix Suns
			Los Angeles Lakers
	September 18		Utah Jazz
			Chicago Bulls
Aaron Gray	September 22	Chicago Bulls
Raymond Felton	September 23	Charlotte Bobcats
		San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
		San Antonio Spurs	Idaho Stampede (NBDL)
David Lee	September 24	New York Knicks
		Charlotte Bobcats	Atlanta Hawks
Nate Robinson	September 25	New York Knicks
			San Antonio Spurs
Signed in the regular season
Player	Date	New team	Former team
October
Carlos Arroyo	October 12		Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
Jarron Collins	October 26
November
Ime Udoka	November 4
Earl Boykins	November 11		Virtus Bologna (Italy)
Jamaal Tinsley	November 14
Pops Mensah-Bonsu	November 16
	November 20		New York Knicks
	November 26		Memphis Grizzlies
December
	December 2		Memphis Grizzlies
	December 13		Retirement
	December 17		Idaho Stampede (NBDL)
	December 22		Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBDL)
	December 30		Miami Heat
January
	January 7		New Jersey Nets
	January 9		Boston Celtics
	January 18		Memphis Grizzlies
	January 25		10-day Contracts from Utah
	January 28		Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBDL)
	January 31		Idaho Stampede (NBDL)
February
	February 1		10-day Contracts from Atlanta
	February 6		10-day Contracts from Golden State
March
	March 13		New York Knicks

10-day contracts

Date	Team	Player	Second Contract
January 5			January 15
January 8
January 10			January 20
January 12			January 22
January 17			January 27
January 22
January 23			February 2
February 4		Chris Richard	February 15
February 8			February 18
February 22
February 24
February 26			March 8
March 2			March 12
March 3
March 3
March 7
March 13
March 24

Released

Waived

Date	Team	Pos	Player
July
July 1		C	Fabricio Oberto
July 10		G	Jerry Stackhouse
July 13		C	Ben Wallace
July 14		F	Tim Thomas
July 17		G	Earl Watson
July 20	Chicago Bulls	G	Anthony Roberson
July 22		G	Jamaal Tinsley
July 27		F	Jermareo Davidson
July 29		G	Tarence Kinsey
July 30	Chicago Bulls	F	Linton Johnson
July 30		G	DeMarcus Nelson
July 31		G	Sun Yue
		G	Salim Stoudamire
		F	Bruce Bowen
		C	Mouhamed Sene
		G	Mike Taylor
		G	Gabe Pruitt
August
August 21		F	Mark Madsen
September
September 14		G	Greg Buckner
		G	Sasha Pavlović
September 22		G	Chucky Atkins
September 23		G	Jack McClinton
October
October 22		G/F
October 28		F	Linton Johnson
		F	Derrick Byars
November
November 5		G	Trey Gilder
		F	Desmond Mason
November 11		C	Paul Davis
November 12		G	Quincy Douby
November 13		F	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
November 17	Memphis Grizzlies	G	Allen Iverson
November 25		F	Ryan Bowen
December
December 14		F	Shavlik Randolph
December 22		G	Mike Wilks
		G	Shaun Livingston
December 29		G	Jason Hart
		F	Anthony Tolliver
January
January 4		G	Roko Ukić
		F	Mikki Moore
January 5		G	Rafer Alston
	Toronto Raptors	F	Pops Mensah-Bonsu
		F	Othello Hunter
January 6	Houston Rockets	F	Mike Harris
		F	Shavlik Randolph
		G	Coby Karl
		G	Lester Hudson
January 11		F	Sean Williams
January 15		F	Shawne Williams
January 22		G	Kareem Rush
		F	Marcus Haislip
January 26		G	JamesOn Curry
February
February 6		G	Speedy Claxton
February 16		G	Ricky Davis
February 18		F	Kenny Thomas
March
March 1		G	Travis Diener
		G–F	Michael Finley
March 3		G	Lindsey Hunter

Renounced

Detroit Pistons

• Allen Iverson (to Grizzlies)
• Antonio McDyess (to Spurs)
• Wálter Herrmann

• Chris Mihm
• Darius Miles
• Mike Wilks
• Juan Carlos Navarro

Portland Trail Blazers

• Raef LaFrentz
• Shavlik Randolph (to Heat)
• Michael Ruffin

Training camp cuts

All players here did not make the final roster

Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Bobcats	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Aaron Miles Frank Robinson Mike Wilks Juan Dixon Mario West Garret Siler Courtney Sims	Mike Sweetney	Dontell Jefferson Antonio Anderson	Curtis Stinson Steven Hill Chris Richard	Rob Kurz Luke Nevill Andre Barrett Russell Robinson Darryl Watkins
Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons	Golden State Warriors	Houston Rockets
Jake Voskuhl	Keith Brumbaugh Dontaye Draper James White Kurt Looby	Maceo Baston Deron Washington	Diamon Simpson Shaun Pruitt	Romel Beck Garrett Temple Will Conroy Brent Barry
Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Lawrence Roberts Demetris Nichols Rod Benson	Michael Fey Mickaël Gelabale David Monds Thomas Kelati Tonny Gaffney	Taj Gray Jerel McNeal Anthony Roberson	Thomas Gardner Leon Rodgers Mike Taylor	Alade Aminu Andre Brown John Lucas III
Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Dominic James Mark Tyndale Marcus Hubbard Walter Sharpe	Jack McClinton Alonzo Gee Mustafa Shakur Devin Green Jared Reiner Antonio Daniels	Will Blalock Bennet Davis Brian Hamiliton	Earl Barron Larry Owens	Gabe Pruitt Ron Howard Sun Yue Warren Carter Joe Crawford Chris Hunter
Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Tre Kelley Michael Ruffin Mike Harris	Morris Almond	Rashad Jones-Jennings Sean Singletary Stromile Swift Dionte Christmas Brandon Bowman	Raymond Sykes Dan Dickau Carlos Powell	Jarron Collins Ime Udoka
Sacramento Kings	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors	Utah Jazz	Washington Wizards
Lanny Smith Melvin Ely	Dwayne Jones Curtis Jerrells Marcus Williams		Alexander Johnson Spencer Nelson Goran Suton Paul Harris Ronald Dupree	Vincent Grier

Going overseas

Player	Signed	New team	Former team
	July 17, 2009	Caja Laboral (Spain)	Detroit Pistons
	August 11, 2009	Aris BC (Greece)	Orlando Magic
	August 12, 2009	Olympiacos (Greece)	Houston Rockets
	August 18, 2009	Olympiacos (Greece)	Denver Nuggets
	August 19, 2009	Angelico Biella (Italy)	Los Angeles Clippers
	August 22, 2009	Cajasol Sevilla (Spain)	New Jersey Nets
		Armani Jeans Milano (Italy)	Los Angeles Clippers
	August 24, 2009	Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)	Cleveland Cavaliers
	August 25, 2009	Peristeri BC (Greece)	Sacramento Kings
	September 26, 2009	Hyères-Toulon (France)	New York Knicks
	October 2, 2009	Real Madrid (Spain)	New York Knicks
	October 15, 2009	Napoli (Italy)	Milwaukee Bucks
	October 16, 2009	Red Star (Serbia)	San Antonio Spurs
	November 20, 2009	Red Star (Serbia)	Memphis Grizzlies
	December 22, 2009	Real Madrid (Spain)	Memphis Grizzlies
	January 18, 2010	Shanxi Zhongyu (China)	Boston Celtics

NBA draft

See main article: article and 2009 NBA draft.

The 2009 NBA Draft was held on June 25, 2009 in New York City at Madison Square Garden.

Lottery selections

G

Guard

F

Forward

C

Center

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	School/club team
1			Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma (So.)
2			Memphis Grizzlies	Connecticut (Jr.)
3			Oklahoma City Thunder	Arizona State (So.)
4			Sacramento Kings	Memphis (Fr.)
5			Minnesota Timberwolves (from Wash)	DKV Joventut (Spain) 1990
6			Minnesota Timberwolves	Syracuse (So.)
7			Golden State Warriors	Davidson (Jr.)
8			New York Knicks	Arizona (Jr.)
9			Toronto Raptors	USC (Fr.)
10			Milwaukee Bucks	Lottomatica Roma (Italy) 1989
11			New Jersey Nets	Louisville (Sr.)
12			Charlotte Bobcats	Duke (Jr.)
13			Indiana Pacers	North Carolina (Sr.)
14			Phoenix Suns	Louisville (Jr.)

Undrafted free agent signings

Player	Signed	New team	Former team
	September 23	San Antonio Spurs	Baylor Bears
	September 24	Utah Jazz	Marquette Golden Eagles
Paul Harris		Utah Jazz	Syracuse Orange

References

General

• Web site: Transactions: 2009–10 Season. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20090911062309/http://www.nba.com/news/transactions/2009_10/. 2009-09-11. dead.
• Web site: 2009–10 Player Movement. ESPN.com.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Raptors Announce Basketball Staff Additions. NBA.com. April 2, 2016. July 1, 2009.
2. Web site: Bruce Bowen retires after 12 seasons . NBA.com . September 18, 2009 . September 3, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090906232853/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/09/03/bowen.retires.ap/index.html . September 6, 2009 .
3. Web site: Back in a Flash: Ex-Laker Mark Madsen begins coaching career as a Utah assistant. SaltLakeTribune.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 10, 2015. January 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711135904/http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_14207919. July 11, 2015. dead.
4. Web site: Former Kings guard Bobby Jackson retires after 12 seasons. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. October 28, 2009. October 23, 2009.
5. News: Lue joins Celtics' staff. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. October 28, 2009. October 23, 2009. Julian. Benbow.
6. News: Szczerbiak's dream of playing for hometown Knicks is over. NYPost.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 11, 2015. November 5, 2009. Marc. Berman.
7. Web site: FOX Sports Detroit adds Mateen Cleaves. FoxSportsDetroit.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 24, 2015. March 14, 2010.
8. Web site: Brooks to continue as Thunder head coach. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. April 25, 2009. June 7, 2009.
9. Web site: Saunders signs four-year deal to coach Wizards. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. April 22, 2009. June 7, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090425083005/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/22/wizards.saunders.ap/index.html. April 25, 2009.
10. Web site: Suns take 'interim' tag off coach Gentry's title. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. May 9, 2009. June 7, 2009.
11. Web site: Raptors sign coach Triano to 3-year contract. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. May 11, 2009. June 7, 2009.
12. Web site: Tony DiLeo withdraws from coaching considerations. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com/Sixers. May 11, 2009. June 7, 2009.
13. Web site: 76ers introduce Eddie Jordan as coach. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. June 1, 2009. June 7, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611162413/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/06/01/sixers.jordan.ap/index.html. June 11, 2009.
14. Web site: Kings fire interim coach Natt, four assistant coaches. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. April 23, 2009. June 7, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090426080203/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/04/23/kings.natt.fired.ap/index.html. April 26, 2009.
15. Web site: Westphal new Kings coach. The Associated Press. ESPN.com. June 10, 2009. June 10, 2009.
16. Web site: Pistons turn to Kuester. The Associated Press. ESPN.com. July 8, 2009. July 14, 2009.
17. Web site: McHale won't return. The Associated Press. ESPN.com. June 17, 2009. June 17, 2009.
18. Web site: Timberwolves tab Rambis as new coach. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. August 10, 2009. August 10, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150613081217/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/08/10/081009wolves.rambis.ap/index.html. June 13, 2015.
19. Web site: Struggling Hornets fire Scott; Bower to take over. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. November 12, 2009. November 12, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114064510/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/11/12/scott.fired/index.html. November 14, 2009. dead.
20. Web site: Nets fire Lawrence Frank after 0-16 start. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. November 30, 2009. November 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091202072702/http://www.nba.com/2009/news/11/29/nets.frank.ap/index.html. December 2, 2009. dead.
21. Web site: Nets Name Kiki Vandeweghe Interim Head Coach. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com/Nets. December 1, 2009. December 3, 2009.
22. Web site: Warriors cut ties with top exec Chris Mullin. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. May 11, 2009. June 7, 2009.
23. Web site: Forman replaces Paxson as Bulls' general manager. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com. May 20, 2009. June 7, 2009.
24. News: Dunleavy out as GM of Clippers. ESPN. March 10, 2010. March 10, 2010.