This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2010 NBA off-season and 2010–11 NBA season.
Date | Name | Team(s) played (years) | Age | Notes | Ref. |
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June 7 | Dallas Mavericks (1997) Orlando Magic (1998, 1999) Sacramento Kings (1999) Philadelphia 76ers (1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2004–2008) New Jersey Nets (2000) Chicago Bulls (2001–2002) Indiana Pacers (2002) Milwaukee Bucks (2002–2003) Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2003, 2009–2010) Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–2004) Minnesota Timberwolves (2008–2009) | 37 | Hired as the Connecticut Huskies assistant coach | [1] [2] | |
August 10 | Washington Bullets (1995–1996) Portland Trail Blazers (1996–2004) Atlanta Hawks (2004) Detroit Pistons (2004–2009) Boston Celtics (2009–2010) | 34 | Came out of retirement in 2012. | [3] [4] | |
August 17 | Golden State Warriors (1997–2007) Orlando Magic (2007–2009, 2009–2010) Memphis Grizzlies (2009) | 35 | Did not play any games in the 2009–10 season due to a knee injury | [5] [6] | |
November 4 | San Antonio Spurs (2005–2009) Washington Wizards (2009–2010) Portland Trail Blazers (2010) | 35 | Retired due to recurrent palpitations related to a prior cardiac condition. Made a comeback in 2013. | [7] | |
December 27 | Houston Rockets (1999–2004, 2007–2008) Orlando Magic (2004–2006) New York Knicks (2006–2007) | 33 | [8] | ||
May 11 | Milwaukee Bucks (1998–2000) Cleveland Cavaliers (2000–2001, 2004–2005) Charlotte / New Orleans Hornets (2001–2003) | 34 | Was reported dead from a heart attack. | ||
Date | Team | Outgoing head coach | Reason for departure | Incoming head coach | Last coaching position | Ref. | |
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May 21 | Philadelphia 76ers | Eddie Jordan | Fired | Doug Collins | Washington Wizards head coach (2001–2003) | [9] [10] | |
June 7 | New Orleans Hornets | Jeff Bower | Resigned | Monty Williams | Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach (2005–2010) | [11] [12] | |
June 10 | New Jersey Nets | Kiki Vandeweghe | Contract expired | Avery Johnson | Dallas Mavericks head coach (2005–2007) | [13] [14] | |
June 13 | Atlanta Hawks | Mike Woodson | Contract expired | Larry Drew | Atlanta Hawks assistant coach (2004–2010) | [15] [16] | |
June 23 | Chicago Bulls | Vinny Del Negro | Fired | Tom Thibodeau | Boston Celtics assistant coach (2007–2010) | [17] [18] | |
July 1 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Mike Brown | Fired | Byron Scott | New Orleans Hornets head coach (2004–2009) | [19] [20] | |
July 7 | Los Angeles Clippers | Kim Hughes | Fired | Vinny Del Negro | Chicago Bulls head coach (2008–2010) | [21] [22] | |
September 27 | Golden State Warriors | Don Nelson | Resigned | Keith Smart | Golden State Warriors assistant coach (2003–2010) | [23] |
Date | Team | Outgoing head coach | Reason for departure | Incoming head coach | Last coaching position | Ref. |
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December 22 | Charlotte Bobcats | Larry Brown | Departed after a 9–19 start | Paul Silas | Cleveland Cavaliers head coach (2003–2005) | [24] [25] |
January 30 | Indiana Pacers | Jim O'Brien | Fired | Frank Vogel (interim) | Indiana Pacers assistant coach (2007–2011) | [26] |
February 10 | Utah Jazz | Jerry Sloan | Resigned | Utah Jazz assistant coach (2004–2011) | [27] | |
Date | Team | Outgoing general manager | Reason for departure | Incoming general manager | Last managerial position | Ref. |
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June 4 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Danny Ferry | Resigned | Chris Grant | Cleveland Cavaliers assistant general manager (2005–2010) | [28] |
July 15 | New Jersey Nets | Rod Thorn | Stepped down | Billy King | Philadelphia 76ers general manager (1998–2007) | [29] |
July 19 | Portland Trail Blazers | Kevin Pritchard | Fired | Rich Cho | Oklahoma City Thunder assistant general manager (2000–2010) | [30] [31] |
July 21 | New Orleans Hornets | Jeff Bower | Resigned | Dell Demps | San Antonio Spurs director of pro player personnel (2005–2010) | [32] [33] |
August 5 | Phoenix Suns | Steve Kerr | Contract expired | Lance Blanks | Cleveland Cavaliers assistant general manager (2005–2010) | [34] [35] |
August 27 | Denver Nuggets | Mark Warkentien | Contract expired | Masai Ujiri | Toronto Raptors assistant general manager (2007–2010) | [36] [37] |
The following is a list of player movement via free agency and trades.
June | ||||||
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June 17 | align=left valign=top | To Sacramento Kings | align=left valign=top | To Philadelphia 76ers | [38] | |
June 21 | align=left valign=top | To Portland Trail Blazers
| align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors
| [39] | |
June 22 | align=left valign=top | To Milwaukee Bucks
| align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors | [40] | |
June 23 | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder
| align=left valign=top | To Miami Heat
| [41] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Portland Trail Blazers
| align=left valign=top | To Minnesota Timberwolves | [42] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Los Angeles Clippers
| align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder
| [43] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Washington Wizards
| align=left valign=top | To Minnesota Timberwolves
| [44] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets
| align=left valign=top | To Atlanta Hawks
| [45] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Dallas Mavericks
| align=left valign=top | To Memphis Grizzlies
| [46] | |
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City
| align=left valign=top | To Atlanta Hawks
| ||
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder
| align=left valign=top | To Miami Heat
| ||
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors
| align=left valign=top | To Dallas Mavericks
| ||
June 24 | align=left valign=top | To Indiana Pacers
| align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder
| ||
June 25 | align=left valign=top | To Milwaukee Bucks | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets
| [47] | |
June 29 | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets | align=left valign=top | To Washington Wizards
| [48] | |
July | ||||||
July 8 | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder
| align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets
| [49] | |
July 8 | align=left valign=top | To Washington Wizards
| align=left valign=top | To Chicago Bulls
| [50] | |
July 8 | align=left valign=top | To New York Knicks
| align=left valign=top | To Milwaukee Bucks
| [51] | |
July 9 | align=left valign=top | To Utah Jazz
| align=left valign=top | To Chicago Bulls
| [52] | |
July 9 | align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns | align=left valign=top | To Chicago Bulls
| [53] | |
July 9 | align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors | align=left valign=top | To New York Knicks
| [54] | |
July 9 | align=left valign=top | To New York Knicks | align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns
| [55] [56] | |
July 10 | align=left valign=top | To Miami Heat | align=left valign=top | To Cleveland Cavaliers
| [57] | |
July 10 | align=left valign=top | To Miami Heat | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors
| [58] | |
July 12 | align=left valign=top | To Minnesota Timberwolves | align=left valign=top | To Miami Heat
| [59] | |
July 13 | align=left valign=top | To Dallas Mavericks | align=left valign=top | To Charlotte Bobcats
| [60] | |
July 13 | align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns | align=left valign=top | To Atlanta Hawks
| [61] | |
July 13 | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets | align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors
| [62] | |
July 13 | align=left valign=top | To Utah Jazz | align=left valign=top | To Minnesota Timberwolves
| [63] | |
July 14 | align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors | [64] | |
July 21 | align=left valign=top | To Milwaukee Bucks | align=left valign=top | To Sacramento Kings
| [65] | |
July 22 | align=left valign=top | To Chicago Bulls | align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors
| [66] | |
July 26 | align=left valign=top | To Cleveland Cavaliers
| align=left valign=top | To Minnesota Timberwolves | [67] | |
July 28 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors | align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| [68] | |
August | ||||||
August 11 | Four-team trade | [69] | ||||
align=left valign=top | To Indiana Pacers
| align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets
| |||
align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets
| |||
August 11 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors | align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | [70] | |
September | ||||||
September 23 | align=left valign=top | To Philadelphia 76ers | align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | [71] | |
October | ||||||
October 18 | align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | align=left valign=top | To San Antonio Spurs
| [72] | |
October 23 | align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | align=left valign=top | To Portland Trail Blazers
| [73] | |
November | ||||||
November 20 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors | align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | [74] | |
December | ||||||
December 15 | Three-team trade | [75] | ||||
align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets
| align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| |||
To Los Angeles Lakers
| ||||||
December 15 | align=left valign=top | To Sacramento Kings
| align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| [76] | |
December 18 | align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns
| align=left valign=top | To Orlando Magic | [77] | |
December 18 | align=left valign=top | To Washington Wizards | align=left valign=top | To Orlando Magic | [78] | |
January | ||||||
January 24 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors
| align=left valign=top | To Dallas Mavericks
| [79] | |
February | ||||||
February 22 | align=left valign=top | To Toronto Raptors | align=left valign=top | To Chicago Bulls
| [80] | |
February 22 | Three-team trade | [81] [82] | ||||
align=left valign=top | To Denver Nuggets
| align=left valign=top | To New York Knicks
| |||
To Minnesota Timberwolves
| ||||||
February 23 | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets | align=left valign=top | To Utah Jazz
| [83] | |
February 23 | align=left valign=top | To New Jersey Nets | align=left valign=top | To Golden State Warriors
| [84] | |
February 23 | align=left valign=top | To Sacramento Kings
| align=left valign=top | To New Orleans Hornets | [85] | |
February 23 | align=left valign=top | To Atlanta Hawks | align=left valign=top | To Washington Wizards
| [86] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Los Angeles Clippers | align=left valign=top | To Cleveland Cavaliers
| [87] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Boston Celtics | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder | [88] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Cleveland Cavaliers | align=left valign=top | To Boston Celtics
| [89] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Memphis Grizzlies | align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| [90] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Charlotte Bobcats | align=left valign=top | To Oklahoma City Thunder | [91] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Houston Rockets
| align=left valign=top | To Phoenix Suns | [92] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Charlotte Bobcats
| align=left valign=top | To Portland Trail Blazers | [93] | |
February 24 | align=left valign=top | To Sacramento Kings
| align=left valign=top | To Boston Celtics
| [94] |
See also: The Decision (TV special).
Date | Team | D-League Team | Player | Second contract | |
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January 5 | - | January 15 | |||
January 8 | - | January 18* | |||
January 9 | Zabian Dowdell | January 27* | |||
January 10 | - | January 20 | |||
January 13 | - | January 24 (waived on January 26) | |||
January 16 | Larry Owens | January 26 | |||
January 22 | Mustafa Shakur | February 12* | |||
January 24 | Chris Johnson | Not re-signed | |||
January 25 | Garrett Temple | February 5 | |||
January 26 | Trey Johnson | February 6 | |||
February 1 | Orien Greene | Not re-signed | |||
February 4 | - | Not re-signed | |||
February 8 | Steve Novak | February 22* | |||
February 21 | - | Not re-signed | |||
February 24 | Chris Johnson | Not re-signed | |||
February 28 | - | March 10* | |||
March 1 | - | March 11 | |||
March 1 | - | March 11 | |||
March 4 | Othyus Jeffers | Not re-signed | |||
March 6 | Garrett Temple | March 16* | |||
March 9 | Marcus Cousin | Not re-signed | |||
March 9 | Jerel McNeal | Not re-signed | |||
March 17 | Othyus Jeffers | March 27 | |||
March 23 | - | March 2 | |||
March 26 | Patrick Ewing Jr. | April 4* | |||
March 30 | Kyle Weaver | Not re-signed | |||
March 31 | Mario West | April 10* | |||
April 5 | Antonio Daniels | ||||
April 6 | Larry Owens | ||||
All players listed did not make the final roster.
Each NBA team can assign two first or second year players to its affiliated NBA Development League team. A player can be assigned to the Development League only three times in a season.
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Indicates the number of assignments a player has made.
The following players were on the NBA roster at the end of the previous season and either became a free agent or waived before signed by a team from other leagues.
See main article: article and 2010 NBA draft.
The 2010 NBA Draft was held on June 24, 2010, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 60 players were selected in the draft. All of the 30 first-round picks signed a rookie contract and was named in the 2010–11 season opening day roster. 21 of the 30 second-round picks also signed a rookie contract, but 4 of them were waived before the start of the season and became free agents. 9 other second-round picks were unsigned but their draft rights are still held by the NBA teams.
Pick | Player | Team | Note | Ref. | |
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31 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Remained with Brose Baskets (Germany) | |||
35 | ![]() | Minnesota Timberwolves | Signed with Caja Laboral (Spain) | [160] | |
41 | ![]() | Miami Heat | Signed with Carmatic Pistoia (Italy) | [161] | |
44 | ![]() | New York Knicks | Signed with KK Hemofarm (Serbia) | [162] | |
45 | ![]() | Minnesota Timberwolves | Signed with CB Granada (Spain) | [163] | |
48 | ![]() | Oklahoma City Thunder | Remained with Tulsa 66ers (D-League) | [164] | |
49 | ![]() | San Antonio Spurs | Remained with CB Gran Canaria (Spain) | ||
57 | ![]() | Oklahoma City Thunder | Signed with Tulsa 66ers (D-League) | [165] | |
60 | ![]() | Phoenix Suns | Signed with Pallacanestro Varese (Italy) | [166] |
Draft | Pick | Player | Signed | Team | Former team | Ref. | |
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2007 | 28 | ![]() | San Antonio Spurs | Caja Laboral (Spain) | [167] | ||
2008 | 31 | ![]() | Minnesota Timberwolves (acquired from Miami via Boston) | Panathinaikos (Greece) | [168] | ||
2008 | 36 | ![]() | Chicago Bulls (acquired from Portland) | Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) | [169] | ||
2008 | 60 | ![]() | Boston Celtics | Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) | [170] | ||
2009 | 30 | ![]() | Cleveland Cavaliers | DKV Joventut (Spain) | [171] | ||
2009 | 42 | ![]() | (waived on October 25) | Miami Heat (acquired from LA Lakers) | Olympiacos (Greece) | [172] |
The following players were eligible but went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft but were signed with the NBA teams and were named in the opening day roster.