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 Malik Rose 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 Alvin Williams Portland Trail Blazers (1997–1998)Toronto Raptors (1998–2006)Los Angeles Clippers (2007) 34 Was hired as an assistant coach for the Raptors. September 3 Bruce Bowen Miami Heat (1997, 2000–2001)Boston Celtics (1997–1999)Philadelphia 76ers (1999–2000)San Antonio Spurs (2001–2009) 38 October 22 Mark Madsen Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2003)Minnesota Timberwolves (2003–2009) 33 Became an assistant coach of the Utah Flash (D-League). October 23 Bobby Jackson 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. October 23 Tyronn Lue 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. October 26 Donyell Marshall 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 Darrick Martin 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 Wally Szcerbiak Minnesota Timberwolves (1999–2006)Boston Celtics (2006–2007)Seattle SuperSonics (2007–2008)Cleveland Cavaliers (2008–2009) 32 Became a broadcaster. March 6 Lindsey Hunter 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 Mateen Cleaves Detroit Pistons (2000–2001)Sacramento Kings (2001–2003)Cleveland Cavaliers (2004)Seattle SuperSonics (2004–2006) 32 Became an analyst for the Pistons.
Front office movements
Head coach changes Off-season Date Team Interim coach New head coach Previous position Ref. April 15, 2009 Oklahoma City Thunder Scott Brooks Interim coach of the Thunder April 22, 2009 Washington Wizards Ed Tapscott Flip Saunders Head coach of the Pistons May 9, 2009 Phoenix Suns Alvin Gentry Interim coach of the Suns May 11, 2009 Toronto Raptors Jay Triano Interim coach of the Raptors June 1, 2009 Philadelphia 76ers Tony DiLeo Eddie Jordan Head coach of the Wizards June 10, 2009 Sacramento Kings Kenny Natt Paul Westphal Ex. VP of basketball operations of the Mavericks July 9, 2009 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry John Kuester Assistant coach of the Cavaliers August 10, 2009 Minnesota Timberwolves Kevin McHale Kurt Rambis Assistant coach of the Lakers In-season Date Team Outgoing coach Interim coach Reason Ref. November 12, 2009 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott Jeff Bower Fired after a 3–6 start November 29, 2009 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank Tom Barrise Fired after a 0–16 start 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 Golden State Warriors Chris Mullin Larry Riley Assistant coach of the Warriors May 21, 2009 Chicago Bulls John Paxson Gar Forman Director of player personnel of the Bulls In-season Date Team Outgoing GM New GM Reason Ref. March 9, 2010 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy, Sr. Neil Olshey Fired
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 ObertoJune 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 MillerJune 25, 2009To Cleveland Cavaliers Shaquille O'NealTo 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 LawJune 26, 2009To Cleveland Cavaliers
Rights to Emir Preldžič (57th pick in 2009 NBA Draft)To Phoenix Suns
Cash considerationsJuly 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 RandolphJuly 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 considerationsAugust 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 WeemsSeptember 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 WhiteOctober October 20, 2009 To Minnesota Timberwolves Nathan Jawai To Dallas Mavericks 2012 second-round pickNovember November 16, 2009 To Golden State Warriors Raja Bell Vladimir Radmanovic To Charlotte Bobcats Stephen Jackson Acie LawDecember 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 CashJanuary 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 BrownFebruary 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 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 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