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2009 NBA Offseason Review




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NOTE: Review taken as of a certain moment in time (28th October 2009; opening night), detailing the roster changes between then and the last day of the team's previous season. Anything that happened after that isn't listed......because then it's no longer in the offseason, and thus not a part of any self-respecting offseason review. If a player was on a roster for a short period of time during the offseason but didn't make the opening day roster - like, say, the multiple dozen training camp players - they aren't listed.




Players acquired via free agency or trade:


Jamal Crawford (acquired from Golden State)
Jason Collins (signed, one year minimum)
Joe Smith (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Jeff Teague (19th overall, signed)
Second round: Sergei Gladyr (49th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Mike Bibby (re-signed, 3 years, $18 million)
Marvin Williams (re-signed, 5 years, $37.5 million)
Zaza Pachulia (re-signed, 4 years, $19 million)


Players departed:

Acie Law, Speedy Claxton (both traded to Golden State), Thomas Gardner (signed with Memphis, then waived), Othello Hunter (re-signed, then waived), Ronald Murray (signed with Charlotte), Solomon Jones (signed with Indiana), rights to David Andersen (traded to Houston)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Rasheed Wallace (signed, 3 years, $18,966,960)
Marquis Daniels (signed, 1 year, $1,990,000)
Shelden Williams (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Lester Hudson (58th overall, signed two year minimum)


Players retained:

Glen Davis (re-signed, 2 years, $6,000,008)
Eddie House (opted in)


Players departed:

Gabe Pruitt (waived), Stephon Marbury (went weird, unsigned), Leon Powe (signed with Cleveland), Mikki Moore (signed with Golden State)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Ronald Murray (signed, 1 year, $1,990,000)
Stephen Graham (signed, one year minimum)
Tyson Chandler (acquired from New Orleans)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Gerald Henderson (12th overall, signed)
Second round: Derrick Brown (40th overall, signed, two year minimum)


Players retained:

Raymond Felton (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $5,501,126)


Players departed:

Emeka Okafor (traded to New Orleans), Sean Singletary (team option declined, signed with Philadelphia, later waived), Dontell Jefferson (waived), Juwan Howard (signed with Portland), Sean May (signed with Portland), Cartier Martin (signed in Italy), rights to Robert Vaden (traded to Oklahoma City)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jannero Pargo (signed, 1 year, $1,990,000)
Derrick Byars (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: James Johnson (16th overall, signed), Taj Gibson (26th overall, signed)


Players retained:

Lindsey Hunter (re-signed, one year minimum)
Jerome James opted in)
Aaron Gray (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $1,000,497)


Players departed:

Linton Johnson (waived, signed with Orlando), Anthony Roberson (waived, signed with L.A. Clippers, waived again), DeMarcus Nelson (waived, signed in Italy), Tim Thomas (bought out, signed with Dallas), Ben Gordon (signed with Detroit)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Shaquille O'Neal (acquired from Phoenix)
Coby Karl (signed, one year minimum)
Jamario Moon (signed, 2 years, $6 million)
Anthony Parker (signed, 2 years, $5.5 million)
Leon Powe (signed, two year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Christian Eyenga (30th overall, unsigned)
Second round: Danny Green (46th overall, signed, two year minimum), Emir Preldzic (57th overall, rights acquired from Phoenix, unsigned)


Players retained:

Anderson Varejao (opted out, re-signed, 6 years, $48,204,545)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (opted in)


Players departed:

Lorenzen Wright (unsigned), Wally Szczerbiak (unsigned), Ben Wallace (traded to Phoenix, bought out, signed with Detroit), Sasha Pavlovic (traded to Phoenix, bought out, signed with Minnesota), Tarence Kinsey (waived, signed in Turkey), Joe Smith (signed with Atlanta)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Shawn Marion (signed and traded from Toronto, 5 years, $39,879,660)
Kris Humphries (acquired from Toronto)
Quinton Ross (signed, two year minimum)
Tim Thomas (signed, one year minimum)
Drew Gooden (signed, 1 year, $4.5 million)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Rodrigue Beaubois (25th overall, rights acquired from Oklahoma City, signed)
Second round: Nick Calathes (45th overall, rights acquired from Minnesota, unsigned), Ahmad Nivins (56th overall, pick acquired from Portland pre-draft, unsigned)


Players retained:

Jason Kidd (re-signed, 3 years, $25.1 million)
James Singleton (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $1,030,189)


Players departed:

Devean George (opted in, traded to Toronto, then traded to Golden State), Antoine Wright (traded to Toronto), Jerry Stackhouse (traded to Memphis), Ryan Hollins (signed with Minnesota), Gerald Green (unsigned), Brandon Bass (signed with Orlando), rights to B.J. Mullens (traded to Oklahoma City)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Joey Graham (signed, one year minimum)
Arron Afflalo (acquired from Detroit)
Malik Allen (acquired from Milwaukee)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Ty Lawson (18th overall, rights acquired from Minnesota, signed)


Players retained:

Anthony Carter (re-signed, one year minimum)
Johan Petro (re-signed, one year minimum)
Chris Andersen (re-signed, 5 years, $21.17 million)


Players departed:

Dahntay Jones (signed with Indiana), Jason Hart (signed with Minnesota), Sonny Weems (traded to Milwaukee, then traded to Toronto), Steven Hunter (opted in, traded to Memphis), Linas Kleiza (signed in Greece), rights to Axel Hervelle (traded to Houston), rights to Sergio Llull (traded to Houston)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Ben Gordon (signed, 5 years, $58 million)
Chuck Newhouse (signed, 5 years, $37.7 million)
Chris Wilcox (signed, 2 years, $6 million)
Ben Wallace (signed, one year minimum)
Chucky Atkins (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Austin Daye (15th overall, signed)
Second round: Dajuan Summers (35th overall, signed, two year minimum), Jonas Jerebko (39th overall, signed, two year minimum)


Players retained:

Kwame Brown (opted in)
Will Bynum (exercised team option)


Players departed:

Rasheed Wallace (signed with Boston), Walter Herrmann (signed in Spain), Allen Iverson (signed with Memphis), Antonio McDyess (signed with San Antonio), Amir Johnson (traded to Milwaukee, then traded to Toronto), Arron Afflalo (traded to Denver), Walter Sharpe (traded to Denver, then traded to Milwaukee, waived), rights to Chase Budinger (traded to Houston)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Mikki Moore (signed, one year minimum)
Devean George (acquired from Toronto)
Acie Law (acquired from Atlanta)
Speedy Claxton (acquired from Atlanta)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Stephen Curry (7th overall, signed)


Players retained:

C.J. Watson (re-signed, one year qualifying offer, $1,000,497)


Players departed:

Marco Belinelli (traded to Toronto), Jermareo Davidson (waived, signed in Turkey), Jamal Crawford (opted in, traded to Atlanta), Rob Kurz (signed with Cleveland, then waived)



Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Trevor Ariza (signed, 5 years, $33,953,200)
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Jermaine Taylor (32nd overall, rights acquired from Washington, signed, 4 years, $3,332,457), Chase Budinger (44th overall, rights acquired from Detroit, signed, 4 years, $3,332,457), Sergio Llull (34th overall, rights acquired from Denver, unsigned), David Andersen (37th overall in 2002, rights acquired from Atlanta, signed, 3 years, $7,500,000), Axel Hervelle (52nd overall in 2005, rights acquired from Denver, unsigned)


Players retained:

Brian Cook (opted in)


Players departed:

Dikembe Mutombo (retired), Brent Barry (waived, retired), Ron Artest (signed with L.A. Lakers), Von Wafer (signed in Greece), James White (traded to Denver, waived)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Earl Watson (signed, 1 year, $2.8 million)
Solomon Jones (signed, 2 years, $3.12 million)
Dahntay Jones (signed, 4 years, $10.6 million)
Luther Head (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Tyler Hansbrough (13th overall, signed)
Second round: A.J. Price (52nd overall, signed, three year minimum)


Players retained:

Josh McRoberts (re-signed, two year minimum)
Travis Diener (opted in)


Players departed:

Rasho Nesterovic (signed with Toronto), Marquis Daniels (team option declined, signed with Boston), Jamaal Tinsley (bought out, unsigned), Jarrett Jack (signed offer sheet with Toronto, not matched), rights to Stephen Graham (signed with Charlotte), Maceo Baston (signed with Detroit, then waived)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Craig Smith (acquired from Minnesota)
Sebastian Telfair (acquired from Minnesota)
Rasual Butler (acquired from New Orleans)
Kareem Rush (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Blake Griffin (1st overall, signed)


Players retained:

Ricky Davis (opted in)
Brian Skinner (opted out, re-signed, one year minimum)
Steve Novak (re-signed, 1 year, $1,031,000)


Players departed:

Mike Taylor (waived, signed with Memphis, waived again), Alex Acker (team option declined, signed in Italy), Zach Randolph (traded to Memphis), Fred Jones (signed in Italy)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Ron Artest (signed,5 years, $33,953,200)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Chinemelu Elonu (59th overall pick, unsigned)


Players retained:

Shannon Brown (re-signed, 2 years, $4,139,200)
Lamar Odom (re-signed, 4 years, $32.8 million)
Kobe Bryant (opted in)


Players departed:

Trevor Ariza (signed with Houston), Sun Yue (waived, signed with New York, waived again), rights to Patrick Beverley (42nd overall, traded to Miami), rights to Toney Douglas (29th overall, traded to New York)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Allen Iverson (signed, 1 year, $3,099,729)
Zach Randolph (acquired from L.A. Clippers)
Steven Hunter (acquired from Denver)
Marcus Williams (signed, one year minimum)
Trey Gilder (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Hasheem Thabeet (2nd overall, signed), DeMarre Carroll (28th overall, signed)
Second round: Sam Young (36th overall, signed, 3 years, $2,658,000)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Darko Milicic (traded to New York), Mike Wilks (signed with Atlanta, then waived), Darius Miles (unsigned), Chris Mihm (unsigned), Quinton Ross (signed with Dallas), Greg Buckner (traded to Dallas, then waived), Hakim Warrick (signed with Milwaukee)



Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Quentin Richardson (acquired from Minnesota)
Shavlik Randolph (signed, one year minimum)
Carlos Arroyo (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: Patrick Beverley (42nd overall, rights acquired from L.A. Lakers, unsigned), Robert Dozier (60th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Jamaal Magoire (re-signed, one year minimum)
Joel Anthony (re-signed, two year minimum)
Chris Quinn (opted in)
Yakhouba Diawara (opted in)
Jermaine O'Neal (opted in)


Players departed:

Jamario Moon (signed offer sheet with Cleveland, not matched), Luther Head (signed with Indiana), Mark Blount (opted in, traded to Minnesota), rights to Marcus Thornton (43rd overall, traded to New Orleans)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Carlos Delfino (signed and traded from Toronto, 3 years, $10.5 million)
Roko Ukic (acquired from Toronto)
Hakim Warrick (signed, 1 year, $3 million)
Kurt Thomas (acquired from San Antonio)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Brandon Jennings (10th overall, signed)
Second round: Jodie Meeks (41st overall, signed, three year minimum)


Players retained:

Francisco Elson (opted in)
Ersan Ilyasova (re-signed, 3 years, $6,961,500)


Players departed:

Ramon Sessions (signed offer sheet with Minnesota, not matched), Charlie Villanueva (signed with Detroit), Salim Stoudamire (waived), Malik Allen (traded to Denver), Damon Jones (signed in Italy), Keith Bogans (signed with San Antonio), Richard Jefferson (traded to San Antonio)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Ramon Sessions (signed, 4 years, $16,444,586)
Ryan Hollins (signed, 3 years, $7 million)
Oleksiy Pecherov (acquired from Washington)
Mark Blount (acquired from Miami)
Nathan Jawai (acquired from Dallas)
Sasha Pavlovic (signed, 1 year, $1.5 million)
Damien Wilkins (acquired from Oklahoma City)
Jason Hart (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Ricky Rubio (5th overall, unsigned), Jonny Flynn (6th overall, signed), Wayne Ellington (28th overall, signed)
Second round: Henk Norel (47th overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Craig Smith (traded to L.A. Clippers), Sebastian Telfair (traded to L.A. Clippers), Mark Madsen (traded to L.A. Clippers), rights to Jason Collins (signed with Atlanta), Kevin Ollie (signed with Oklahoma City), Randy Foye (traded to Washington), Mike Miller (traded to Washington), Shelden Williams (signed with Boston), Rodney Carney (signed with Philadelphia), Bobby Brown (traded to New Orleans), rights to Ty Lawson (!8th overall, traded to Denver), rights to Nick Calathes (45th overall, traded to Dallas)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Courtney Lee (acquired from Orlando)
Rafer Alston (acquired from Orlando)
Tony Battie (acquired from Orlando)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Terrence Williams (11th overall, signed)


Players retained:

Jarvis Hayes (exercised team option)
Trenton Hassell (opted in)


Players departed:

Vince Carter (traded to Orlando), Ryan Anderson (traded to Orlando), Maurice Ager (signed in Spain)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Emeka Okafor (acquired from Charlotte)
Bobby Brown (acquired from Minnesota)
Darius Songaila (acquired from Minnesota)
Ike Diogu (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Darren Collison (21st overall, signed)
Second round: Marcus Thornton (37th overall, rights acquired from Miami, signed, two year minimum)


Players retained:

Sean Marks (re-signed, one year minimum)
Devin Brown (opted in)


Players departed:

Tyson Chandler (traded to L.A. Clippers), Rasual Butler (traded to L.A. Clippers), Melvin Ely (signed with Sacramento, then waived), Ryan Bowen (signed with Oklahoma City), Antonio Daniels (traded to Minnesota, then waived)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Darko Milicic (acquired from Memphis)
Marcus Landry (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Jordan Hill (8th overall, signed), Toney Douglas (29th overall, rights acquired from L.A. Lakers, signed)


Players retained:

David Lee (re-signed, 1 year, $7 million)
Nate Robinson (re-signed, 1 year, $4 million)


Players departed:

Quentin Richardson (opted in, traded to Memphis, traded to L.A. Clippers), traded to Minnesota, traded to Miami, Chris Wilcox (signed with Detroit), Chris Hunter (waived), Joe Crawford (waived), Mouhamed Sene (waived)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Kevin Ollie (signed, one year minimum)
Ryan Bowen (signed, one year minimum)
Etan Thomas (acquired from Washington)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: James Harden (3rd overall, signed), B.J. Mullens (24th overall, rights acquired from Dallas, signed), Serge Ibaka (24th overall, 2008, signed)
Second round: Robert Vaden (54th overall, rights acquired from Charlotte, unsigned)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Rights to Rodrigue Beaubois (25th overall, traded to Dallas), Damien Wilkins (opted in, traded to Minnesota), Chucky Atkins (traded to Minnesota, waived, then signed with Detroit), Malik Rose (unsigned), Robert Swift (unsigned), Desmond Mason (signed with Sacramento), Earl Watson (bought out, signed with Indiana)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Vince Carter (acquired from New Jersey)
Ryan Anderson (acquired from New Jersey)
Brandon Bass (signed, 4 years, $16 million)
Matt Barnes (signed, 2 years, $3.2 million)
Jason Williams (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

None


Players retained:

Adonal Foyle (re-signed, one year minimum)
Marcin Gortat (signed 5 year, $33,953,200 offer sheet with Dallas, matched)
Anthony Johnson (opted in)


Players departed:

Tony Battie (traded to New Jersey), Rafer Alston (traded to New Jersey), Courtney Lee (traded to New Jersey), Jeremy Richardson (signed in Greece), Hidayet Turkoglu (opted out, signed and traded to Toronto), Tyronn Lue (retired)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Jason Kapono (acquired from Toronto)
Primoz Brezec (signed, one year minimum)
Rodney Carney (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Jrue Holiday (17th overall, signed)


Players retained:

Royal Ivey (opted out, re-signed, 1 year, $1.05 million)


Players departed:

Andre Miller (signed with Portland), Reggie Evans (traded to Toronto), Theo Ratliff (signed with San Antonio), Kareem Rush (signed with L.A. Clippers), Donyell Marshall (unsigned)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Channing Frye (signed, 2 years, $4,139,200)
Jarron Collins (claimed off waivers from Portland, signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Earl Clark (14th overall, signed)
Second round: Taylor Griffin (48th overall, signed, two year minimum)


Players retained:

Grant Hill (re-signed, two years, $6.24 million)
Louis Amundson (team option exercised)


Players departed:

Shaquille O'Neal (traded to Cleveland), Stromile Swift (signed with Philadelphia, then waived), Matt Barnes (signed with Orlando), rights to Emir Preldzic (57th overall, traded to Cleveland)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Andre Miller (signed, 3 years, $21,807,792)
Juwan Howard (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Victor Claver (22nd overall, unsigned)
First round: Jeff Pendergraph (31st overall, rights acquired in draft night trade, signed, three year minimum), Dante Cunningham (33rd overall, two year minimum), Patrick Mills (55th overall, signed, one year minimum)


Players retained:

Brandon Roy (signed maximum contract extension)
LaMarcus Aldridge (signed five year extension)


Players departed:

Sergio Rodriguez (traded to Sacramento), Michael Ruffin (signed with Oklahoma City, then waived, then signed in Spain), Channing Frye (signed with Phoenix), Raef LaFrentz (unsigned), rights to Shavlik Randolph (signed with Miami), rights to Jon Brockman (38th overall, traded to Sacramento)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Sergio Rodriguez (acquired from Portland)
Sean May (one year minimum)
Desmond Mason (one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Tyreke Evans (4th overall, signed), Omri Casspi (23rd overall, signed)
Second round: Jon Brockman (38th overall, rights acquired from Portland, signed, one year minimum)


Players retained:

None


Players departed:

Calvin Booth (retired), Bobby Jackson (retired), Rashad McCants (unsigned), Cedric Simmons (signed in Greee, then waived), Ike Diogu (signed with New Orleans), rights to Jeff Pendergraph (31st overall, traded to Portland)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Antonio McDyess (signed, two years, $7.28 million)
Marcus Haislip (signed, two year minimum)
Malik Hairston (signed, two year minimum)
Theo Ratliff (signed, two year minimum)
Keith Bogans (signed, two year minimum)
Richard Jefferson (signed, two year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

Second round: DeJuan Blair (37th overall, unsigned), Nando De Colo (53rd overall, unsigned)


Players retained:

Michael Finley (opted in)


Players departed:

Marcus E. Williams (waived), Ime Udoka (signed with Portland, then waived), Fabricio Oberto (traded to Milwaukee, then traded to Detroit, then waived, then signed with Washington), Kurt Thomas (traded to Milwaukee), Bruce Bowen (traded to Milwaukee, then waived, then retired), Jacque Vaughn (sunsigned), Drew Gooden (signed with Dallas)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Hidayet Turkoglu (signed and traded from Orlando, 5 years, $52.8 million)
Jarrett Jack (signed, 4 years, $20 million)
Marco Bellineli (acquired from Golden State)
Antoine Wright (acquired from Dallas)
Reggie Evans (acquired from Philadelphia)
Amir Johnson (acquired from Milwaukee)
Rasho Nesterovic (signed, one year, $1.99 million)
Sonny Weems (acquired from Milwaukee)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: DeMar Derozan (9th overall, signed)


Players retained:

Andrea Bargnani (signed, 5 year, $50 million extension)


Players departed:

Roko Ukic (signed with New Orleans), Shawn Marion (waived), Pops Mensah-Bonsu (signed in Russia), Anthony Parker (signed in Italy), Jason Kapono (signed in Russia, remains Toronto's RFA), Joey Graham (signed in Russia), Kris Humphries (signed in Italy), Nathan Jawai (signed in Russia, remains Toronto's RFA), Jake Voskuhl (signed in Russia, remains Toronto's RFA)



Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Wesley Matthews (signed, one year minimum)


Players acquired via draft:

First round: Eric Maynor (20th overall, signed)


Players retained:

Kyle Korver (opted in)
Carlos Boozer (opted in)
Mehmet Okur (signed extension, 2 years, $20,835,000)
Paul Millsap (signed 4 year, $32 million offer sheet with Portland, matched)
Ronnie Price (re-signed, 2 years, $2,631,250)
Kyrylo Fesenko (option exercised)


Players departed:

Jarron Collins (signed with Portland, then waived, then claimed off waivers by Phoenix), Brevin Knight (unsigned), Morris Almond (signed with New York, then waived)




Players acquired via free agency or trade:

Fabricio Oberto (signed, 1 year, $1,990,000)
Paul Davis (signed, one year minimum)
Mike Miller (acquired from Minnesota)
Randy Foye (acquired from Minnesota)


Players acquired via draft:

None


Players retained:

Mike James (opted in)


Players departed:

Etan Thomas (traded to Minnesota), Darius Songaila (traded to Minnesota, then traded to New Orleans), Oleksiy Pecherov (traded to Minnesota), Juan Dixon (signed with Atlanta, then waived)


 







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