List of 2026–27 NBA season transactions
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This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the 2026 NBA off-season and the 2026–27 NBA season.
Retirement
Front office movements
Head coaching changes
- Off-season
| Departure date | Team | Outgoing head coach | Reason for departure | Hire date | Incoming head coach | Last coaching position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13 | Milwaukee Bucks | Doc Rivers | Resigned | April 30 | Taylor Jenkins | Memphis Grizzlies head coach (2019–2025) | [8][9] |
| April 21 | Chicago Bulls | Billy Donovan | Stepped down | June 16 | Tiago Splitter | Portland Trail Blazers interim head coach (2025–2026) | [10][11] |
| May 4 | Orlando Magic | Jamahl Mosley | Fired | June 1 | Sean Sweeney | San Antonio Spurs associate head coach (2025–2026) | [12][13] |
| May 18 | New Orleans Pelicans | James Borrego (interim) | Demoted | May 18 | Jamahl Mosley | Orlando Magic head coach (2021–2026) | [14] |
| May 19 | Dallas Mavericks | Jason Kidd | Mutually agreed to part ways | June 23 | Dusty May | Michigan head coach (2024–2026) | [15][16] |
| June 16 | Portland Trail Blazers | Tiago Splitter (interim) | Hired by Bulls | June 23 | Micah Nori | Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach (2021–2026) | [11][17] |
General manager changes
- Off-season
| Departure date | Team | Outgoing general manager | Reason for departure | Hire date | Incoming general manager | Last managerial position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11 | Dallas Mavericks | Michael Finley (interim) Matt Riccardi (interim) | May 8 | Mike Schmitz | Portland Trail Blazers assistant general manager (2022–2026) | [18] |
Player movements
Trades
| June | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| June 23 | To Cleveland Cavaliers
|
To Sacramento Kings
|
[19][20] |
To Denver Nuggets
|
To San Antonio Spurs
|
[21][22] | |
To Memphis Grizzlies
|
To Oklahoma City Thunder
|
[23][24] | |
| June 24 (before second round) |
To Detroit Pistons
|
To Memphis Grizzlies
|
[25][23] |
| Four-team trade | [26][27] [28][e] | ||
To Dallas Mavericks
|
To Los Angeles Lakers
| ||
To New York Knicks
|
To Phoenix Suns
| ||
| June 24 (draft night) |
To Atlanta Hawks
|
To Los Angeles Clippers
|
[29] |
| To Chicago Bulls |
To Indiana Pacers
|
[30][31] | |
To Chicago Bulls
|
To Los Angeles Lakers
|
[32] | |
To Dallas Mavericks
|
To Los Angeles Lakers
|
[33] | |
To Detroit Pistons
|
To New York Knicks
|
[34][35] | |
To Houston Rockets
|
To Los Angeles Clippers
|
[36] | |
To Houston Rockets
|
To New York Knicks
|
[36] | |
To Miami Heat
|
To Oklahoma City Thunder
|
[37][38] | |
| Three-team trade | [39][40] [41] | ||
To Milwaukee Bucks
|
To Orlando Magic
| ||
To Washington Wizards
| |||
| June 29 | To Memphis Grizzlies |
To Portland Trail Blazers
|
[42][43] |
| June 30 | To Atlanta Hawks
|
To Sacramento Kings
|
[44] |
| July | |||
| July 6 | To Atlanta Hawks |
To Oklahoma City Thunder
|
[45][46] |
To Boston Celtics
|
To Philadelphia 76ers |
[47][48] | |
| To Detroit Pistons |
To Oklahoma City Thunder
|
[49][50] | |
| To Miami Heat |
To Milwaukee Bucks
|
[51][52] | |
To Charlotte Hornets
|
To Houston Rockets
|
[53][54] | |
| July 7 | To Los Angeles Lakers
|
To Washington Wizards |
[55] |
| July 8 | To Los Angeles Lakers |
To Utah Jazz
|
[56][57] |
| Six-team trade | [58][59] [60][61] [62] | ||
To Dallas Mavericks
|
To Detroit Pistons
| ||
To Los Angeles Clippers
|
To Memphis Grizzlies
| ||
To Milwaukee Bucks
|
To Washington Wizards
| ||
| July 10 | Four-team trade | [63][64] [65][66] | |
To Brooklyn Nets
|
To Charlotte Hornets
| ||
To Chicago Bulls
|
To Minnesota Timberwolves
| ||
| July 13 | To Charlotte Hornets
|
To Phoenix Suns
|
[67][68] |
| July 19 | Three-team trade | [69][70][71] | |
To Atlanta Hawks
|
To Dallas Mavericks
| ||
| To Oklahoma City Thunder | |||
| July 28 | To Los Angeles Clippers
|
To Philadelphia 76ers
|
[72] |
| August | |||
| August 20 | |||
| Five-team trade | [73][74] [75][76] [77] | ||
To Charlotte Hornets
|
To Cleveland Cavaliers
| ||
To Denver Nuggets
|
To Los Angeles Clippers
| ||
| To Washington Wizards | |||
| August 29 | To Minnesota Timberwolves |
To Utah Jazz
|
[78] |
| September | |||
| September 8 | To Memphis Grizzlies
|
To New Orleans Pelicans |
[80] |
| September 14 | To Los Angeles Clippers
|
To Toronto Raptors |
[81][82] |
| September 22 | To Atlanta Hawks |
To Charlotte Hornets
|
[83][84] |
| September 27 | To Charlotte Hornets |
To Chicago Bulls
|
[85] |
Free agents
The NBA's free agency period began on June 30 at 6 p.m. EST.
Players were allowed to sign new offers starting on July 6 at 12 p.m. ET, after the moratorium ended.
| R | Denotes unsigned players whose free-agent rights were renounced |
| T | Denotes sign-and-trade players |
| C | Denotes player who is claimed off waivers (same contract, different team) |
| Denotes signed player who failed to make opening-day roster | |
| Denotes player whose deal was later turned into a two-way contract | |
| Denotes player signed to 10-day contract | |
| Denotes restricted free agent whose offer sheet was matched by his old team | |
* Player option
** Team option
*** Early termination option
Two-way contracts
Per recent NBA rules implemented as of the 2026–27 season, teams are permitted to have three two-way players on their roster at any given time, in addition to their 15-man regular season roster. A two-way player will provide services primarily to the team's G League affiliate, but can spend up to 50 days with the parent NBA team. Only players with four or fewer years of NBA experience are able to sign two-way contracts, which can be for either one season or two. Players entering training camp for a team have a chance to convert their training camp deal into a two-way contract if they prove themselves worthy enough for it. Teams also have the option to convert a two-way contract into a regular, minimum-salary NBA contract, at which point the player becomes a regular member of the parent NBA team. Two-way players are not eligible for NBA playoff rosters, so a team must convert any two-way players it wants to use in the playoffs, while waiving another player in the process.
| Denotes players who were promoted to the main roster | |
| Denotes players who were cut before season's end | |
| Denotes players who were traded away before season's end | |
| C | Denotes players who are claimed off waivers (same contract, different team) |
| T | Denotes players acquired in a trade |
Going abroad
The following players were previously on NBA rosters, but chose to sign with abroad teams after their contract expired and they became free agents. The list also includes unsigned 2026 draft picks who signed with overseas teams, but excludes unsigned 2025 draft picks who were already playing overseas before the draft.
| Denotes players whose NBA contract status is unsigned draft pick | |
| * | Denotes international players who returned to their home country |
| † | Denotes players who were on a two-way contract |
Waived
| Denotes player who did not clear waivers because his contract was claimed by another team | |
| † | Denotes players who were on a two-way contract |
| Denotes player who was released before end of 10-day contract | |
| Denotes players whose contracts were voided |
Draft
The 2026 NBA draft was held on June 23–24, 2026, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In two rounds of the draft, 60 amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players, were selected. The following players signed a regular rookie contract unless noted otherwise.
| Denotes players who signed a two-way contract | |
| Denotes players whose NBA two-way contract was upgraded to standard NBA contract | |
| Denotes players who are expected to play in college or abroad | |
| Denotes players who are expected to play in the NBA G League without signing an NBA contract |
First round
Second round
Previous years' draftees
| Draft | Pick | Player | Date signed | Team | Previous team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | Bogoljub Marković | July 1 | Milwaukee Bucks | Mega Basket (Serbia) |
[366] |
| 2023 | 56 | Tarik Biberović | July 10 | Dallas Mavericks | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
[367] |
| 2022 | 39 | Khalifa Diop | September 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Saski Baskonia (Spain) |
[195] |
Notes
- Memphis flipped Okorie's rights to Detroit.
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Denver, Houston, and Miami.
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York.
- Detroit agreed to trade this pick to Memphis during the first round for the draft rights to Ebuka Okorie and during the second round the next night agreed to send it back to Detroit for Isaiah Stewart in a trade not yet made official.
- Because this trade was official before the second round began, picks were traded rather than any players' draft rights.
- Chicago may trade its own pick for either one of the picks originally belonging to Indiana and Phoenix.
- Chicago may trade its own pick for Indiana's own pick.
- Los Angeles flipped the rights to Dallas.
- Houston flipped his rights to the Los Angeles Clippers for cash considerations.
- The less favorable of the picks originally belonging to Atlanta and the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Philadelphia owes its own pick to Brooklyn if its falls No. 9–30, and owns the Los Angeles Clippers pick outright. San Antonio has the right to swap its own pick with Boston if Boston's pick falls No. 2–30. Boston may swap for the most favorable (or only) pick Philadelphia holds unless the Philadelphia pick falls No. 9–30 AND the Clippers pick falls No. 17–30, in which case Boston would receive the Clippers pick outright and make no swap with Philadelphia.
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Golden State, Milwaukee, and Oklahoma City.
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Phoenix, Portland, and Washington.
- Milwaukee may swap their own pick for Miami's own pick.
- Los Angeles will receive the pick if falls No. 56–60.
- Memphis will receive the pick if falls No. 21–30; if it falls No. 1–20, Memphis will receive Golden State's own 2030 second-round pick.
- Memphis may swap the more favorable of their own pick and the pick originally belonging to Philadelphia for the pick originally belonging to Utah.
- Milwaukee traded this pick away in a previous transaction.
- The less favorable of the picks originally belonging to Brooklyn and Dallas.
- Charlotte may swap its own pick for Minnesota's own pick.
- Charlotte may swap its own pick for Minnesota's pick if it falls No. 1–5.
- Through earlier trades, Minnesota will retain its own pick or receive the pick originally belonging to Dallas and San Antonio, if Minnesota's pick falls No. 2–30; Charlotte may swap its own pick for whichever pick Minnesota has afterward.
- The less favorable of the picks originally belonging to Boston and Orlando.
- The least favorable of the picks originally belonging to Charlotte, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Utah; the Minnesota pick is only conveyable if No. 6–30.
- Dallas will receive the pick if it falls No. 56–60. The year and original owner of the pick haven't been announced.
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Atlanta and Houston (if No. 31–55).
- The most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Atlanta and the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Los Angeles will receive the second most favorable pick out of three possibilities: 1) the most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Houston, Indiana, Miami, and Oklahoma City; 2) the more favorable of the picks originally belonging to Golden State and Phoenix; 3) Philadelphia's own pick.
- Oklahoma City has the right to swap picks with Los Angeles, after which the Clippers can swap with Toronto.