2020 NBA Offseason Trades
As we did with last year’s offseason trades and the in-season swaps from 2019/20, Hoops Rumors will be keeping track of all of the trades made this offseason, right up until the start of the 2020/21 season, updating this post with each transaction.
Trades are listed here in reverse chronological order, with the latest on top. So, if a player has been traded multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. If a trade has not yet been formally finalized, it will be listed in italics.
For our full story on each trade, click on the date above it. For more information on the specific conditions dictating if and when draft picks involved in these deals will actually change hands, be sure to check out RealGM.com’s breakdown of the details on traded picks. We’ll continue to update this list with the latest specific details on picks and other compensation, as they’re reported.
Here’s the full list of the NBA’s 2020 offseason trades:
- Sixers acquire Danny Green, Terrance Ferguson, and Vincent Poirier.
- Thunder acquire Al Horford, the draft rights to Theo Maledon (No. 34 pick), the Sixers’ 2025 first-round pick (top-six protected), the draft rights to Vasilije Micic.
- Note: If the Sixers’ 2025 first-round pick isn’t conveyed in 2025, 2026, or 2027, the Thunder will instead receive the Sixers’ 2027 second-round pick and cash ($2MM).
- Wizards acquire Russell Westbrook.
- Rockets acquire John Wall and the Wizards’ 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected).
- Hornets acquire Gordon Hayward (sign-and-trade), the Celtics’ 2023 second-round pick, and the Celtics’ 2024 second-round pick.
- Celtics acquire the Hornets’ 2022 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Thunder acquire Trevor Ariza, Justin Jackson, either the Mavericks’ or Heat’s 2023 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable), and the Mavericks’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Pistons acquire Delon Wright.
- Mavericks acquire James Johnson.
- Cavaliers acquire Rayjon Tucker and the Jazz’s 2027 second-round pick.
- Jazz acquire cash ($2MM).
- Knicks acquire Austin Rivers, the draft rights to Sergio Llull, the draft rights to Tadija Dragicevic, and the draft rights to Axel Hervelle.
- Rockets acquire the draft rights to Issuf Sanon.
- Thunder acquire T.J. Leaf and the Pacers’ 2027 second-round pick.
- Pacers acquire Jalen Lecque.
- Rockets acquire the draft rights to KJ Martin (No. 52 pick).
- Kings acquire the Lakers’ 2021 second-round pick and cash ($1MM).
- Hawks acquire Danilo Gallinari (sign-and-trade) and cash ($750K).
- Thunder acquire the Hawks’ 2025 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Timberwolves acquire Ed Davis.
- Knicks acquire Jacob Evans, Omari Spellman, and the Timberwolves’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Pistons acquire Trevor Ariza, the draft rights to Isaiah Stewart (No. 16 pick), a future Rockets second-round pick, and cash ($4.6MM)
- Rockets acquire Christian Wood (sign-and-trade), the Pistons’ 2021 first-round pick (top-16 protected) and the Lakers’ 2021 second-round pick.
- Bucks acquire Jrue Holiday and the draft rights to Sam Merrill (No. 60 pick; from Pelicans).
- Pelicans acquire Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, the Bucks’ 2025 first-round pick (unprotected), the Bucks’ 2027 first-round pick (unprotected), and the right to swap first-round picks with the Bucks in 2024 and 2026.
- Thunder acquire George Hill, Darius Miller, Kenrich Williams (sign-and-trade), Josh Gray (sign-and-trade), Zylan Cheatham (sign-and-trade), the Nuggets’ 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected), the Wizards’ 2023 second-round pick (from Pelicans), and the Hornets’ 2024 second-round pick (from Pelicans).
- Nuggets acquire the draft rights to RJ Hampton (No. 24 pick; from Bucks).
- Cavaliers acquire the Bucks’ 2025 second-round pick.
- Bucks acquire the draft rights to Ilkan Karaman.
- Note: The protections on the Bucks’ 2022 first-round pick owed to the Cavaliers have been removed as part of this trade. That pick is now unprotected.
- Cavaliers acquire JaVale McGee and the Lakers’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Lakers acquire Alfonzo McKinnie and Jordan Bell.
- Pistons acquire Zhaire Smith.
- Sixers acquire Tony Bradley.
- Knicks acquire Ed Davis, the Jazz’s 2023 second-round pick, and either the Jazz’s or Cavaliers’ 2024 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable)
- Jazz acquire cash ($110K).
- Pistons acquire Jerami Grant (sign-and-trade) and the draft rights to Nikola Radicevic.
- Nuggets acquire cash ($110K).
- Pistons acquire Tony Bradley and the draft rights to Saben Lee (No. 38 pick).
- Jazz acquire cash ($250K).
- Warriors acquire Kelly Oubre.
- Thunder acquire the Warriors’ 2021 first-round pick (top-20 protected) and the Nuggets’ 2021 second-round pick.
- Note: If the Warriors’ pick doesn’t convey in 2021, the Thunder will instead receive the Timberwolves’ 2021 second-round pick.
- Trail Blazers acquire Robert Covington.
- Rockets acquire Trevor Ariza, the draft rights to Isaiah Stewart (No. 16 pick), and the Trail Blazers’ 2021 first-round pick (top-14 protected).
- Trail Blazers acquire Enes Kanter and cash ($1MM; from Grizzlies).
- Grizzlies acquire Mario Hezonja and the draft rights to Desmond Bane (No. 30 pick).
- Celtics acquire the Grizzlies’ 2025 second-round pick and either the Rockets’ 2023 second-round pick or the lesser of the Mavericks’ and Grizzlies’ 2023 second-round picks (whichever is more favorable).
- Timberwolves acquire the draft rights to Leandro Bolmaro (No. 23 pick).
- Knicks acquire the draft rights to Immanuel Quickley (No. 25 pick), the Pistons’ 2023 second-round pick, and the draft rights to Mathias Lessort.
- Timberwolves acquire Ricky Rubio, the draft rights to Immanuel Quickley (No. 25 pick), and the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels (No. 28 pick).
- Thunder acquire James Johnson, the draft rights to Aleksej Pokusevski (No. 17 pick), and the Timberwolves’ 2024 second-round pick.
- Pistons acquire Dewayne Dedmon.
- Hawks acquire Tony Snell and Khyri Thomas.
- Note: The Hawks immediately waived Thomas.
- Clippers acquire the draft rights to Daniel Oturu (No. 33 pick).
- Timberwolves acquire the Pistons’ 2023 second-round pick and the draft rights to Mathias Lessort.
- Nets acquire Landry Shamet, Bruce Brown, and the draft rights to Reggie Perry (No. 57 pick).
- Clippers acquire Luke Kennard, Justin Patton, the draft rights to Jay Scrubb (No. 55 pick), the Trail Blazers’ 2023 second-round pick (from Pistons), the Pistons’ 2024 second-round pick, the Pistons’ 2025 second-round pick, and the Pistons’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Pistons acquire Dzanan Musa, Rodney McGruder, the draft rights to Saddiq Bey (No. 19 pick), the draft rights to Jaylen Hands, the Raptors’ 2021 second-round pick (from Nets), and cash (from Clippers).
- Thunder acquire Vincent Poirier and cash ($1MM).
- Celtics acquire the Thunder’s 2021 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Thunder acquire Admiral Schofield and the draft rights to Vit Krejci (No. 37 pick).
- Wizards acquire the draft rights to Cassius Winston (No. 53 pick) and the Grizzlies’ 2024 second-round pick.
- Grizzlies acquire the draft rights to Xavier Tillman (No. 35 pick).
- Kings acquire the draft rights to Robert Woodard (No. 40 pick) and either the Bulls’ or Pistons’ 2022 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Jazz acquire the draft rights to Elijah Hughes (No. 39 pick).
- Pelicans acquire the Jazz’s 2022 second-round pick.
- Hornets acquire the draft rights to Nick Richards (No. 42 pick).
- Pelicans acquire the Hornets’ 2024 second-round pick.
- Mavericks acquire Josh Richardson and the draft rights to Tyler Bey (No. 36 pick).
- Sixers acquire Seth Curry.
- Lakers acquire Dennis Schröder.
- Thunder acquire Danny Green and the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels (No. 28 pick).
- Bucks acquire the No. 45 pick in the 2020 draft.
- Magic acquire the Pacers’ second-round pick in either 2022, 2023, or 2024 and the Bucks’ 2026 second-round pick.
- Note: The Magic will acquire the Pacers’ second-round pick one year after the Pacers send a second-rounder to the Nets. That pick owed to the Nets has 45-60 protection in 2021, 45-60 protection in 2022, and is unprotected in 2023.
- Knicks acquire the No. 23 pick in the 2020 draft and the draft rights to Ante Tomic.
- Jazz acquire the No. 27 pick in the 2020 draft and the No. 38 pick in the 2020 draft.
- Suns acquire Chris Paul and Abdel Nader.
- Thunder acquire Ricky Rubio, Kelly Oubre, Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, and the Suns’ 2022 first-round pick (top-12 protected).
Magic Trade No. 45 Pick To Bucks
The Magic have traded their No. 45 pick in today’s draft to the Bucks in exchange for two future second-rounders, the team’s official PR account tweets.
One of the second-rounders headed to Orlando is a Pacers pick and will be conveyed in either 2022, 2023, or 2024. The other is the Bucks’ second-round pick in 2026. Should MVP forward Giannis Antetokounmpo opt to depart Milwaukee next summer, that pick could end up landing fairly high in the second round.
The Pacers owe their 2021 second-round pick to the Nets, but it has 45-60 protection in both ’21 and ’22, meaning it may not change hands until it becomes unprotected in 2023. The Magic will get a Pacers second-rounder one year after the Nets get theirs.
The Bucks appear to be interested in adding second-round picks this year because, due to a CBA quirk, those picks will only count for $898K against both the luxury tax and hard cap if they sign for the minimum. Undrafted rookie free agents, meanwhile, would count for $898K against the cap but about $1.62MM against the luxury tax.
These small savings are imperative for Milwaukee since the Bucks will lack much wiggle room after their Jrue Holiday and Bogdan Bogdanovic trades are finalized and will likely surpass the luxury tax line, approaching their hard cap.
The Magic also hold the No. 15 selection in today’s draft, while the Bucks also have the No. 60 pick. There are conflicting reports on whether or not Milwaukee will also receive the No. 42 pick from New Orleans in the Holiday deal, which is not yet official.
Luke Adams contributed to this report.
Suns’ Saric, Spurs’ Poeltl Among Players Receiving QOs
A series of players have received qualifying offers from their respective teams, making them restricted free agents this fall, reports ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter). Those players include Suns forward Dario Saric, Suns guard Jevon Carter, Grizzlies two-way guard John Konchar, Spurs big man Jakob Poeltl, and Spurs two-way players Quinndary Weatherspoon and Drew Eubanks.
Saric and Poeltl are the most notable names in the group and were also the most likely to receive qualifying offers, since Phoenix and San Antonio will want to retain the ability to match offer sheets on those players. Saric’s QO is worth about $5.1MM, while Poeltl’s is for approximately $4.6MM.
Saric, Poeltl, and the other players who received qualifying offers could accept those one-year contract offers, but will likely try to negotiate new, longer-term deals, either with their own teams or with rival suitors.
The Pistons won’t be extending a qualifying offer to two-way player Jordan Bone, so he’ll become an unrestricted free agent, according to James Edwards III of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Meanwhile, Raptors general manager Bobby Webster confirmed this week that the club will be making its annual qualifying offer to EuroLeague guard Nando De Colo, per Blake Murphy of The Athletic (Twitter link). Currently a member of Fenerbahce in Turkey, De Colo hasn’t played in the NBA since 2014, but would be a Raptors RFA if he wants to return, since Toronto has issued a QO each year since then.
Grizzlies Extend QO To Melton, Making Him RFA
The Grizzlies have opted to extend a qualifying offer to backup point guard De’Anthony Melton ahead of his third season, making him a restricted free agent, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype and USA Today Sports (Twitter link).
Melton’s qualifying offer is worth $1,820,564. The Rockets drafted Melton with the No. 46 pick in the 2018 draft, but traded him to the Suns for his rookie season. The 22-year-old guard out of USC played 60 games, including eight starts, during his first year with Memphis in 2019/20. He averaged 7.6 PPG, 3.7 APG, and 2.9 APG across 19.5 MPG.
With Melton now a restricted free agent, the Grizzlies have the right to match any offer sheet the 6’2″ guard signs during the coming offseason.
Atlantic Notes: Raptors, Knicks, Morey, Celtics
Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri faces several intriguing free agent decisions this Friday, per Josh Lewenberg of TSN. The choice that could indicate how Ujiri intends to approach what could be a loaded free agent class in 2021 — even without Bucks superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo — is how Ujiri and his front office intend to approach a potential contract extension for fourth-year small forward OG Anunoby.
Anunoby is eligible for a rookie contract extension this season. Depending on how much his play improves this season, he could be more affordable were the Raptors to extend him now than if they were to let him hit restricted free agency in the summer of 2021. An extension now, however, would cut into the team’s cap space ahead of next summer.
The club also has to consider valuable free agents Fred VanVleet, Serge Ibaka, and Marc Gasol, as well as promising young center Chris Boucher. There has been chatter for a while that the 35-year-old Gasol may head soon to Spain to finish his basketball career, making Ibaka that much more valuable to retain for the Raptors.
There’s more out of the Atlantic Division ahead of the NBA draft today:
- After packaging the Nos. 27 and 38 picks to the Jazz for the No. 23 pick in this year’s draft, the Knicks may be looking to use the No. 23 pick to help them trade up even further. The Knicks have talked with the Cavaliers about trading their Nos. 8 and 23 for Cleveland’s No. 5 pick. However, Kelsey Russo of The Athletic tweets that Cleveland is holding out for more value.
- New Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey has five draft picks to play with for his first draft with his new club. Rich Hoffman and Derek Bodner of The Athletic take a look at several realistic options the team could draft.
- With a current commitment to 16 players on their roster, the Celtics are looking to offload some of their three draft picks this season, according to John Hollinger of The Athletic. The Celtics would could achieve this by packaging their Nos. 14, 26, and 30 picks to move into the top 10. As we previously detailed, Boston could be looking to move as high as the top three. Alternately, the team could perhaps look to flip the No. 14 pick for a future first-rounder and use the lower two picks as draft-and-stash options, or trade the lower picks along with little-used role players.
Southeast Notes: Hornets, Heat, Goodwin, Magic
The Hornets hold the No. 3 pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft, an event that’s becoming increasingly important for the franchise, Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer writes.
Depending on whether they keep their pick and who gets drafted before No. 3, the Hornets will have the ability to draft Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman or LaMelo Ball — all of which are recognized as intriguing options to lead the franchise forward.
“You know, we’re not good enough right now to win a bunch of games, to get into the playoffs and to advance,” general manager Mitch Kupchak said, explaining the importance of drafting wisely for the future.
Charlotte plans to draft the best player available regardless of position, according to Kupchak. The team finished with a 23-42 record last season and is also said to have interest in trading for disgruntled Rockets star Russell Westbrook.
“We are going to have to draft for the best player that we feel could be a 10- to 12-year starter,” Kupchak proclaimed.
There’s more out of the Southeast Division today:
- With the hopes of signing Giannis Antetokounmpo next offseason potentially starting to fade, the Heat could benefit from pivoting their attention to Danilo Gallinari, Bryan Toporek of Forbes writes. Antetokounmpo has the option of signing a five-year, $228MM supermax extension with the Bucks, who elevated their roster by acquiring Jrue Holiday and Bogdan Bogdanovic earlier this week. Gallinari will enter unrestricted free agency on Friday and shared mutual interest with the Heat on a trade last February, but Miami was unwilling to extend the 32-year-old and surrender cap space. He averaged 18.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 29.6 minutes per game with the Thunder last season, shooting 40.5% from three-point range.
- The Hawks currently have Brandon Goodwin in their plans for next season, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic writes. Goodwin has just $100K guaranteed on his $1.7MM deal, which Atlanta could choose to fully guarantee in the coming days. He averaged 6.1 points in 12.6 minutes off the bench in 2019/20.
- The Magic are entering the draft in need of an offensive spark, Roy Parry of the Orlando Sentinel writes. Orlando owns the No. 15 selection this year and recently signed 2019 first-round pick Chuma Okeke, who missed the season due to torn ACL rehab. The team also owns the No. 45 pick in the second round of the event.
Thunder Decline Option On Deonte Burton
The Thunder will not exercise their $1,663,861 third-year team option on 6’4″ wing Deonte Burton, making him an unrestricted free agent, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports tweets.
The move will enable Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti to open up a roster spot and generate a little added cap flexibility, as the team might be very active in draft-day dealmaking. Haynes notes that the Thunder may be open to bringing the 26-year-old Burton back.
Burton went undrafted in 2017 out of Iowa State. He had been on the Thunder roster since the 2018/19 season, when he started out by signing a two-way contract with the club before agreeing to a standard contract in March 2019. Burton played 39 games with the club last season, averaging 9.1 minutes per night.
Joe Mussatto of The Oklahoman notes that, with Burton clearing their books, the Thunder now have only 13 players under contract for next season, including third-year wing Hamidou Diallo, for whom they have an identical $1,663,861 team option, and veteran big man Mike Muscala, who has yet to exercise his $2,283,034 player option.
Onyeka Okongwu Dealing With Broken Toe
11:00am: Okongwu’s injury is a broken left big toe, a source tells Jonathan Givony of ESPN. It will require about one to three weeks of additional rest, but isn’t expected to affect his availability for the start of the regular season.
Sources from multiple teams tell ESPN that their doctors have known about the injury for some team and have reviewed medical documentation. They don’t expect it to be a long-term issue and don’t expect Okongwu’s draft stock to be significantly impacted, Givony writes.
8:48am: USC big man Onyeka Okongwu, viewed as a probable top-10 pick in this year’s draft, has an injured foot, according to former Suns GM Ryan McDonough (Twitter link). Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer, confirming the report, tweets that the injury could cost Okongwu training camp and possibly the start of the regular season.
McDonough says teams are “scrambling” to get full medical info on Okongwu to determine the severity of the foot injury. Bonnell, meanwhile, suggests that the issue may impact where the young center is selected in tonight’s draft, though probably not by a lot.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst had previously alluded to a medical-related issue affecting Okongwu.
It will be interesting to see how substantially Okongwu’s stock is impacted by news of his foot issue. That sort of injury is worrisome for a big man and is probably a major reason why a report this morning suggested Okongwu is no longer seriously receiving consideration for the Hornets at No. 3.
However, if the injury isn’t considered serious, it could be an opportunity for a team that likes Okongwu to select him at a spot where he wasn’t otherwise expected to be available. The Wizards, for instance, have been frequently linked to Okongwu at No. 9, and this news seems likely to increase the odds he’ll still be on the board at that spot.
Wizards, Bulls Rebuffing Overtures For Beal, LaVine
Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine have been “hot names” around the NBA as potential trade targets, but the Wizards and Bulls are rebuffing overtures for their respective leading scorers, says Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link).
The fact that the Wizards aren’t showing any interest in moving Beal comes as no surprise, as that has been the team’s stance ever since general manager Tommy Sheppard was hired in 2019. Sheppard reiterated on Tuesday that Beal “isn’t going anywhere” this fall.
LaVine’s status hasn’t been the subject of quite as much speculation as Beal’s, and the new decision makers in Chicago – led by president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas – haven’t given many hints about their plans. Based on Goodwill’s report though, it sounds like the team is looking to hang onto LaVine, who has two years and $39MM left on his team-friendly contract.
According to Goodwill, the Sixers have been one of the many teams kicking the tires on Beal and LaVine.
Earlier today, Jason Dumas of KRON4 News reported (via Twitter) that there’s a growing belief within the 76ers’ front office that the team won’t have a shot at acquiring Rockets star James Harden without including Ben Simmons. Dumas suggested that new president of basketball operations Daryl Morey is working on something else “significant” that would allow the team to keep both Simmons and Joel Embiid.
Beal and LaVine, who both provide play-making abilities, are the sorts of targets that would make sense for Philadelphia. However, with the Wizards and Bulls reportedly resisting offers, any “significant” move by Morey and the Sixers seems unlikely to include either Beal or LaVine.
Teams will continue to monitor Beal’s and LaVine’s situations on draft night and beyond, tweets Goodwill.
Draft Rumors: Hayes, Nesmith, Anthony, Okongwu, Hawks, More
In his latest mock draft in advance of tonight’s event, Jeremy Woo of SI.com shares several interesting tidbits, writing that Killian Hayes is “strongly in play” for the Pistons at No. 7 and suggesting there’s some concern about Aaron Nesmith‘s injured foot, which ended his season at Vanderbilt.
Woo also hears from sources that Cole Anthony has interviewed in recent days with multiple teams outside the top 20 and that the Celtics and Spurs would be among the teams with interest in Onyeka Okongwu if he slides out of the top 10 due to his foot injury.
Woo reports that there’s “significant traction” for Devin Vassell within the Knicks‘ front office, making him a viable option at No. 8 if the team stays put. Finally, Woo says the Celtics have shown interest in Duke big man Vernon Carey Jr., who could be an option at No. 26 or No. 30.
Here’s more on the 2020 NBA draft:
- The Hawks are currently planning to keep and use the No. 6 pick tonight, a source tells Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report (Twitter link). That could change if Atlanta gets a surprise last-minute offer, Wasserman cautions, but for the time being, it sounds as if the team is comfortable staying put.
- We still don’t know with any certainty which player the Timberwolves will select with the No. 1 pick tonight, but Georgia guard Anthony Edwards has emerged as the betting favorite at Las Vegas sportsbooks, writes David Purdum of ESPN.com.
- While USC big man Onyeka Okongwu may not be ready for training camp due to a foot injury, it sounds like the issue shouldn’t impact his draft stock too significantly. One source who spoke to Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer (Twitter link) predicted that Okongwu will still likely come off the board before the Wizards pick at No. 9.