List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions

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This is a detailed list of transactions during the 2004-05 NBA season. ^[1]

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
September 22	Todd MacCulloch	Philadelphia 76ers (1999–2001, 2002–2003) New Jersey Nets (2001–2002)	28	Retired due to a genetic disorder in his hands and feet.	[2]
September 30	Rick Fox	Boston Celtics (1991–1997) Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004)	35
October 5	Scottie Pippen	Chicago Bulls (1987–1998, 2003–2004) Houston Rockets (1998–1999) Portland Trail Blazers (1999–2003)	39	Made a comeback in 2008 overseas	[3]
October 6	Bimbo Coles	Miami Heat (1990–1996, 2003–2004) Golden State Warriors (1996–1999) Atlanta Hawks (1999–2000) Cleveland Cavaliers (2000–2003) Boston Celtics (2003)	36
October 23	Evan Eschmeyer	New Jersey Nets (1999–2001) Dallas Mavericks (2001–2003)	29	Retired due to knee problems	[4]
October 28	Avery Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics (1988–1990) Denver Nuggets (1990, 2001–2002) San Antonio Spurs (1991, 1992–1993, 1994–2001) Houston Rockets (1992) Golden State Warriors (1993–1994, 2003–2004) Dallas Mavericks (2002–2003)	39	Signed as an assistant coach for Dallas.	[5]
February 13	Karl Malone	Utah Jazz (1985–2003) Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004)	41		[6]

Front office movements

• Cleveland Cavaliers names Danny Ferry general manager (June 27, 2005)
• Orlando Magic names Dave Twardzik and Otis Smith assistant general managers and Alex Martins executive vice president of marketing and franchise relations (June 27, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers dismisses president and general manager of basketball operations Jim Paxson (April 1, 2005).

Front office contract extensions

• New Jersey Nets sign general manager Ed Stefanski to a contract extension (May 12, 2005).

Head coach changes

• Terry Stotts is hired as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks (July 8, 2005) after Terry Porter was dismissed on June 22. ^[7]
• Dwane Casey is hired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves (June 17, 2005) ^[8]
• Phil Jackson returns to coach the Los Angeles Lakers (June 14, 2005)
• Mike Brown is named assistant coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers (June 2, 2005) ^[9]
• Brian Hill is named head coach of the Orlando Magic (May 24, 2005) ^[10]
• Philadelphia 76ers announce the replacement of Maurice Cheeks for Jim O'Brien as head coach (May 23, 2005)
• Avery Johnson was named head coach of the Dallas Mavericks on March 19, 2005. ^[11]
• Johnny Davis is dismissed as head coach of the Orlando Magic (March 17, 2005) ^[12]

Head coach contract extensions

• Chicago Bulls extend Scott Skiles's contract through the 2008-09 NBA season (June 16, 2005) ^[13]
• Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy gets a contract extension through the 2007-08 NBA season (May 18, 2005) ^[14]

Assistant coach changes

• Phoenix Suns names Dan D'Antoni assistant coach (June 29, 2005)
• Orlando Magic names Randy Ayers and Tom Sterner assistant coaches (June 10, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers names Hank Egan assistant coach (June 9, 2005)
• New Jersey Nets (now called Brooklyn Nets) names Gordon Chiesa assistant coach (June 9, 2005)
• Milwaukee Bucks names Mike Sanders assistant coach (June 7, 2005).
• Assistant coach Jim Boylen resigns to become an assistant coach at Michigan State (May 31, 2005)
• Cleveland Cavaliers names Mike Bratz and Wes Wilcox assistant coaches (March 24, 2005)

Player movement

Trades

June
June 22	To Charlotte Bobcats 2004 1st round pick (Emeka Okafor)	To Los Angeles Clippers 2004 1st round pick (Shaun Livingston) 2004 2nd round pick (Lionel Chalmers)
	To Phoenix Suns	To Charlotte Bobcats 2005 1st round pick (Sean May)
June 23	To Charlotte Bobcats 2004 2nd round pick (Bernard Robinson)	To Milwaukee Bucks Zaza Pachulia
	To Charlotte Bobcats 2007 1st round pick (Jared Dudley)	To Cleveland Cavaliers Saša Pavlović
June 24 (Draft-day trades)	To San Antonio Spurs Draft rights to Viktor Sanikidze	To Atlanta Hawks 2005 2nd round pick (Cenk Akyol) Cash
	To Utah Jazz 2005 1st round pick (Linas Kleiza)	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Pavel Podkolzin
	To Orlando Magic Draft rights to Jameer Nelson	To Denver Nuggets 2005 1st round pick Julius Hodge
	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Jackson Vroman 2005 1st round pick (Nate Robinson)	To Chicago Bulls Draft rights to Luol Deng
	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Vassilis Spanoulis	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Luis Flores
	To Washington Wizards Antawn Jamison	To Dallas Mavericks Christian Laettner Jerry Stackhouse Draft rights to Devin Harris
	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Viktor Khryapa	To New Jersey Nets Eddie Gill
	To Seattle SuperSonics 2005 2nd round pick (Mickaël Gelabale)	To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Andre Emmett
	To Toronto Raptors Draft rights to Pape Sow 2005 2nd round pick (Uroš Slokar)	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Albert Miralles
June 29	To Orlando Magic Kelvin Cato Steve Francis Cuttino Mobley	To Houston Rockets Tracy McGrady Tyronn Lue Juwan Howard Reece Gaines
July
July 14	To Miami Heat Shaquille O'Neal	To Los Angeles Lakers Caron Butler Brian Grant Lamar Odom 2006 1st round pick (Jordan Farmar) 2007 2nd round pick (Renaldas Seibutis)
	To Los Angeles Clippers 2005 2nd round pick (Daniel Ewing) 2006 2nd round pick (Paul Davis)	To Charlotte Bobcats Melvin Ely Eddie House
July 15	To Indiana Pacers Stephen Jackson	To Atlanta Hawks Al Harrington
	To New Jersey Nets 2005 1st round pick (Joey Graham) Two 2006 1st round picks (Renaldo Balkman and Marcus Williams)	To Denver Nuggets Kenyon Martin
July 23	To Cleveland Cavaliers Drew Gooden Steven Hunter Anderson Varejão	To Orlando Magic Tony Battie 2005 2nd round pick (Martynas Andriuškevičius) 2007 2nd round pick (Brad Newley)
July 26	To Seattle SuperSonics Danny Fortson	To Dallas Mavericks Calvin Booth
July 29	To New Jersey Nets 2005 2nd round pick (Chris Taft)	To Los Angeles Clippers Kerry Kittles
August
August 4	To Detroit Pistons Derrick Coleman Amal McCaskill	To Philadelphia 76ers Corliss Williamson
	To Atlanta Hawks Tony Delk Antoine Walker	To Dallas Mavericks Jason Terry Alan Henderson Cash (was going to receive 2007 1st round pick, but it was lottery protected)
August 5	To Chicago Bulls Othella Harrington Dikembe Mutombo Cezary Trybański Frank Williams	To New York Knicks Jamal Crawford Jerome Williams
August 6	To Boston Celtics Rick Fox Gary Payton 2006 1st round pick (Rajon Rondo)	To Los Angeles Lakers Chucky Atkins Jumaine Jones Chris Mihm
August 16	To Charlotte Bobcats 2005 2nd round pick (Ronny Turiaf)	To Atlanta Hawks Predrag Drobnjak
August 24	To Golden State Warriors Christian Laettner Luis Flores Eduardo Nájera Mladen Šekularac 2007 1st round pick (Petteri Koponen) Future 1st round pick Cash Trade exception	To Dallas Mavericks Erick Dampier Dan Dickau Evan Eschmeyer Steve Logan
September
September 8	To Chicago Bulls Adrian Griffin Eric Piatkowski Mike Wilks	To Houston Rockets Dikembe Mutombo
November
November 1	To Orlando Magic Brandon Hunter	To Charlotte Bobcats Keith Bogans
December
December 3	To New Orleans Hornets Dan Dickau 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	To Dallas Mavericks Darrell Armstrong
December 6	To Los Angeles Lakers 2005 2nd round pick (Ronny Turiaf) 2009 2nd round pick (Patrick Beverley)	To Charlotte Bobcats Kareem Rush
December 17	To Toronto Raptors Alonzo Mourning Aaron Williams Eric Williams 2005 1st round pick (Joey Graham) 2006 1st round pick (Renaldo Balkman)	To New Jersey Nets Vince Carter
December 23	To Houston Rockets Jon Barry	To Atlanta Hawks Tyronn Lue
December 27	To New Orleans Hornets Boštjan Nachbar Jim Jackson	To Houston Rockets David Wesley
January
January 3	To Phoenix Suns 2007 2nd round pick (Aaron Gray) 2009 2nd round pick (DeJuan Blair)	To Golden State Warriors Žarko Čabarkapa
January 10	To Orlando Magic Doug Christie	To Sacramento Kings Michael Bradley Cuttino Mobley
January 21	To Detroit Pistons Carlos Arroyo	To Utah Jazz Elden Campbell 2006 1st round pick (Joel Freeland)
	To Phoenix Suns Jim Jackson 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	To New Orleans Hornets Casey Jacobsen Maciej Lampe Jackson Vroman
February
February 8	To Phoenix Suns Walter McCarty	To Boston Celtics 2007 2nd round pick (Aaron Gray)
February 14	To Golden State Warriors 2005 2nd round pick (Chris Taft) 2007 2nd round pick (Stéphane Lasme)	To New Jersey Nets Clifford Robinson
February 23	To Sacramento Kings Brian Skinner Kenny Thomas Corliss Williamson	To Philadelphia 76ers Chris Webber Matt Barnes Michael Bradley
February 24	To Philadelphia 76ers Jamal Mashburn Rodney Rogers	To New Orleans Hornets Glenn Robinson
	To Miami Heat Steve Smith	To Charlotte Bobcats Malik Allen
	To New York Knicks Maurice Taylor 2005 2nd round pick (Marcin Gortat)	To Houston Rockets Vin Baker Moochie Norris 2006 2nd round pick (Steve Novak)
	To Dallas Mavericks Keith Van Horn	To Milwaukee Bucks Calvin Booth Alan Henderson
	To Golden State Warriors Baron Davis	To New Orleans Hornets Speedy Claxton Dale Davis
	To Milwaukee Bucks Reece Gaines 2006 2nd round pick (David Noel) 2007 2nd round pick (Ramon Sessions)	To Houston Rockets Zendon Hamilton Mike James
	To New York Knicks Malik Rose 2005 1st round pick (David Lee) 2006 1st round pick (Mardy Collins)	To San Antonio Spurs Jamison Brewer Nazr Mohammed
	To Golden State Warriors Nikoloz Tskitishvili Rodney White	To Denver Nuggets Eduardo Nájera Luis Flores 2007 1st round pick (Petteri Koponen)
	To Atlanta Hawks Tom Gugliotta Gary Payton Michael Stewart 2006 1st round pick (Rajon Rondo)	To Boston Celtics Antoine Walker
	To Boston Celtics 2007 1st round pick (Rudy Fernández)	To Cleveland Cavaliers Jiří Welsch

Releases

Player	Date waived	Former team	Ref
Alex Garcia	June 12	San Antonio Spurs
Matt Carroll	June 29	San Antonio Spurs
Eddie Gill	July 6	New Jersey Nets
Omar Cook		Portland Trail Blazers
Travis Hansen	August 2	Atlanta Hawks
Steven Hunter	August 10	Cleveland Cavaliers
Paul Shirley	August 20	Chicago Bulls
Popeye Jones	September 3	Golden State Warriors
Greg Buckner	September 8	Philadelphia 76ers
Christian Laettner	September 9	Golden State Warriors
Lucious Harris	September 15	New Jersey Nets
Danny Ferry	September 30	Indiana Pacers
Joseph Forte	October 1	Seattle SuperSonics
Amal McCaskill		Detroit Pistons
Chris Jefferies	October 3	Chicago Bulls
Earl Barron	October 14	Orlando Magic
Bruno Šundov	October 15	Cleveland Cavaliers
Rod Strickland	October 19	Orlando Magic
Mike Wilks	October 20	Chicago Bulls
Andre Brown		New Jersey Nets
Omar Cook	October 25	Charlotte Bobcats
Alex Scales		New Jersey Nets
Andre Barrett		New York Knicks
Mitchell Butler	October 27	Denver Nuggets
Lonny Baxter	October 28	Atlanta Hawks
Kaniel Dickens		Los Angeles Clippers
Tremaine Fowlkes		New Orleans Hornets
Donnell Harvey		Atlanta Hawks
Jelani McCoy		Milwaukee Bucks
Anthony Goldwire		Minnesota Timberwolves
Kasib Powell		Minnesota Timberwolves
Terence Morris		Los Angeles Clippers
Brandon Armstrong		Golden State Warriors
Cezary Trybański		Chicago Bulls
Derrick Zimmerman		Houston Rockets
Howard Eisley	October 29	Phoenix Suns
Billy Thomas	October 30	Washington Wizards
Gerald Fitch		Washington Wizards
Britton Johnsen	October 31	New Orleans Hornets
Bo Outlaw	November 1	Memphis Grizzlies
John Thomas		Minnesota Timberwolves
Troy Bell		Memphis Grizzlies
Eddie Robinson		Chicago Bulls
Scottie Pippen	November 4	Chicago Bulls
Shandon Anderson	November 9	New York Knicks
Matt Freije	November 14	Miami Heat
Anthony Goldwire	November 29	Milwaukee Bucks
Eddie House	December 4	Charlotte Bobcats
Britton Johnsen	December 7	Indiana Pacers
Awvee Storey	December 9	New Jersey Nets
Tremaine Fowlkes	December 13	Indiana Pacers
Jelani McCoy	December 14	Atlanta Hawks
Geno Carlisle	December 16	Portland Trail Blazers
Marcus Haislip	December 24	Indiana Pacers
Lonny Baxter	December 27	New Orleans Hornets
Alex Garcia		New Orleans Hornets
Jérôme Moïso	January 3	New Jersey Nets
Corsley Edwards		New Orleans Hornets
Kirk Penney		Los Angeles Clippers
Ansu Sesay		Golden State Warriors
Smush Parker	January 4	Detroit Pistons
Kaniel Dickens	January 5	New Jersey Nets
Derrick Coleman		Detroit Pistons
Kendall Gill		Milwaukee Bucks
Brandin Knight	January 19	Houston Rockets
Junior Harrington	January 21	New Orleans Hornets
Qyntel Woods		Portland Trail Blazers
Matt Freije		New Orleans Hornets
Anthony Goldwire	January 25	Detroit Pistons
Elden Campbell	January 26	Utah Jazz
Jerome Beasley		Miami Heat
James Thomas	January 31	Portland Trail Blazers
Smush Parker	February 8	Phoenix Suns
Jamal Sampson		Charlotte Bobcats
Alonzo Mourning	February 11	Toronto Raptors
Donnell Harvey	February 14	New Jersey Nets
Kenny Anderson	February 24	Atlanta Hawks
Zendon Hamilton		Houston Rockets
Chris Crawford		Atlanta Hawks
Jamison Brewer	February 26	New York Knicks
Glenn Robinson	March 1	New Orleans Hornets
Dale Davis		New Orleans Hornets
Wesley Person		Miami Heat
Gary Payton		Atlanta Hawks
Samaki Walker	March 18	Washington Wizards
Andre Barrett	March 19	Houston Rockets
Kenny Anderson	March 25	Los Angeles Clippers
Dion Glover	April 4	San Antonio Spurs
Jerome Williams	May 15	New York Knicks

Free Agency

Player	Date signed	New team	Former team	Ref
Rafer Alston	July 14	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Carlos Arroyo		Utah Jazz
Shane Battier		Memphis Grizzlies
Mark Blount		Boston Celtics
Bruce Bowen		San Antonio Spurs
Brian Cardinal		Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Jason Collier		Atlanta Hawks
Marquis Daniels		Dallas Mavericks
Carlos Delfino		Detroit Pistons	Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna
Adonal Foyle		Golden State Warriors
Manu Ginóbili		San Antonio Spurs
Jason Hart		Charlotte Bobcats	San Antonio Spurs
Steve Nash		Phoenix Suns	Dallas Mavericks
Brian Skinner		Philadelphia 76ers	Milwaukee Bucks
Tamar Slay		Charlotte Bobcats	New Jersey Nets
Hedo Türkoğlu		Orlando Magic	San Antonio Spurs
Brent Barry	July 15	San Antonio Spurs	Seattle SuperSonics
Kobe Bryant		Los Angeles Lakers
Michael Doleac		Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Richie Frahm		Portland Trail Blazers	Seattle SuperSonics
Derek Fisher		Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Anthony Johnson	July 16	Indiana Pacers
Marcus Camby		Denver Nuggets
Antonio McDyess		Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Chris Andersen	July 19	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Gordan Giriček		Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Quinton Ross		Los Angeles Clippers	Telindus Oostende
Vlade Divac	July 20	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Greg Ostertag		Sacramento Kings	Utah Jazz
Ronald Dupree	July 21	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
Keyon Dooling	July 22	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Jarron Collins	July 23	Utah Jazz
Fred Hoiberg		Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Darius Songaila		Sacramento Kings
Rasheed Wallace		Detroit Pistons
Etan Thomas RFA	July 25	Washington Wizards (matched offer sheet from Milwaukee)
Mehmet Okur RFA	July 27	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons (refused to match offer sheet)
Nenad Krstić		New Jersey Nets	Partizan
Eddie Gill	July 28	Indiana Pacers	Portland Trail Blazers
Rasual Butler		Miami Heat
Michael Bradley	July 29	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Rodney Buford		New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Corey Benjamin		Chicago Bulls	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
Anthony Peeler		Washington Wizards	Sacramento Kings
Quentin Richardson RFA		Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers (refused to match offer sheet)
Jacque Vaughn		New Jersey Nets	Atlanta Hawks
Carlos Boozer RFA	July 30	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers (refused to match offer sheet)
Morris Peterson RFA		Toronto Raptors (matched offer sheet from New Orleans)
Stacey Augmon	August 2	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Hornets
Michael Ruffin		Washington Wizards	Utah Jazz
Omar Cook	August 3	Charlotte Bobcats	Portland Trail Blazers
Rodney Rogers		New Orleans Hornets	New Jersey Nets
Tony Massenburg	August 4	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Samaki Walker		Washington Wizards	Miami Heat
Horace Jenkins		Detroit Pistons	AEK Athens
Trenton Hassell RFA		Minnesota Timberwolves (matched offer sheet from Portland)
Zendon Hamilton	August 5	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Mike James		Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Robert Traylor		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Damon Jones	August 6	Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks
Eric Williams		New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Bob Sura	August 9	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Charlie Ward		Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Wesley Person	August 11	Miami Heat	Atlanta Hawks
Andrés Nocioni		Chicago Bulls	Tau Cerámica
Ron Mercer	August 12	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Željko Rebrača		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Tom Gugliotta	August 16	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Mamadou N'Diaye		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Quinton Ross		Los Angeles Clippers	Telindus Oostende
Loren Woods	August 18	Toronto Raptors	Miami Heat
Steven Hunter	August 20	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Mikki Moore		Los Angeles Clippers	Utah Jazz
Mo Williams RFA	August 21	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz (refused to match offer sheet)
Linton Johnson	August 25	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Joel Przybilla		Portland Trail Blazers	Atlanta Hawks
Jamison Brewer	August 27	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Brevin Knight	August 31	Charlotte Bobcats	Milwaukee Bucks
Yuta Tabuse	September 7	Phoenix Suns	Long Beach Jam
Jake Tsakalidis RFA	September 10	Memphis Grizzlies (matched offer sheet from Cleveland)
D. J. Mbenga	September 14	Dallas Mavericks	Spirou Charleroi
Christian Laettner	September 15	Miami Heat	Golden State Warriors
Kenny Anderson	September 16	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana Pacers
Jon Barry		Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Steve Smith		Charlotte Bobcats	New Orleans Hornets
Josh Davis	September 20	Philadelphia 76ers	Baloncesto León
Kevin Willis	September 22	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Ibo Kutluay		Seattle SuperSonics	Ülkerspor
Jelani McCoy	September 23	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Scott Williams	September 28	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Tremaine Fowlkes	September 29	New Orleans Hornets	Detroit Pistons
Britton Johnsen		New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Junior Harrington	September 30	New Orleans Hornets	Azovmash Mariupol
Ryan Bowen		Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Keith McLeod		Utah Jazz	Pallacanestro Virtus Roma
Lee Nailon		New Orleans Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Terence Morris		Los Angeles Clippers	Columbus Riverdragons
Avery Johnson		Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Laron Profit	October 1	Washington Wizards	Guangdong Southern Tigers
Maurice Evans		Sacramento Kings	Benetton Treviso
Smush Parker		Detroit Pistons	Aris B.C.
Matt Barnes		Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Lucious Harris		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
Derrick Dial		Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Gary Trent		Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Billy Thomas		Washington Wizards	Pallacanestro Trieste
Aleksandar Radojević	October 4	Utah Jazz	P.A.O.K. B.C.
John Thomas		Minnesota Timberwolves	CB Sant Josep
Eddie Griffin		Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Lonny Baxter		Atlanta Hawks	Washington Wizards
Travis Best		New Jersey Nets	Dallas Mavericks
Tierre Brown		Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Hornets
Greg Buckner		Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Anthony Carter		Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Kaniel Dickens		Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Ansu Sesay		Golden State Warriors	Seattle SuperSonics
Jabari Smith		New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Anthony Goldwire		Minnesota Timberwolves	Yakima Sun Kings
Brandon Armstrong		Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Corsley Edwards		Orlando Magic	Sioux Falls Skyforce
Alex Scales		New Jersey Nets	Huntsville Flight
Derrick Zimmerman		Houston Rockets	Columbus Riverdragons
Earl Barron		Orlando Magic	Tuborg Pilsener
Awvee Storey		New Jersey Nets	Trotamundos de Carabobo
Anthony Miller	October 5	Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers
Bryon Russell	October 6	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
DerMarr Johnson	October 18	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Donnell Harvey	October 22	Atlanta Hawks	Phoenix Suns
Mike Wilks	October 27	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Andre Barrett	October 29	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Howard Eisley	November 3	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Anthony Goldwire		Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Marcus Fizer	November 4	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Mateen Cleaves	November 5	Seattle SuperSonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Jelani McCoy	November 8	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Bo Outlaw		Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Geno Carlisle	November 14	Portland Trail Blazers	Al Kuwait BC
Shandon Anderson		Miami Heat	New York Knicks
Matt Freije	November 19	New Orleans Hornets	Miami Heat
Tremaine Fowlkes	November 25	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
Britton Johnsen		Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Hornets
Marcus Haislip	December 1	Indiana Pacers	Milwaukee Bucks
Corsley Edwards	December 4	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Kendall Gill	December 6	Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Kaniel Dickens	December 8	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Lonny Baxter	December 12	New Orleans Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Michael Curry	December 13	Indiana Pacers	Toronto Raptors
Eddie House	December 18	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Hornets
Tremaine Fowlkes	December 18	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Kirk Penney	December 26	Los Angeles Clippers	Asheville Altitude
Jérôme Moïso	December 28	New Jersey Nets	Toronto Raptors
Anthony Goldwire	January 5	Detroit Pistons (10-day contract)	Milwaukee Bucks
Darrick Martin		Los Angeles Clippers (10-day contract)	Minnesota Timberwolves
Jérôme Moïso		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)
Corsley Edwards		New Orleans Hornets
Eddie House	January 7	Sacramento Kings	Milwaukee Bucks
Obinna Ekezie	January 10	Atlanta Hawks (10-day contract)	Columbus Riverdragons
Kaniel Dickens		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Idaho Stampede
Anthony Goldwire	January 15	Detroit Pistons (2nd 10-day contract)
Jérôme Moïso		New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
Brandin Knight		Houston Rockets (10-day contract)	Asheville Altitude
Smush Parker	January 19	Phoenix Suns (10-day contract)	Florida Flame
Rod Strickland		Houston Rockets (10-day contract)	Toronto Raptors
Obinna Ekezie	January 20	Atlanta Hawks (2nd 10-day contract)
Billy Thomas		New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Dakota Wizards
Anthony Goldwire	January 23	Phoenix Suns	UNICS Kazan
Qyntel Woods	January 26	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Elden Campbell	January 28	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Junior Harrington	January 29	New Orleans Hornets (10-day contract)
Smush Parker		Phoenix Suns (2nd 10-day contract)
Billy Thomas	January 30	New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
Donnell Harvey	February 1	New Jersey Nets (10-day contract)	Sioux Falls Skyforce
Jérôme Moïso		Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
Donnell Harvey	February 11	New Jersey Nets (2nd 10-day contract)
James Thomas	February 22	Cleveland Cavaliers (10-day contract)	Portland Trail Blazers
Maurice Baker		Los Angeles Clippers	Dakota Wizards
Matt Carroll	February 23	Charlotte Bobcats	Roanoke Dazzle
Jackie Butler	February 27	New York Knicks	Great Lakes Storm
Cory Alexander	February 28	Charlotte Bobcats	Roanoke Dazzle
Jermaine Jackson		New York Knicks (10-day contract)	Great Lakes Storm
Kenny Anderson		Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Alonzo Mourning	March 1	Miami Heat	New Jersey Nets
Alan Henderson		Dallas Mavericks	Atlanta Hawks
Randy Livingston	March 2	Utah Jazz (10-day contract)	Sioux Falls Skyforce
Wesley Person	March 3	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Elden Campbell	March 4	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Dale Davis		Indiana Pacers	Golden State Warriors
Gary Payton		Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Anthony Goldwire	March 7	Milwaukee Bucks	Detroit Pistons
Maurice Baker	March 12	Portland Trail Blazers (10-day contract)	Los Angeles Clippers
Damone Brown	March 17	Washington Wizards (10-day contract)	Huntsville Flight
Dion Glover		San Antonio Spurs (10-day contract)	Toronto Raptors
Torraye Braggs	March 19	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards
Damone Brown	March 27	Washington Wizards (2nd 10-day contract)
Dion Glover		San Antonio Spurs (2nd 10-day contract)
Ben Handlogten	March 29	Utah Jazz (10-day contract)	Phoenix Suns
Andre Barrett	March 31	Orlando Magic (10-day contract)	Houston Rockets
Damone Brown	April 2	Washington Wizards (10-day contract)	Huntsville Flight
Mark Jones	April 2	Orlando Magic (2nd 10-day contract)
Glenn Robinson	April 4	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Omar Cook	April 9	Toronto Raptors (10-day contract)	Fayetteville Patriots
James Thomas		Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Andre Barrett	April 10	Orlando Magic (Rest of season)
Lawrence Funderburke	April 18	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team	Ref
1	Dwight Howard	July 7	Orlando Magic	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy (Atlanta, GA)
2	Emeka Okafor	July 21	Orlando Magic	Connecticut (Jr.)
3	Ben Gordon	July 16	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut (Jr.)
4	Shaun Livingston	September 1	Los Angeles Clippers	Peoria (Peoria, IL)
5	Devin Harris	July 1	Dallas Mavericks	Wisconsin (Jr.)
6	Josh Childress	July 12	Atlanta Hawks	Stanford (Jr.)
7	Luol Deng	July 16	Chicago Bulls	Duke (Fr.)
8	Rafael Araújo	July 1	Toronto Raptors	BYU (Sr.)
9	Andre Iguodala	July 2	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona (So.)
10	Luke Jackson	July 1	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oregon (Sr.)
11	Andris Biedriņš	July 8	Golden State Warriors	BK Skonto (Latvia)
12	Robert Swift	July 14	Seattle SuperSonics	Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA)
13	Sebastian Telfair	July 10	Portland Trail Blazers	Lincoln HS (Brooklyn, NY)
14	Kris Humphries	July 12	Utah Jazz	Minnesota (Fr.)
15	Al Jefferson	July 2	Boston Celtics	Prentiss HS (Prentiss, MS)
16	Kirk Snyder	July 12	Utah Jazz	Nevada (Jr.)
17	Josh Smith	July 11	Atlanta Hawks	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA)
18	J. R. Smith	July 6	New Orleans Hornets	St. Benedict Prep (Newark, NJ)
19	Dorell Wright	July 26	Miami Heat	South Kent HS (South Kent, CT)
20	Jameer Nelson	July 7	Orlando Magic	Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
21	Pavel Podkolzin	July 27	Dallas Mavericks	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
22	Viktor Khryapa	July 15	Portland Trail Blazers	PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
23	Sergei Monia		Portland Trail Blazers	PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
24	Delonte West	July 2	Boston Celtics	Saint Joseph's (Jr.)
25	Tony Allen	July 2	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
26	Kevin Martin	July 7	Sacramento Kings	Western Carolina (Jr.)
27	Saša Vujačić	July 20	Los Angeles Lakers	Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
28	Beno Udrih	July 14	San Antonio Spurs	Breil Milano (Italy)
29	David Harrison	July 7	Indiana Pacers	Colorado (Jr.)

Second round

Pick	Player	Date signed	Team	School/club team	Ref
30	Anderson Varejão	August 18	Cleveland Cavaliers	FC Barcelona Bàsquet (Spain)
31	Jackson Vroman	July 9	Phoenix Suns	Iowa State (Sr.)
32	Peter John Ramos	July 21	Washington Wizards	Caguas (Puerto Rico)
33	Lionel Chalmers	August 16	Los Angeles Clippers	Xavier (Sr.)
34	Donta Smith	October 3	Atlanta Hawks	Southeastern Illinois (So.)
35	Andre Emmett	July 7	Memphis Grizzlies	Texas Tech (Sr.)
36	Antonio Burks	July 7	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis (Sr.)
37	Royal Ivey	July 14	Atlanta Hawks	Texas (Sr.)
38	Chris Duhon	October 4	Chicago Bulls	Duke (Sr.)
39	Albert Miralles		Miami Heat	Roseto Basket (Italy)
40	Justin Reed	August 27	Boston Celtics	Ole Miss (Sr.)
41	David Young	September 1	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina Central (Sr.)
42	Viktor Sanikidze		San Antonio Spurs	JDA Dijon (France)
43	Trevor Ariza	August 3	New York Knicks	UCLA (Fr.)
44	Tim Pickett	August 3	New Orleans Hornets	Florida State (Sr.)
45	Bernard Robinson	July 28	Charlotte Bobcats	Michigan (Sr.)
46	Ha Seung-Jin	December 26	Portland Trail Blazers	Yonsei University (South Korea)
47	Pape Sow	October 4	Toronto Raptors	Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
48	Ricky Minard	July 7	Sacramento Kings	Morehead State (Sr.)
49	Sergei Lishouk		Memphis Grizzlies	Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
50	Vassilis Spanoulis		Houston Rockets	Maroussi B.C. (Greece)
51	Christian Drejer	July 28	New Jersey Nets	Michigan (Sr.)
52	Romain Sato	July 15	San Antonio Spurs	Xavier (Sr.)
53	Matt Freije	August 26	Miami Heat	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
54	Rickey Paulding		Detroit Pistons	Missouri (Sr.)
55	Luis Flores	September 14	Golden State Warriors	Manhattan (Sr.)
56	Marcus Douthit		Los Angeles Lakers	Providence (Sr.)
57	Sergei Karaulov		San Antonio Spurs	Skha Jakutia Yakutsk
58	Blake Stepp	October 4	Minnesota Timberwolves	Gonzaga (Sr.)
59	Rashad Wright	September 14	Indiana Pacers	Georgia (Sr.)

Signed Undrafted Players

Date	Player	Team	School/Club Team
July 26	Kyle Davis	New Jersey Nets	Auburn (Sr.)
August 6	Tony Bobbitt	Los Angeles Lakers	Cincinnati (Sr.)
September 14	John Edwards	Indiana Pacers	Kent State (Sr.)
September 30	Jared Reiner	Chicago Bulls	Iowa (Sr.)
October 1	Erik Daniels	Sacramento Kings	Kentucky (Sr.)
October 1	Gerald Fitch	Washington Wizards	Kentucky (Sr.)
October 4	Andre Barrett	Houston Rockets	Seton Hall (Sr.)
October 4	Andre Brown	New Jersey Nets	DePaul (Sr.)
November 3	Damien Wilkins	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgia (Sr.)
January 9	James Thomas	Portland Trail Blazers (10-day contract)	Texas (Sr.)
March 23	Mark Jones	Orlando Magic (10-day contract)	UCF (Sr.)

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External links

• The full detailed list at NBA.com
• NBA Transactions at NBA.com
• 2004 Free Agent Tracker ^{[ permanent dead link ]} at NBA.com
• 2004–05 NBA D-League Assignments ^{[ permanent dead link ]} at NBA.com
• 2004-05 NBA Transactions| Basketball-Reference.com