This is a list of transactions that took place during the 2021 NBA off-season and the 2021–22 NBA season. The season set a new record for the highest number of different players to appear in at least one game in a single season.

Retirement

Date Name Team(s) played (years) Age Notes Ian Mahinmi San Antonio Spurs (–)Dallas Mavericks (–)Indiana Pacers (–)Washington Wizards (–) 34 NBA champion ()Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas. Omri Casspi Sacramento Kings (–; –)Cleveland Cavaliers (–)Houston Rockets ()New Orleans Pelicans ()Minnesota Timberwolves ()Golden State Warriors ()Memphis Grizzlies () 33 Also played overseas. Amile Jefferson Orlando Magic (–) 28 Also played in the NBA G League and overseas.Hired as director of player development by the Duke Blue Devils. Jarrett Jack Portland Trail Blazers (–)Indiana Pacers ()Toronto Raptors (–)New Orleans Hornets (–)Golden State Warriors ()Cleveland Cavaliers ()Brooklyn Nets (–)New Orleans Pelicans ()New York Knicks () 37 Also played in the NBA G League.Hired as an assistant coach by the Phoenix Suns. J. R. Smith New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (–)Denver Nuggets (–)New York Knicks (–)Cleveland Cavaliers (–)Los Angeles Lakers () 35 2× NBA champion (, )NBA Sixth Man of the Year ()Also played overseas. Kyle Korver Philadelphia 76ers (–)Utah Jazz (–; )Chicago Bulls (–)Atlanta Hawks (–)Cleveland Cavaliers (–)Milwaukee Bucks () 40 NBA All-Star ()NBA Sportsmanship Award ()Hired as player development coach by the Brooklyn Nets. Jared Dudley Charlotte Bobcats (–)Phoenix Suns (–; –)Los Angeles Clippers ()Milwaukee Bucks ()Washington Wizards ()Brooklyn Nets ()Los Angeles Lakers (–) 36 NBA champion ()Hired as an assistant coach by the Dallas Mavericks. Luis Scola Houston Rockets (–)Phoenix Suns ()Indiana Pacers (–)Toronto Raptors ()Brooklyn Nets (–) 41 NBA All-Rookie First Team ()Also played overseas.Hired as Amministratore delegato by Openjobmetis Varese. JJ Redick Orlando Magic (–)Milwaukee Bucks ()Los Angeles Clippers (–)Philadelphia 76ers (–)New Orleans Pelicans (–)Dallas Mavericks () 37 Tyson Chandler Chicago Bulls (–)New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (–)Charlotte Bobcats ()Dallas Mavericks (; )New York Knicks (–)Phoenix Suns (–)Los Angeles Lakers ()Houston Rockets () 38 NBA champion ()NBA All-Star ()All-NBA Third Team ()NBA Defensive Player of the Year ()NBA All-Defensive First Team ()2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (–)Hired as player development coach by the Dallas Mavericks. Pau Gasol Memphis Grizzlies (–)<br/ >Los Angeles Lakers (–)<br/ >Chicago Bulls (–)<br/ >San Antonio Spurs (–)<br/ >Milwaukee Bucks () 41 2× NBA champion (–)6× NBA All-Star (, –, –)2× All-NBA Second Team (, )2× All-NBA Third Team (–)NBA Rookie of the Year ()NBA All-Rookie First Team ()J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award ()Also played overseas. Sun Yue Los Angeles Lakers () 35 NBA champion ()Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas. Mike Hall Washington Wizards () 37 Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas. Gerald Green Boston Celtics (–; )Minnesota Timberwolves ()Houston Rockets (; –)Dallas Mavericks ()New Jersey Nets ()Indiana Pacers ()Phoenix Suns (–)Miami Heat () 35 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion ()Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas.Hired as player development coach by the Houston Rockets. David Andersen Houston Rockets ()Toronto Raptors ()New Orleans Hornets () 41 Also played overseas. Damjan Rudež Indiana Pacers ()Minnesota Timberwolves ()Orlando Magic () 35 Also played overseas. Alexis Ajinça Charlotte Bobcats (–)Dallas Mavericks ()Toronto Raptors ()New Orleans Pelicans (–) 33 Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas. Beno Udrih San Antonio Spurs (–)Sacramento Kings (–)Milwaukee Bucks (–)Orlando Magic ()New York Knicks ()Memphis Grizzlies (–)Miami Heat ()Detroit Pistons () 39 2× NBA champion (, )Also played overseas.Currently a player development coach for the New Orleans Pelicans. Chandler Parsons Houston Rockets (–)<br/ >Dallas Mavericks (–)<br/ >Memphis Grizzlies (–)<br/ >Atlanta Hawks (–) 33 NBA All-Rookie Second Team ()Also played overseas. Jeff Teague Atlanta Hawks (–, )Indiana Pacers (–)Minnesota Timberwolves (–)Boston Celtics (–)Milwaukee Bucks () 33 NBA champion ()NBA All-Star ()Hired as a scout by the Atlanta Hawks. Jamal Crawford Chicago Bulls (–)New York Knicks (–)Golden State Warriors (–)Atlanta Hawks (–)Portland Trail Blazers (–)Los Angeles Clippers (–)Minnesota Timberwolves (–)Phoenix Suns (–)Brooklyn Nets () 42 3× NBA Sixth Man of the Year (, , )NBA Teammate of the Year () Omar Cook Portland Trail Blazers ()Toronto Raptors () 40 Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas. Jawad Williams Cleveland Cavaliers (–) 39 Also played in the NBA D-League and overseas.

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. Boston Celtics Promoted to General manager Brooklyn Nets assistant coach () Portland Trail Blazers Mutually agreed to part ways Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach () Orlando Magic Mutually agreed to part ways Dallas Mavericks assistant coach (–) Indiana Pacers Fired Dallas Mavericks head coach (–) New Orleans Pelicans Mutually agreed to part ways Willie Green Phoenix Suns assistant coach (–) Washington Wizards End of Contract Denver Nuggets assistant coach (–) Dallas Mavericks Resigned Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach (–)

In-Season

Departure date Team Outgoing Head Coach Reason for Departure Hire date Incoming Head Coach Last coaching position Ref. Sacramento Kings Fired (Interim Also fired ) Sacramento Kings assistant coach (–)

General manager changes

Off-season

Departure date Team Outgoing General Manager Reason for Departure Hire date Incoming General Manager Last managerial position Ref. Boston Celtics Retired Dallas Mavericks Mutually agreed to part ways Nico Harrison Portland Trail Blazers Fired Joe Cronin (interim)(permanent) Director of player personnel (2014–2021)

Player movements

Trades

+ June June 18 To Boston Celtics Moses Brown Al Horford 2023 second-round pick To Oklahoma City Thunder Kemba Walker 2021 BOS first-round pick 2025 second-round pickThe worse of the picks originally belonging to Boston and Memphis. Orlando will receive the worse of those two picks from an earlier trade. July July 29(Draft-day trades) To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Jason Preston (No. 33) To Orlando Magic 2026 DET second-round pick Cash considerations To New Orleans Pelicans Cash considerations To Philadelphia 76ers 2021 No. 53 pickThis trade was finalized hours before the draft began, so no draft rights were involved. July 30 To New Orleans Pelicans 2026 POR second-round pick Cash considerations To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Greg Brown (No. 43) To Houston Rockets Draft rights to Alperen Şengün (No. 16) To Oklahoma City Thunder 2022 DET protected first-round pick 2023 WAS protected first-round pick To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Keon Johnson (No. 21) To New York Knicks Draft rights to Quentin Grimes (No. 25) 2024 DET second-round pick To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to Kai Jones (No. 19) To New York Knicks 2022 CHA protected first-round pick To Indiana Pacers Draft rights to Isaiah Todd (No. 31) To Milwaukee Bucks Draft rights to Sandro Mamukelashvili (No. 54) Draft rights to Georgios Kalaitzakis (No. 60) 2024 second-round pick 2026 second-round pick To New York Knicks Draft rights to Rokas Jokubaitis (No. 34) Draft rights to Miles McBride (No. 36) To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (No. 32) To Oklahoma City Thunder Derrick Favors 2024 protected first-round pick To Utah Jazz 2027 second-round pick Cash considerations July 31 To Boston Celtics Josh Richardson To Dallas Mavericks Moses Brown August August 2 To Cleveland Cavaliers Ricky Rubio To Minnesota Timberwolves Taurean Prince 2022 WAS second−round pick Cash considerations August 6 To Charlotte Hornets Mason Plumlee Draft rights to JT Thor (No. 37) To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Balša Koprivica (No. 57) To Miami Heat Kyle Lowry (sign-and-trade) To Toronto Raptors Precious Achiuwa Goran Dragić To Brooklyn Nets Jevon Carter Draft rights to Day'Ron Sharpe (No. 29) To Phoenix Suns Landry Shamet Five-team trade To Brooklyn Nets 2024 second-round pick (from Washington) 2025 second-round pick swap right (from Washington) Draft rights to Nikola Milutinov (2015 No. 26) (from San Antonio) To Indiana Pacers Draft rights to Isaiah Jackson (No. 22) (from LA Lakers) To Los Angeles Lakers Russell Westbrook (from Washington) 2023 CHI second-round pick (from Washington) 2024 second-round pick (from Washington) 2028 WAS second-round pick (from Washington) To San Antonio Spurs Chandler Hutchison (from Washington) 2022 second-round pick (from Washington) To Washington Wizards Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (from LA Lakers) Spencer Dinwiddie (sign-and-trade) (from Brooklyn) Montrezl Harrell (from LA Lakers) Aaron Holiday (from Indiana) Kyle Kuzma (from LA Lakers) Draft rights to Isaiah Todd (No. 31) (from Indiana) Cash considerations (from Indiana) August 7 Three-team trade To Charlotte Hornets Wes Iwundu (from New Orleans) Draft rights to Tyler Harvey (2015 No. 51) (from Memphis) 2022 NOP protected first-round pick (from New Orleans) Cash considerations (from New Orleans) To Memphis Grizzlies Steven Adams (from New Orleans) Eric Bledsoe (from New Orleans) Draft rights to Ziaire Williams (No. 10) (from New Orleans) Draft rights to Jared Butler (No. 40) (from New Orleans) 2022 LAL protected first-round pickMemphis will receive the pick if it is No. 11–30, otherwise they will receive Cleveland's 2022 second-round pick and New Orleans' 2025 second-round pick and New Orleans will retain the Lakers' pick. (from New Orleans) To New Orleans Pelicans Devonte' Graham (sign-and-trade) (from Charlotte) Jonas Valančiūnas (from Memphis) Draft rights to Trey Murphy III (No. 17) (from Memphis) Draft rights to Brandon Boston Jr. (No. 51)New Orleans traded Boston's rights to the LA Clippers later the same day. (from Memphis) To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Santi Aldama (No. 30) To Utah Jazz Draft rights to Jared Butler (No. 40)Memphis received Butler's rights from New Orleans earlier the same day. 2022 MEM second-round pickUtah traded this pick to Portland on February 9, 2022. 2026 MEM second-round pick To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Brandon Boston Jr. (No. 51)New Orleans received Boston's rights from Memphis earlier the same day. To New Orleans Pelicans 2022 SAC protected second-round pick Cash considerations To Chicago Bulls Cash considerations To Houston Rockets Daniel Theis (sign-and-trade) To Golden State Warriors 2026 MEM protected second-round pick To Utah Jazz Eric Paschall To Indiana Pacers 2023 SAS protected second-round pick To San Antonio Spurs Doug McDermott (sign-and-trade) 2023 IND protected second-round pick 2026 second-round pick swap right Three-team trade To Atlanta Hawks Delon Wright (from Sacramento) To Boston Celtics Kris Dunn (from Atlanta) Bruno Fernando (from Atlanta) 2023 POR second-round pick (from Atlanta) To Sacramento Kings Tristan Thompson (from Boston) To Memphis Grizzlies Sam Merrill 2024 second-round pick 2026 second-round pick To Milwaukee Bucks Grayson Allen August 8 To Chicago Bulls Lonzo Ball (sign-and-trade) To New Orleans Pelicans Tomáš Satoranský Garrett Temple (sign-and-trade) 2024 CHI second-round pick Cash considerations August 11 To Chicago Bulls DeMar DeRozan (sign-and-trade) To San Antonio Spurs Al-Farouq Aminu Thaddeus Young 2022 second-round pick 2025 CHI protected first-round pick 2025 CHI second-round pick August 16 To Los Angeles Clippers Eric Bledsoe To Memphis Grizzlies Patrick Beverley Daniel Oturu Rajon Rondo August 17 To Boston Celtics Cash considerations To New York Knicks Evan Fournier (sign-and-trade) 2022 CHA protected second-round pick 2023 second-round pick August 25 To Memphis Grizzlies Jarrett Culver