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1987-88 NBA transactions · October 1987

Who left, who arrived and who was let go: every move of the season, newest first.

53 transactions

  1. Waived

    The Dallas Mavericks waived Dennis Nutt.

  1. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded James Bailey to the Phoenix Suns for a 1989 2nd round draft pick (Greg Grant was later selected).

  2. Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded Sidney Green to the New York Knicks for Ron Moore and a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Fennis Dembo was later selected).

  3. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Sedric Toney.

  4. Waived

    The Denver Nuggets waived Ron Grandison.

  1. Waived

    The Cleveland Cavaliers waived Warren Martin.

  2. Waived

    The Seattle SuperSonics waived Michael Phelps.

  1. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Kurt Nimphius as a veteran free agent and sent a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Jeff Moe was later selected) to the Detroit Pistons as compensation.

  2. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived Ricky Wilson.

  1. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Kenny Green.

  2. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls waived Scott Meents.

  1. Waived

    The Cleveland Cavaliers waived Donald Royal.

  1. Waived

    The Washington Bullets waived Duane Washington.

  1. Waived

    The Seattle SuperSonics waived Ricky Wilson.

  1. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Greg Spurling.

  2. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Rafael Addison.

  1. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Jerome Henderson as a free agent.

  2. Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Bernard King as a free agent.

  3. Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Sam Vincent and Scott Wedman to the Seattle SuperSonics for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Sylvester Gray was later selected).

  4. Waived

    The Philadelphia 76ers waived Claude Gregory.

  1. Trade

    The New York Knicks traded Jawann Oldham to the Sacramento Kings for a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Fennis Dembo was later selected).

  1. Trade

    The Golden State Warriors traded a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Anthony Mason was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Kermit Washington.

  2. Waived

    The Phoenix Suns waived Grant Gondrezick.

  1. Waived

    The New York Knicks waived Brad Wright.

  2. Waived

    The Indiana Pacers waived Jim Thomas.

  1. Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Charles Jones as a free agent.

  1. Waived

    The Golden State Warriors waived Perry Moss.

  2. Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Ray Tolbert as a free agent.

  3. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Lester Conner as a veteran free agent and sent a 1988 2nd round draft pick (Keith Smart was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors as compensation.

  4. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Andre Turner as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Scott Meents.

  2. Signing

    The Indiana Pacers signed Jim Thomas as a free agent.

  3. Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Tony Campbell as a veteran free agent and sent a 1989 2nd round draft pick to the Detroit Pistons as compensation. 1989 2nd-rd draft pick was contingent upon Campbell making Washington's roster but he did not do so

  4. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded Darryl Dawkins and Melvin Turpin to the Utah Jazz for Kent Benson and Dell Curry.

  5. Trade

    The Cleveland Cavaliers traded John Bagley and Keith Lee to the New Jersey Nets for James Bailey and Darryl Dawkins.

  6. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Pace Mannion as a free agent.

  7. Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Eddie Hughes as a free agent.

  8. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed John Stroeder as a free agent.

  9. Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Michael Jackson as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Jeff Lamp as a veteran free agent and sent a 1988 3rd round draft pick (Archie Marshall was later selected) to the San Antonio Spurs as compensation.

  2. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Milt Wagner as a free agent.

  3. Signing

    The Washington Bullets signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.

  4. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Ricky Wilson as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Detroit Pistons signed Ralph Lewis as a free agent.

  2. Signing

    The Los Angeles Clippers signed Tod Murphy as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Indiana Pacers signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent.

  2. Signing

    The Indiana Pacers signed Anthony Frederick as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Warren Martin.

  1. Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed Jeff Cook as a free agent.

  2. Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed Mike O'Koren as a free agent.

  1. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Mike Smrek to a multi-year contract.

  2. Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed Greg Spurling.

  3. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed World B. Free as a free agent.