1998-99 NBA transactions · January 1999

165 transactions

January 31, 1999

1. Waived

   The Los Angeles Clippers waived Mark Blount.

January 30, 1999

1. Signing

   The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Trevor Winter as a free agent.

2. Signing

   The Chicago Bulls signed Mario Bennett as a free agent.

3. Signing

   The Atlanta Hawks signed LaPhonso Ellis as a free agent.

January 29, 1999

1. Signing

   The Detroit Pistons signed Mikki Moore as a free agent.

2. Signing

   The Vancouver Grizzlies signed DeJuan Wheat as a free agent.

3. Signing

   The Phoenix Suns signed Shawn Respert as a free agent.

January 28, 1999

1. Waived

   The Vancouver Grizzlies waived Corey Beck.

January 27, 1999

1. Retirement

   Buck Williams retired from the New York Knicks.

2. Signing

   The Boston Celtics signed Eric Riley as a free agent.

3. Waived

   The Minnesota Timberwolves waived Mikki Moore.

4. Waived

   The Chicago Bulls waived Bubba Wells.

5. Waived

   The Chicago Bulls waived Martin Müürsepp.

6. Signing

   The Chicago Bulls signed Priest Lauderdale.

January 26, 1999

1. Waived

   The Golden State Warriors released Jeff Grayer.

2. Signing

   The Detroit Pistons signed Charles O'Bannon as a free agent.

3. Signing

   The Charlotte Hornets signed Chuck Person as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The Orlando Magic signed Doug Overton as a free agent.

5. Signing

   The Miami Heat signed Thomas Hamilton as a free agent.

6. Waived

   The Golden State Warriors waived Tony Farmer.

7. Waived

   The Minnesota Timberwolves waived DeJuan Wheat.

January 25, 1999

1. Waived

   The Vancouver Grizzlies waived Bobby Hurley.

2. Retirement

   Sharone Wright retired from the Toronto Raptors.

3. Signing

   The Phoenix Suns signed Gerald Brown as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The Chicago Bulls signed Brent Barry as a free agent.

5. Waived

   The Chicago Bulls released Scott Burrell.

6. Waived

   The Washington Wizards released Gheorghe Mureșan.

7. Waived

   The Chicago Bulls waived Chuck Person.

January 24, 1999

1. Waived

   The Boston Celtics waived Dontae' Jones.

2. Signing

   The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Johnny Newman as a free agent.

3. Signing

   The New York Knicks signed Dennis Scott as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The Miami Heat signed Clarence Weatherspoon as a free agent.

January 23, 1999

1. Trade

   The Chicago Bulls traded Luc Longley to the Phoenix Suns for Mark Bryant, Martin Müürsepp, Bubba Wells and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Metta World Peace was later selected).

2. Signing

   The Phoenix Suns signed Tom Gugliotta as a free agent.

3. Signing

   The Denver Nuggets signed Loren Meyer as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The Dallas Mavericks signed Gary Trent as a free agent.

5. Signing

   The Denver Nuggets signed Monty Williams as a free agent.

January 22, 1999

1. Signing

   The San Antonio Spurs signed Chris Garner as a free agent.

2. Waived

   The Sacramento Kings waived Isaac Fontaine.

3. Signing

   The Los Angeles Clippers signed Juaquin Hawkins as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The Portland Trail Blazers signed Art Long as a free agent.

5. Waived

   The Detroit Pistons waived Charles O'Bannon.

6. Signing

   The Toronto Raptors signed LaMark Baker as a free agent.

7. Signing

   The Denver Nuggets signed Kelly McCarty as a free agent.

8. Trade

   The Chicago Bulls traded Scottie Pippen to the Houston Rockets for Roy Rogers and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Jake Voskuhl was later selected).

9. Signing

   The Denver Nuggets signed Cory Alexander as a free agent.

10. Trade

    The Detroit Pistons traded Bonzi Wells to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 1999 1st round draft pick (Jumaine Jones was later selected) and a 2000 2nd round draft pick (Scoonie Penn was later selected).

11. Waived

    The Seattle SuperSonics released Greg Anthony.

12. Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Greg Anthony as a free agent.

13. Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Jon Barry as a free agent.

14. Signing

    The Detroit Pistons signed Jud Buechler as a free agent.

15. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Antoine Carr as a free agent.

16. Signing

    The Toronto Raptors signed William Cunningham as a free agent.

17. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Dell Curry as a free agent.

18. Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Vlade Divac as a free agent.

19. Signing

    The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Troy Hudson as a free agent.

20. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Adonis Jordan as a free agent.

21. Signing

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

22. Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed Joe Kleine as a free agent.

23. Trade

    The Atlanta Hawks traded Christian Laettner to the Detroit Pistons for Scot Pollard and a 1999 1st round draft pick (Jumaine Jones was later selected).

24. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded a 2001 2nd round draft pick (Andre Hutson was later selected) to the Milwaukee Bucks for Andrew Lang.

25. Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Vernon Maxwell as a free agent.

26. Signing

    The Denver Nuggets signed Antonio McDyess as a free agent.

27. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Billy Owens as a free agent.

28. Signing

    The Vancouver Grizzlies signed Cherokee Parks as a free agent.

29. Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Terry Porter as a free agent.

30. Waived

    The Detroit Pistons released Malik Sealy.

31. Signing

    The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Malik Sealy as a free agent.

32. Signing

    The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Joe Smith as a free agent.

33. Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Kurt Thomas as a free agent.

34. Signing

    The Detroit Pistons signed Loy Vaught as a free agent.

35. Signing

    The Dallas Mavericks signed Hot Rod Williams as a free agent.

36. Signing

    The Los Angeles Clippers signed Mark Blount as a free agent.

37. Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Rex Walters as a free agent.

38. Waived

    The Detroit Pistons released Rick Mahorn.

39. Waived

    The Houston Rockets released Emanual Davis.

40. Waived

    The Seattle SuperSonics waived Michael Cage.

41. Signing

    The Vancouver Grizzlies signed Sean Higgins.

42. Signing

    The Phoenix Suns signed James Collins.

43. Waived

    The Denver Nuggets waived Priest Lauderdale.

44. Signing

    The Orlando Magic signed Derek Strong to a multi-year contract.

January 21, 1999

1. Signing

   The Utah Jazz signed Shawnelle Scott as a free agent.

2. Waived

   The Orlando Magic released Kevin Edwards.

3. Signing

   The Sacramento Kings signed Isaac Fontaine as a free agent.

4. Signing

   The New Jersey Nets signed Steve Goodrich as a free agent.

5. Signing

   The Orlando Magic signed Jonathan Kerner as a free agent.

6. Signing

   The Atlanta Hawks signed Jeff Sheppard as a free agent.

7. Signing

   The New York Knicks signed Ben Davis as a free agent.

8. Signing

   The Sacramento Kings signed Peter Aluma as a free agent.

9. Signing

   The Orlando Magic signed Isaac Austin as a free agent.

10. Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Anthony Avent as a free agent.

11. Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Thurl Bailey as a free agent.

12. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Drew Barry as a free agent.

13. Trade

    The Boston Celtics traded Travis Knight to the Los Angeles Lakers for Tony Battie.

14. Signing

    The Vancouver Grizzlies signed Corey Beck as a free agent.

15. Trade

    In a 3-team trade, the Denver Nuggets traded Dean Garrett and Bobby Jackson to the Minnesota Timberwolves; the Denver Nuggets traded a 1999 1st round draft pick (Jonathan Bender was later selected) to the Toronto Raptors; the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Željko Rebrača, Micheal Williams and a 2000 1st round draft pick (Morris Peterson was later selected) to the Toronto Raptors; and the Toronto Raptors traded Chauncey Billups and Tyson Wheeler to the Denver Nuggets.

16. Signing

    The Washington Wizards signed Etdrick Bohannon as a free agent.

17. Signing

    The New Jersey Nets signed Earl Boykins as a free agent.

18. Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Chucky Brown as a free agent.

19. Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Rick Brunson as a free agent.

20. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed John Coker as a free agent.

21. Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Derrick Coleman as a free agent.

22. Trade

    The Golden State Warriors traded Latrell Sprewell to the New York Knicks for Terry Cummings, Chris Mills and John Starks.

23. Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Mark Davis as a free agent.

24. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Mario Elie as a free agent.

25. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Andrew Gaze as a free agent.

26. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Matt Geiger as a free agent.

27. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed Harvey Grant as a free agent.

28. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Litterial Green as a free agent.

29. Signing

    The Los Angeles Lakers signed Derek Harper as a free agent.

30. Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Michael Hawkins as a free agent.

31. Signing

    The Atlanta Hawks signed Anthony Johnson as a free agent.

32. Signing

    The Orlando Magic signed Damon Jones as a free agent.

33. Trade

    The Chicago Bulls traded Steve Kerr to the San Antonio Spurs for Chuck Person and a 2000 1st round draft pick (Dalibor Bagarić was later selected).

34. Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Chris King as a free agent.

35. Signing

    The Toronto Raptors signed Negele Knight as a free agent.

36. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Antonio Lang as a free agent.

37. Signing

    The Philadelphia 76ers signed George Lynch as a free agent.

38. Trade

    The New Jersey Nets traded Michael Cage and Don MacLean to the Seattle SuperSonics for Jim McIlvaine.

39. Signing

    The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Mikki Moore as a free agent.

40. Signing

    The Washington Wizards signed Jeff McInnis as a free agent.

41. Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Brad Miller as a free agent.

42. Signing

    The New Jersey Nets signed Eric Murdock as a free agent.

43. Signing

    The Los Angeles Clippers signed Tyrone Nesby as a free agent.

44. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Moochie Norris as a free agent.

45. Signing

    The Sacramento Kings signed Kevin Ollie as a free agent.

46. Signing

    The Indiana Pacers signed Sam Perkins as a free agent.

47. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Olden Polynice as a free agent.

48. Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Eldridge Recasner as a free agent.

49. Signing

    The Vancouver Grizzlies signed Jason Sasser as a free agent.

50. Signing

    The Boston Celtics signed Dwayne Schintzius as a free agent.

51. Signing

    The Charlotte Hornets signed Charles Shackleford as a free agent.

52. Signing

    The Toronto Raptors signed Michael Stewart as a free agent.

53. Trade

    The Denver Nuggets traded a 2000 1st round draft pick (Keyon Dooling was later selected) to the Orlando Magic for Keon Clark and Johnny Taylor.

54. Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Jamie Watson as a free agent.

55. Signing

    The Atlanta Hawks signed Mark West as a free agent.

56. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Brandon Williams as a free agent.

57. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Kornél Dávid as a free agent.

58. Signing

    The Golden State Warriors signed Tony Farmer as a free agent.

59. Signing

    The Vancouver Grizzlies signed Makhtar N'Diaye as a free agent.

60. Signing

    The Miami Heat signed Adrian Griffin as a free agent.

61. Signing

    The Washington Wizards signed Randell Jackson as a free agent.

62. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Charles Jones as a free agent.

63. Signing

    The San Antonio Spurs signed Gerard King as a free agent.

64. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Donny Marshall as a free agent.

65. Signing

    The Utah Jazz signed Joe Stephens as a free agent.

66. Trade

    The Houston Rockets traded Mirsad Türkcan to the Philadelphia 76ers for a 2003 1st round draft pick (Carlos Delfino was later selected).

67. Signing

    The Seattle SuperSonics signed Fred Vinson as a free agent.

68. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls released Jud Buechler.

69. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls released Joe Kleine.

70. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls released Dennis Rodman.

71. Waived

    The Chicago Bulls released John Salley.

72. Signing

    The Houston Rockets signed Anthony Miller as a free agent.

73. Signing

    The Portland Trail Blazers signed Arvydas Sabonis.

74. Signing

    The Chicago Bulls signed Matt Steigenga.

75. Signing

    The Minnesota Timberwolves signed DeJuan Wheat.

76. Signing

    The New Jersey Nets signed Kevin Salvadori.

77. Signing

    The Washington Wizards signed Ivano Newbill.

78. Signing

    The Orlando Magic signed Miles Simon.

79. Signing

    The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Carlos Strong.

80. Signing

    The New York Knicks signed Ron Grandison.

81. Signing

    The Milwaukee Bucks signed Mike Higgins to a 10-day contract.

January 15, 1999

1. Coaches and front office

   The Chicago Bulls hired Tim Floyd as Head Coach.

January 13, 1999

1. Retirement

   Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls.

2. Coaches and front office

   The Los Angeles Clippers hired Chris Ford as Head Coach.