List of transactions involving the Portland Trail Blazers

This article lists transactions (including trades, draft picks, free agent signings, waivers, etc). involving the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA, in chronlogical order. Trades which occur in the off-season are listed with the following season.

1970-71

1971-72

1972-73

1973-74

1974-75

NBA Draft

*Jan van Breda Kolff, Vanderbilt University, Second Round (#2)

1975-76

1976-77

NBA Draft

*Wally Walker, Virginia, First round (#5)
*Major Jones, Albany State University, Second Round (#3)
*Johnny Davis, University of Dayton, Second round (#5)

ABA Dispersal Draft

*Maurice Lucas, Spirits of St. Louis, #2, $300,000 purchase price
*Moses Malone, Spirits of St. Louis, #5, $350,000 purchase price

Pre-Season

*Traded Moses Malone to the Buffalo Braves for a 1978 1st round pick.
*Signed Corky Calhoun as a free agent.
*Signed Robin Jones as a free agent.
*Signed Dave Twardzik as a free agent.

1977-78

NBA Draft

*T. R. Dunn, University of Alabama, Second Round (#19)

1978-79

1979-80

1980-81

NBA Draft

*Ronnie Lester, University of Iowa, First Round (#10)

1981-82

NBA Draft

*Jeff Lamp, University of Virginia, First Round (#15)

1982-83

NBA Draft

*Fat Lever, Arizona State University, First Round (#11)
*Audie Norris, Jackson State University, Second Round (#14)

1983-84

1984-85

NBA Draft

* Losing the coin flip and rights to consensus #1 pick, Hakeem Olajuwon, the Blazers fill their need for a big man with their selection of Sam Bowie. Michael Jordan falls to Chicago at the #3 pick. [ [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-114086640.html What if the Trail Blazers had drafted Michael Jordan instead ] ]
* Bernard Thompson, California State University, Fresno, First Round (#19)
* Steve Colter, New Mexico State University, Second Round (#9)

1985-86

1986-87

1987-88

1988-89

NBA Draft

* Mark Bryant, Seton Hall University, First round (#21)
* Anthony Mason, Tennessee State University, Third round (#3)

1989-90

NBA Draft

* Byron Irvin, University of Missouri, First round (#22)

1990-91

NBA Draft

* Alaa Abdelnaby, Duke University, First round (#25)

1991-92

1992-93

NBA Draft

* Dave Johnson, Syracuse University, First round (#26)
* Reggie Smith, Texas Christian University, Second round (#4)

1993-94

NBA Draft

* James Robinson, University of Alabama, First round (#21)

1994-95

Trades

*February 14, 1995 - Clyde Drexler and Tracy Murray were traded to the Houston Rockets for Otis Thorpe.

NBA Draft

* Aaron McKie, Temple University, 1994, First round (#17)

1995-96

NBA Draft

* Shawn Respert, Michigan State University, First round (#8)

1996-97

* Acquired Rasheed Wallace and Mitchell Butler from the Washington Wizards for Rod Strickland and Harvey Grant on July 15th [ [http://www.hoopshype.com/general_managers/bob_whitsitt.htm HoopsHype - NBA General Managers - Bob Whitsitt ] ]

1997-98

NBA Draft

* Alvin Williams, Villanova University, Second round (#19)

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

NBA Draft

*Erick Barkley, St. John's University, First round (#28)

* Traded Jermaine O'Neal and Joe Kleine to the Indiana Pacers for Dale Davis [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03EFDB1230F932A3575AC0A9669C8B63 PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL; Blazers Acquire Davis From Pacers - New York Times ] ]

2001-02

* Hired Maurice Cheeks as head coach on June 27th [ [http://www.nba.com/blazers/sights_sounds/Maurice_Cheeks_Profile_Page-82238-41.html BLAZERS: Maurice Cheeks Player Page ] ]

NBA Draft

* Zach Randolph, Michigan State University,First round (#19) [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2001.htm NBA Draft.net - 2001 NBA Draft ] ]
* Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Georgetown University, Second round (#21)

2002-03

NBA Draft

* Qyntel Woods, Northeast Mississippi Community College, First round (#21) [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2002.htm NBA Draft.net | 2002 NBA Draft ] ]

* Named John Nash General Manager July 18th [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/transactions?team=por&year=2003 ESPN - Portland Trail Blazers Transactions - NBA Basketball ] ]

2003-04

Trades

*February 9, 2004 - Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person were traded to the Atlanta Hawks for Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Theo Ratliff and Dan Dickau.

NBA Draft

* Selected Travis Outlaw with the 23rd pick (first round) of the 2003 NBA Draft. [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2003.asp NBADraft.net | 2003 Actual Draft ] ]
* Selected Nedžad Sinanović with the 54th pick (2nd round) of the 2003 NBA draft. [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2003.asp NBADraft.net | 2003 Actual Draft ] ]
* Traded Bonzi Wells to the Memphis Grizzlies for Wesley Person and a first round draft pick (Dec) [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1677331 ESPN - Blazers get Person in return for Wells - NBA ] ]
* Traded Jeff McInnis and Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Miles (Jan) [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1714703 ESPN - Cavs get McInnis, Boumtje Boumtje - NBA ] ]
* Traded Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person to the Atlanta Hawks for Theo Ratliff, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and Dan Dickau. (Feb) [ [http://www.insidehoops.com/rasheed-shareef-trade-021004.shtml Portland Trail Blazers trade Rasheed Wallace to Atlanta Hawks for Shareef Abdur-Rahim ] ]

2004-05

NBA Draft

* Selected Sebastian Telfair with the 13th pick (first round) of the 2004 NBA Draft. [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2004.htm NBA Draft.net - 2004 Mock Draft ] ]
* Sergei Monia, Russia, 2004, First round (#23)

* Signed free agent Joel Przybilla for $3.35 million over two years on August 25th [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nba&id=1867751 ESPN - Blazers sign Przybilla - NBA ] ] [ [http://www.nba.com/blazers/features/Joel_Przybilla_Rip_City_Featur-173045-41.html BLAZERS: Joel Przybilla Rip City Feature ] ]
* Re-Signed restricted free agent, Darius Miles, to a six-year $48 million contract on September 1st [ [http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/37/darius_miles/ RealGM: Player Profiles - Darius Miles ] ]
* Signed Theo Ratliff to a five-year contract extension on September 28th [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/blazers/2004-09-28-ratliff-extension_x.htm USATODAY.com - Blazers sign former Hawk Ratliff to contract extension ] ]
* Signed Zach Randolph to a six-year, $86 million extension on November 1st [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1913969 ESPN - Thirty percent of contract deferred - NBA ] ]

2005-06

NBA Draft

* Traded the rights to the #3 pick, Deron Williams to Utah in exchange for rights to the sixth, Martell Webster, and 27th picks and a conditional 2006 first-round pick.
* Acquired the drafts rights to Jarrett Jack (#22) from Denver for the draft rights to Linas Kleiza (#27) and Ricky Sanchez (#35). [ [http://www.nbadraft.net/2005.asp NBADraft.net | 2005 Actual Draft ] ]

* Hired Nate McMillan as head coach [ [http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/nba/20050707-0027-bkn-trailblazers-mcmillan.html SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports - Trail Blazers hire McMillan ] ]

Notable player signings and departures

* Damon Stoudamire - Free Agency (2005). Stoudamire had been a star player for Portland's Wilson High School.

2006-07

Prior to draft day

* Announced that John Nash would not be extended a contract, as Blazer GM. Kevin Pritchard takes over as interim. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2463998 ESPN - Nash won't return as Trail Blazers' general manager - NBA ] ] [ [http://media.www.dailyvanguard.com/media/storage/paper941/news/2006/06/02/Sports/Blazers.Fire.Gm.John.Nash-2615717.shtml Blazers fire GM John Nash - Sports ] ]
* Traded Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and the Blazers second-round pick in 2008 to the Boston Celtics for Raef LaFrentz, Dan Dickau, and the rights to the #7 pick in the draft.

Draft day

* Drafted Tyrus Thomas at #4, and traded his rights, along with Viktor Khryapa to the Chicago Bulls for the rights to the #2 pick, LaMarcus Aldridge from Texas.
* Selected Randy Foye of Villanova University at #7, traded his rights along with cash considerations, to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the rights to the #6 pick, Brandon Roy from the University of Washington.
* Acquired the rights to the #27 pick, Sergio Rodriguez, from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for cash.
* Drafted Joel Freeland with the #30 pick.
* Drafted James White with the #31 pick; traded him to the Indiana Pacers for the rights to the #45 pick (Alexander Johnson from Florida State University) and two future second-round picks.
* Traded the rights to Johnson to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future second round pick.

Other offseason transactions

* On On July 17, re-signed center Joel Przybilla.Fact|date=November 2007
* On July 20, signed rookie Sergio Rodríguez had been signed to a contract, negotiated a buyout with CB Estudiantes of the Spanish League. [ [http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/41599/20060720/sergio_rodriguez_signs_rookie_contract_with_blazers RealGM: Wiretap Archives: Sergio Rodriguez Signs Rookie Contract With Blazers ] ]
* On July 31, traded Steve Blake, Ha Seung-Jin, and Brian Skinner to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Jamaal Magloire. [ [http://www.nba.com/news/312655.html NBA.com News Flash ] ]
* On August 9, it was announced that draft pick Joel Freeland had signed a two-year deal with CB Gran Canaria. [ [http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/305/nba/es/desarrollo/678618.html Freeman jugará en la ACB con el Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas - Marca.com ] ]
* Signed forward Ime Udoka and Stephen Graham to contracts. Udoka went on to win the starting small forward position, garner a subsequent guaranteed contract and eventually start more games for the Trail Blazers than any other player during the 2006-07 season.

Regular season

* On November 14, 2006, announced that forward Darius Miles underwent microfracture surgery on his ailing knee during a scheduled arthroscopic surgery, and would miss the remainder of the season. [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2662077 ESPN - Knee surgery to sideline Blazers' Miles for season - NBA ] ]
* On January 2, 2007, waived G/F Stephen Graham.
* On February 22, 2007, traded Juan Dixon to the Toronto Raptors for Fred Jones and future considerations. [ [http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/fred-211975-1218.html BLAZERS: Portland Acquires G/F Fred Jones from Toronto- Send G Juan Dixon to Raptors ] ]
* On March 2, the team called up forward Jeremy Richardson from the NBDL, signing him to a 10-day contract. He was subsequently cut on March 11, after appearing in one game for the team.
* On March 15, called up Luke Schenscher from the NBDL and awarded a 10-day contract. He was subsequently awarded a second 10-day contract; he would remain with the team until the conclusion of the season.
* On March 29, announced the formal promotion of Kevin Pritchard to the General Manager post

2007-08

Draft Day

In the 2007, the team selected:

* Greg Oden, Ohio State University, First round (#1)
* Josh McRoberts, Duke University, 2007, Second round (#7)
* Derrick Byars, Vanderbilt University, Second round (#12).
* Taurean Green, University of Florida, Second round (#22)
* Demetris Nichols, Syracuse University, Second round (#23)

The team executed the following trades on draft day:

*Zach Randolph (power forward), along with reserves Dan Dickau (Point guard) and Fred Jones (Shooting Guard) were traded to the New York Knicks for Channing Frye (Center/power forward), Steve Francis (Shooting Guard/Point guard), and a $3 million trade exception.

* Acquired the rights to then Phoenix Suns Small forward James Jones and the rights to the 24th pick, in exchange cash considerations.

* Traded the rights to Derrick Byars, along with cash considerations, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the rights to Finnish Point guard Petteri Koponen.

* Traded the rights to Demetris Nichols to the New York Knicks for a future 2nd round draft pick.

Other offseason transactions

* Bought out Steve Francis' contract for a reported $30 million, which made him a free agent after he clears waivers. [cite news | url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2919929 | title=Randolph heading to Knicks, Francis shipped to Blazers in draft-day trade | date=2007-06-29 | accessdate=2007-06-29 | publisher=ESPN.com]

* Signed Steve Blake to a contract.

* Re-signed Travis Outlaw to a contract extension. [ [http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2007/07/blazers_resign_outlaw_to_three.html Blazers re-sign Outlaw to three-year deal - OregonLive.com: Behind The Blazers Beat ] ]

* Ime Udoka and Jamaal Magloire, Blazers the prior season, signed contracts with other teams.

Mid-season transactions

* Traded Taurean Green to the Denver Nuggets for guard Von Wafer. [cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/blazers/news/f-258910-1218.html |title=Trail Blazers acquire Von Wafer from Denver in exchange for Taurean Green |accessdate=2008-02-21 |work=nba.com ]
* On April 15, 2008, waived G/F Darius Miles. [cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/sports/1208240702268570.xml&coll=7 |title=Blazers waive Miles, clean house |accessdate=2008-04-15 |work=The Oregonian ]

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