

The Golden State Warriors signed Dirk Minniefield as a veteran free agent. The Houston Rockets traded Dave Feitl and a 1989 1st round draft pick ( Dana Barros was later selected) to the Golden State Warriors for Purvis Short. The Los Angeles Lakers sold the player rights to Adrian Branch to the New Jersey Nets. The Milwaukee Bucks waived Winston Garland. The San Antonio Spurs waived Anthony Jones. The Washington Bullets waived Tony Campbell. The Washington Bullets waived Ennis Whatley. The Sacramento Kings waived Johnny Rogers. The Atlanta Hawks traded Dallas Comegys to the New Jersey Nets for a 1990 2nd round draft pick ( Les Jepsen was later selected). The Boston Celtics sold the player rights to Mike O'Koren to the New Jersey Nets. The Washington Bullets traded Michael Adams and Jay Vincent to the Denver Nuggets for Mark Alarie and Darrell Walker. 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). The Cleveland Cavaliers traded James Bailey to the Phoenix Suns for a 1989 2nd round draft pick ( Greg Grant was later selected). The Seattle SuperSonics waived Michael Phelps. 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. The Cleveland Cavaliers waived Donald Royal. The Washington Bullets waived Duane Washington. The Seattle SuperSonics waived Ricky Wilson. The Philadelphia 76ers waived Claude Gregory. 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). The Washington Bullets signed Bernard King as a free agent. The San Antonio Spurs signed Jerome Henderson as a free agent. The New York Knicks traded Jawann Oldham to the Sacramento Kings for a 1988 2nd round draft pick ( Fennis Dembo was later selected). The Phoenix Suns waived Grant Gondrezick. The Portland Trail Blazers traded Kermit Washington to the Golden State Warriors for a 1988 3rd round draft pick ( Anthony Mason was later selected). The Houston Rockets signed Andre Turner as a free agent. 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. The New York Knicks signed Ray Tolbert as a free agent. The Golden State Warriors waived Perry Moss. The Sacramento Kings signed Michael Jackson as a free agent. The Milwaukee Bucks signed John Stroeder as a free agent. The Utah Jazz signed Eddie Hughes as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Pace Mannion as a free agent. The New Jersey Nets traded James Bailey and Darryl Dawkins to the Cleveland Cavaliers for John Bagley and Keith Lee. The Utah Jazz traded Kent Benson and Dell Curry to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darryl Dawkins and Melvin Turpin. The 2nd round draft pick was contingent upon Campbell making Washington's roster but he did not do so. 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.

The Indiana Pacers signed Jim Thomas as a free agent. The Seattle SuperSonics signed Ricky Wilson as a free agent. The Washington Bullets signed Dave Henderson as a free agent. The Los Angeles Lakers signed Milt Wagner as a free agent. 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. The Los Angeles Clippers signed Tod Murphy as a free agent.

The Detroit Pistons signed Ralph Lewis as a free agent. The Indiana Pacers signed Anthony Frederick as a free agent. The Indiana Pacers signed Clinton Wheeler as a free agent. The Boston Celtics signed Mike O'Koren as a free agent. The Phoenix Suns signed Jeff Cook as a free agent. The Seattle SuperSonics released Tod Murphy. The New York Knicks hired Rick Pitino as Head Coach. The Washington Bullets waived Darwin Cook.
