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As we did with 2021’s offseason trades and the in-season swaps from 2020/21, we’ll be keeping track of all the NBA trades completed this season, updating this post with each transaction. This post can be found anytime throughout the season on our desktop sidebar under “Hoops Rumors Features,” or in our mobile menu under “Features.”

Trades are listed here in reverse chronological order, with the latest on top. So, if a player has been dealt multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. Trades listed in italics have been agreed upon but are not yet official. For more details on each trade, click the date above it.

For more information on the specific conditions dictating if and when draft picks involved in these deals will actually change hands, be sure to check out RealGM.com’s breakdown of the details on traded picks.

Here’s the full list of the trades completed during the 2021/22 NBA season:

February 10

• Celtics acquire Derrick White.
• Spurs acquire Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford, the Celtics’ 2022 first-round pick (top-four protected), and the right to swap 2028 first-round picks with the Celtics (top-one protected).

February 10

• Wizards acquire Kristaps Porzingis and the Mavericks’ 2022 second-round pick (top-45 protected).
• Mavericks acquire Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans.

February 10

• Sixers acquire James Harden and Paul Millsap.
• Nets acquire Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, the Sixers’ 2022 first-round pick (unprotected), and the Sixers’ 2027 first-round pick (top-eight protected).
• Note: The Nets have the option to defer the 2022 first-round pick to 2023.

February 10

• Celtics acquire Daniel Theis.
• Rockets acquire Dennis Schröder, Bruno Fernando, and Enes Freedom.

February 10

• Suns acquire Torrey Craig and cash.
• Pacers acquire Jalen Smith and the Suns’ 2022 second-round pick.

February 10

• Kings acquire Donte DiVincenzo, Josh Jackson, Trey Lyles, the Kings’ 2024 second-round pick (from Pistons), and the draft rights to David Michineau.
• Pistons acquire Marvin Bagley III.
• Clippers acquire Rodney Hood, Semi Ojeleye, and the draft rights to Vanja Marinkovic.
• Bucks acquire Serge Ibaka, either the Warriors’ or Cavaliers’ 2023 second-round pick (whichever is less favorable; from Pistons), the Trail Blazers’ 2024 second-round pick (from Kings), and cash ($3,285,000; from Clippers).
• Note: The Kings traded away their own 2024 second-round pick in a previous deal.

February 10

• Hornets acquire Montrezl Harrell.
• Wizards acquire Ish Smith, Vernon Carey, and the Celtics’ 2023 second-round pick (top-45 protected).

February 10

• Suns acquire Aaron Holiday.
• Wizards acquire cash.

February 10

• Raptors acquire Thaddeus Young, Drew Eubanks, and either the Pistons’ or Bulls’ 2022 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable).
• Spurs acquire Goran Dragic and the Raptors’ 2022 first-round pick (top-14 protected).

February 10

• Magic acquire Bol Bol, PJ Dozier, the Celtics’ 2028 second-round pick (top-45 protected), and cash.
• Celtics acquire the Magic’s 2023 second-round pick (top-55 protected).

February 9

• Jazz acquire Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Juan Hernangomez.
• Spurs acquire Tomas Satoransky and either the Thunder’s, Rockets’, Pacers’, or Heat’s 2027 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Jazz).
• Trail Blazers acquire Joe Ingles, Elijah Hughes, and the Grizzlies’ 2022 second-round pick (from Jazz).

February 9

• Thunder acquire KZ Okpala and amended terms of a first-round pick owed to them by the Heat.
• Heat acquire either the Thunder’s, Mavericks’, or Sixers’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
• Note: The Heat previously owed the Thunder their 2023 first-round pick (top-14 protected). They now owe their 2025 first-round pick (top-14 protected).

February 8

• Kings acquire Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb, and the Pacers’ 2023 second-round pick (56-60 protected).
• Pacers acquire Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, and Tristan Thompson.

February 8

• Pelicans acquire CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., and Tony Snell.
• Trail Blazers acquire Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Didi Louzada, the Pelicans’ 2022 first-round pick (top-four protected and 15-30 protected), either the Pelicans’ or Trail Blazers’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable), and the Pelicans’ 2027 second-round pick.
• Note: The Pelicans had previously acquired the Trail Blazers’ 2026 second-round pick.

February 7

• Cavaliers acquire Caris LeVert and the Heat’s 2022 second-round pick.
• Pacers acquire Ricky Rubio, the Cavaliers’ 2022 first-round pick (top-14 protected), the Rockets’ 2022 second-round pick, and the Jazz’s 2027 second-round pick.

February 4

• Clippers acquire Norman Powell and Robert Covington.
• Trail Blazers acquire Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson, and the Pistons’ 2025 second-round pick.

January 19

• Nuggets acquire Bryn Forbes.
• Spurs acquire Juan Hernangomez, the Nuggets’ 2028 second-round pick (top-33 protected), and cash ($2.15MM from Celtics; $200K from Nuggets).
  
• Celtics acquire Bol Bol and PJ Dozier.

January 13

• Knicks acquire Cam Reddish, Solomon Hill, the Nets’ 2025 second-round pick, and cash ($834,589).
• Hawks acquire Kevin Knox and the Hornets’ 2022 first-round pick (top-18 protected).

January 10

• Pistons acquire Bol Bol.
• Nuggets acquire Rodney McGruder and the Nets’ 2022 second-round pick.

This trade was voided when Bol didn’t pass a physical with the Pistons.

January 4

• Thunder acquire Miye Oni and the Jazz’s 2028 second-round pick.
• Jazz acquire cash.

January 3

• Cavaliers acquire Rajon Rondo.
• Knicks acquire Denzel Valentine, the draft rights to Wang Zhelin, the draft rights to Brad Newley, and cash ($1.1MM; from Lakers).
• Lakers acquire the draft rights to Louis Labeyrie.

At the start of the 2021/22 campaign, we looked ahead and identified several dates and deadlines to watch on the NBA calendar this season. While that list covered the general highlights, it’s worth taking a closer look at some of those key dates to keep an eye out for in January, which should be a busy month.

Let’s dive in…

Non-guaranteed contracts become guaranteed

January 10 is the date that all non-guaranteed NBA contracts for 2021/22 will officially become guaranteed, but January 7 is really the day to watch. If a team wants to avoid having a salary become guaranteed, the player must clear waivers before January 10, which means he needs to be cut by January 7 — at the latest.

Many players without fully guaranteed salaries are in no danger of being waived by Friday, but some teams will take the opportunity to save a little money and open up a roster spot.

Teams can begin signing players to non-hardship 10-day contracts

There have already been far more 10-day signings completed this season than in a typical year, and technically the 10-day window hasn’t even opened yet.

The NBA has allowed teams this season to sign players to 10-day contracts using hardship exceptions when a club is missing players due to injuries or the health and safety protocols. As of January 5, teams will be able to sign players to non-hardship 10-day contracts, regardless of how many players are on the club’s injury report.

These non-hardship 10-day deals will count against team salary for cap and tax purposes and will require an opening on the 15-man roster to complete.

We extensively outlined the details of 10-day contracts and explained how they work in our glossary entry on the subject.

More players become trade-eligible

A huge percentage of the NBA’s offseason signees became eligible to be traded back on December 15, but there are still many players who can’t be dealt. By the end of the month, that list of players ineligible to be traded will shrink further, since there are 28 players currently on track to have those restrictions lift between now and January 31.

January 15 is the key date, with 19 players becoming trade-eligible as of that Saturday. That group includes some players who almost certainly aren’t going anywhere, such as John Collins and Jarrett Allen. But a handful of players on that list could be involved in trade rumors in 2022, including Talen Horton-Tucker and Josh Hart.

A number of other offseason signees have unique trade-eligible dates in January, since they were signed sometime after September 15 or inked an offseason extension. That list features names both big (Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Kevin Durant) and small (Ed Davis, Jabari Parker, and Armoni Brooks).

Other odds and ends

There are a few other dates in January that are worth mentioning, despite the fact that they’ll likely come and go without much fanfare.

On January 10, mid-level and room exceptions – along with other cap exceptions like the bi-annual exception – will start to prorate for the year, meaning a team with its full room exception available would no longer be able to offer the full $4.91MM amount to a free agent. Exceptions will decline in value by 1/174th per day, starting on January 10.

January 15 is the last day that teams can apply for a disabled player exception to replace an injured player who is deemed unlikely to return this season. A disabled player exception can give a club extra cap flexibility, though that team may still have to open up a roster spot to add a player using its DPE. Only the Pelicans have received a DPE so far this season.

In past seasons, January 15 was also the deadline for a team to sign a player to a two-way contract, but there’s no deadline for those deals this year. However, on January 20, all players on two-way contracts will have their minimum salaries for the season become fully guaranteed.

When a player signs a 10-day contract, his team can theoretically use cap room or an exception to pay him more than the minimum salary. However, in practice, that never happens — virtually every player that signs a 10-day deal receives a prorated portion of the minimum salary.

The minimum salary in a given season differs from player to player, based on his years of NBA experience entering the season. For instance, in 2021/22, a rookie on a full-season minimum deal will earn $925,258, whereas a 10-year veteran who is earning the minimum will make $2,641,691.

[RELATED: NBA Minimum Salaries For 2021/22]

The same is true for 10-day deals. A rookie will earn significantly less over the course of his 10 days with a team than a tenured NBA veteran will.

Because the 2021/22 season is 174 days long, a player’s full-season minimum salary can be divided by 174 to calculate his daily salary. From there, it’s just a matter of multiplying by 10 to determine his salary on a 10-day contract.

Using that formula, here’s the full breakdown of what salaries for 10-day deals look like in ’21/22:

Because the NBA doesn’t want teams to avoid signing veteran players in favor of cheaper, younger options, the league reimburses clubs who sign veterans with three or more years of experience to 10-day, minimum-salary contracts.

In those instances, teams are on the hook for $95,930, the minimum salary for a player with two years of experience, while the NBA covers the difference. So a team would pay the same amount whether they sign a player with three years under his belt or a player with 12 years of NBA experience.

Based on the new temporary roster rules agreed upon by the league and the players’ union, 10-day contracts signed via hardship exceptions don’t count against team salary for cap or tax purposes. So even though the team is responsible for paying $95,930 to a player signed to a 10-day hardship deal, that money won’t count against the team’s cap. Normally, the portion of the player’s salary paid by the team would be his cap hit, even if he’s technically earning a higher salary.

Here are a few examples based on 10-day deals that are currently active:

A series of COVID-19 outbreaks across the NBA and new rules that require teams to be more aggressive in signing replacement players have resulted in a ton of new 10-day deals within the last week.

By our count, 27 players are currently on 10-day contracts, while another 16 players have reportedly agreed to deals that aren’t yet official, resulting in a total of 43 10-day pacts. That number figures to continue increasing in the coming days, since no active 10-day contracts are set to expire before Saturday night.

With the transaction wire moving so quickly, your best bet for keeping tabs on deals as they happen is to follow our 10-day contract tracker and our roster counts page, which we’re updating several times daily to reflect the latest signings and contract agreements.

This morning, we’re taking a quick snapshot of the currently active 10-day deals, listing them all in one spot in the space below. This post won’t continue to be updated and will likely become outdated in a matter of hours (or even minutes). So again, you’ll want to follow our other trackers to stay up to date on subsequent roster moves. But here are the NBA’s current 10-day contracts, both official and unofficial, as of Wednesday morning:

Runs through December 25:

• Langston Galloway (Nets)

Runs through December 26:

• Aleem Ford (Magic)
• Hassani Gravett (Magic)
• B.J. Johnson (Magic)
• Admiral Schofield (Magic)
• Justin Robinson (Kings)
• Isaiah Thomas (Lakers)

Runs through December 27:

• James Ennis (Nets)
• Shaquille Harrison (Nets)
• Tyler Hall (Knicks)
• Justin Jackson (Celtics)

Runs through December 28:

• Davon Reed (Nuggets)

Runs through December 29:

• Alfonzo McKinnie (Bulls)
• C.J. Miles (Celtics)
• Theo Pinson (Mavericks)

Runs through December 30:

• Justin Anderson (Cavaliers)
• Luke Kornet (Cavaliers)
• Marquese Chriss (Mavericks)
• Damyean Dotson (Knicks)
• Matt Mooney (Knicks)
• Tim Frazier (Magic)
• Freddie Gillespie (Magic)
• Wenyen Gabriel (Nets)
• Jemerrio Jones (Lakers)
• Chris Silva (Timberwolves)
• Rayjon Tucker (Timberwolves)
• Moses Wright (Clippers)

Reported but not yet official:

• Charlie Brown Jr. (Mavericks)
• George King (Mavericks)
• Zylan Cheatham (Heat)
• Brandon Goodwin (Raptors)
• Juwan Morgan (Raptors)
• Nik Stauskas (Raptors)
• Tremont Waters (Raptors)
• D.J. Wilson (Raptors)
• Malcolm Hill (Hawks)
• Lance Stephenson (Hawks)
• Ersan Ilyasova (Bulls)
• Mac McClung (Bulls)
• Tyler Johnson (Sixers)
• Emmanuel Mudiay (Kings)
• Ade Murkey (Kings)
• Jordan Schakel (Wizards)

During a typical NBA league year, teams become eligible to sign players to 10-day contracts on January 5, and many of the signings that take place between that date and the end of the regular season are of the 10-day variety.

However, for a second consecutive year, the league has allowed 10-day signings to be completed earlier in the season as long as a team is using a hardship exception to make the move. And with so many players in the league’s health and safety protocols, hardship exceptions have been available to a ton of teams around the NBA.

That means Hoops Rumors’ 10-day contract tracker, which we use to keep tabs on every 10-day signing completed in a given season, has been brought out of hibernation a little early in 2021/22.

Besides featuring all of this year’s 10-day deals, our 10-day contract tracker includes information on all 10-day contracts signed since the 2006/07 season. The search filters in the database make it easy to sort by team, player and year. For instance, if you want to see all the 10-day contracts that the Lakers have signed in the last 15 years, you can do so here.

You can also see whether a player and team signed a second 10-day contract, or if those short-term deals led to an agreement that covered the rest of the season. Additionally, our tracker, which is updated when a 10-day signing becomes official, notes which 10-day deals remain active, saving you from having to figure out whether a particular contract ends on Wednesday or Thursday.

A link to our 10-day contract tracker can be found at any time in the right sidebar under “Hoops Rumors Features” on our desktop site. On our mobile site, you can find it on our “Features” page. We’ll be keeping it up to date for the rest of the season, so be sure to check back to keep tabs on the latest signings as they become official.