Transactions listed are from July 1, 1980 to June 30, 1981

• July 16, 1980

  Hired Dick Motta as Head Coach.

• July 28, 1980

  Jeff Judkins signed as a veteran free agent with the Utah Jazz; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.

• September 11, 1980

  Traded Billy McKinney to the Utah Jazz for a 1983 2nd round draft pick (Mark West was later selected) and a 1984 2nd round draft pick (Anthony Teachey was later selected).

• September 12, 1980

  Waived Dave Britton.

• September 16, 1980

  Traded Mike Bratz to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1984 1st round draft pick (Sam Perkins was later selected).

• October 3, 1980

  Waived Raymond Townsend.

• October 8, 1980

  Waived Clarence Kea.

• October 28, 1980

  Signed Scott Lloyd as a free agent.

  Waived Stan Pietkiewicz.

• October 30, 1980

  Traded Richard Washington and Jerome Whitehead to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Bill Robinzine, a 1983 1st round draft pick (Derek Harper was later selected) and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Roy Tarpley was later selected).

• November 6, 1980

  Sold player rights to Austin Carr to the Washington Bullets.

• November 17, 1980

  Signed Ollie Mack as a free agent.

  Waived Joe Hassett.

• December 1, 1980

  Waived Darrell Allums.

• December 2, 1980

  Signed Brad Davis as a free agent.

  Waived Terry Duerod.

• December 3, 1980

  Traded Kiki Vandeweghe and a 1986 1st round draft pick (Maurice Martin was later selected) to the Denver Nuggets for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Rolando Blackman was later selected) and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Sam Vincent was later selected).

• January 2, 1981

  Signed Monti Davis to a 10-day contract.

• January 12, 1981

  Waived Monti Davis.

• January 28, 1981

  Signed Stan Pietkiewicz to a contract for the rest of the season.

• February 7, 1981

  Traded Geoff Huston and a 1983 3rd round draft pick (Larry Anderson was later selected) to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Chad Kinch and a 1985 1st round draft pick (Detlef Schrempf was later selected).

• February 10, 1981

  Signed Clarence Kea as a free agent.

• February 19, 1981

  Waived Winford Boynes.

• March 2, 1981

  Ralph Drollinger retired.

• June 9, 1981

  Drafted Mark Aguirre in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Rolando Blackman in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Jay Vincent in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Elston Turner in the 2nd round (43rd pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Art Housey in the 3rd round (47th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Eddie Moss in the 4th round (70th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Pete Budko in the 5th round (93rd pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Karl Bankowski in the 6th round (116th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Danny Davis in the 7th round (139th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted David Kennedy in the 8th round (162nd pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted John Hollinden in the 9th round (184th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Scott Bolanko in the 10th round (204th pick) of the 1981 NBA Draft.