Transactions listed are from July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980

• July ?, 1979

  Waived Louie Dampier.

• July 27, 1979

  Waived Chubby Cox.

• August 6, 1979

  Received Tate Armstrong and cash as compensation for the Chicago Bulls signing Coby Dietrick as a veteran free agent.

• August 31, 1979

  Acquired player rights to Kevin Restani from the Milwaukee Bucks.

• September 13, 1979

  Traded Mike Green to the Kansas City Kings for a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Michael Wiley was later selected).

• October ?, 1979

  Waived Glenn Mosley.

• October 5, 1979

  Traded a 1980 2nd round draft pick (Butch Carter was later selected) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Irv Kiffin.

• October 12, 1979

  Waived Johnny Moore.

• December 19, 1979

  Waived Irv Kiffin.

• January 17, 1980

  Traded Billy Paultz to the Houston Rockets for John Shumate and a 1980 3rd round draft pick (LaVon Mercer was later selected).

• February 22, 1980

  Signed Harry Davis to a 10-day contract.

• March 1, 1980

  Appointed Bob Bass as Interim Head Coach.

  Fired Doug Moe as Head Coach.

• March 3, 1980

  Waived Harry Davis.

• March 9, 1980

  Signed Johnny Moore as a free agent.

• March 22, 1980

  Signed Tim Bassett as a free agent.

• May 28, 1980

  Lost Wiley Peck to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA expansion draft.

• June 6, 1980

  Waived Tim Bassett.

• June 10, 1980

  Drafted Reggie Johnson in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Michael Wiley in the 2nd round (39th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted LaVon Mercer in the 3rd round (60th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Rich Yonakor in the 3rd round (61st pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Calvin Roberts in the 4th round (83rd pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Gib Hinz in the 5th round (107th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Dean Uthoff in the 6th round (129th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Alan Zahn in the 7th round (153rd pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Bill Bailey in the 8th round (172nd pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Al Williams in the 9th round (192nd pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Steve Schall in the 10th round (209th pick) of the 1980 NBA Draft.

• June 19, 1980

  Signed Edmund Lawrence as a free agent.