Transactions listed are from July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997

• July 15, 1996

  Signed Tracy Murray as a free agent.

  Released Bob Thornton.

  Traded Mitchell Butler and Rasheed Wallace to the Portland Trail Blazers for Harvey Grant and Rod Strickland.

• July 26, 1996

  Signed Lorenzo Williams as a free agent.

• September 4, 1996

  Signed Ashraf Amaya as a free agent.

• October 2, 1996

  Signed Ben Wallace as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Fish as a free agent.

  Signed Jaren Jackson as a free agent.

  Signed Richard Petruška.

• October 24, 1996

  Waived Bob McCann.

• October 29, 1996

  Waived Richard Petruška.

• January 2, 1997

  Waived Matt Fish.

• February 5, 1997

  Appointed Bob Staak as Interim Head Coach.

  Fired Jim Lynam as Head Coach.

• February 10, 1997

  Hired Bernie Bickerstaff as Head Coach.

• February 20, 1997

  Signed Gaylon Nickerson to the first of two 10-day contracts.

• April 16, 1997

  Waived Ashraf Amaya.

• June 25, 1997

  Drafted God Shammgod in the 2nd round (45th pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft.

  Drafted Predrag Drobnjak in the 2nd round (48th pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft.