Best transaction: Re-signed forward Kurt Thomas on August 1, 2000.
Worst transaction: Traded forward Glen Rice to the Houston Rockets and guard Muggsy Bogues to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Howard Eisley from the Dallas Mavericks and forward Shandon Anderson from the Houston Rockets on August 10, 2001.
Executive of the Year: Never.
TRANSACTIONS:
SEASON 2003-04
December 22 2003 Fired by the New York Knicks. October 27 2003 Waived guard Matt Carroll and center Travis Knight. October 21 2003 Waived guard Tommy Adams. October 9 2003 Signed center Dikembe Mutombo and waived Ronald Blackshear. September 29 2003 Signed guards Matt Carroll, Tommy Adams and Ronald Blackshear. August 13 2003 Signed forward Maciej Lampe. July 23 2003 Traded guard Latrell Sprewell to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Keith Van Horn from the Philadelphia 76ers and signed center Slavko Vranes. July 7 2003 Signed forward Mike Sweetney. Draft 2003 Selected forwards Mike Sweetney (9th overall pick) and Maciej Lampe (30th overall pick) and center Slavko Vranes (39th overall pick). June 20 2003 Named Lon Kruger assistant coach. May 30 2003 Named Brendan Malone assistant coach and Michael Malone assistant coach and advance scout.
SEASON 2002-03
April 15 2003 Signed head coach Don Chaney to a multi-year contract extension. October 30 2002 Signed forward Lee Nailon. October 29 2002 Signed coach Don Chaney to a contract extension; waived guard Toby Bailey. October 24 2002 Waived guard Danny Johnson. October 23 2002 Waived guard Jemeil Rich. October 21 2002 Waived center Todd Lindeman. September 30 2002 Signed guards Toby Bailey, Danny Johnson and Jemeil Rich, forwards Tim James and Mark Pope and center Todd Lindeman. August 7 2002 Signed center Michael Doleac. July 8 2002 Signed guard Frank Williams to a three-year contract. Draft 2002 Selected forward Nenê (7th overall pick) and guard Milos Vujanic (36th overall pick.) Traded center Marcus Camby, guard Mark Jackson and the draft rights to forward Nenê to the Denver Nuggets for forward Antonio McDyess, the draft rights to guard Frank Williams and a 2003 second-round draft pick.
SEASON 2001-02
March 5 2002 Extended the contract of coach Don Chaney. December 30 2001 Named Herb Williams assistant coach. December 10 2001 Named Don Chaney coach for the remainder of the 2001-02 season. December 8 2001 Announced the resignation of coach Jeff Van Gundy. October 25 2001 Waived forward Michael Wright. October 12 2001 Waived guard Ed Cota and guard-forward Michael Hicks. October 10 2001 Waived forward Larry Johnson, who announced his retirement. October 1 2001 Re-signed guard Lavor Postell; signed forward Michael Wright, guard Ed Cota and guard-forwards Michael Hicks and Larry Robinson. September 28 2001 Re-signed center Felton Spencer. September 25 2001 Waived center Luc Longley. August 10 2001 Traded forward Glen Rice to the Houston Rockets and guard Muggsy Bogues to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Howard Eisley from the Dallas Mavericks and forward Shandon Anderson from the Houston Rockets. July 23 2001 Re-signed free agent guard Allan Houston to a multi-year contract. Draft 2001 Selected forward Michael Wright (39th overall pick) and center Eric Chenowith (43rd overall pick).
SEASON 2000-01
February 22 2001 Traded guard Chris Childs and a 2001 first-round pick to the Toronto Raptors for guards Mark Jackson and Muggsy Bogues. Jan 30 2001 Traded guard Erick Strickland and 2001 first- and second-round draft picks to the Vancouver Grizzlies for forward Othella Harrington. January 5 2001 Waived forward Pete Mickeal. October 26 2000 Waived guard Corey Beck and forward Lazaro Borrell. October 20 2000 Waived center Vladimir Stepania. October 7 2000 Waived guard John Celestand and forward Stephen Howard. October 5 2000 Waived guard Vernon Maxwell. October 3 2000 Signed guards Lavor Postell and John Celestand, forwards Pete Mickeal and Jonathan Kerner and centers Felton Spencer and Stephen Howard. September 20 2000 Traded Patrick Ewing to the Seattle SuperSonics and Chris Dudley to the Phoenix Suns for forward Glen Rice, Vernon Maxwell and Lazaro Borrell, centers Luc Longley, Travis Knight and Vladimir Stepania, two 2001 first-round draft picks and two 2001 second-round draft picks. September 1 2000 Named Kevin O'Neill assistant coach. August 1 2000 Re-signed free agent forward Kurt Thomas. Draft 2000 Selected forward Donnell Harvey (22nd overall pick) and guard Lavor Postell (39th overall pick). Traded forward John Wallace and the draft rights to forward Donnell Harvey to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Erick Strickland and the rights to forward Pete Mickeal.
SEASON 1999-00
April 8 2000 Signed guard Brandon Williams to a 10-day contract. March 1 2000 Signed forward Etdrick Bohannon to a second 10-day contract. February 20 2000 Signed forward Etdrick Bohannon to a 10-day contract. February 9 2000 Waived forward Mirsad Turkcan. December 29 1999 Waived forward DeMarco Johnson. November 11 1999 Signed guard Latrell Sprewell to a five-year contract extension. November 1 1999 Waived forward Jimmy Oliver. October 26 1999 Waived forward-center Ivano Newbill and forward Antonio Smith. October 14 1999 Signed free agent guard Jimmy Oliver. October 1 1999 Signed free agent forwards Ivano Newbill and Antonio Smith. September 28 1999 Waived center Herb Williams; signed free-agent center Andrew Lang, who had been with the Chicago Bulls. September 21 1999 Re-signed guard Rick Brunson. September 10 1999 Signed forward DeMarco Johnson. September 1 1999 Re-signed guard-forward David Wingate.
Traded guard Latrell Sprewell to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Keith Van Horn from the Philadelphia 76ers and signed center Slavko Vranes.
