January 30, 2000: Fired Gar Heard as Head Coach.

March 13, 2000: Signed Don Reid as a free agent.

June 28, 2000: Selected Mike Smith (2nd round, 35th pick) in the 2000 NBA Draft.

September 25, 2000: Traded Tracy Murray to the Denver Nuggets for Popeye Jones and a 2002 2nd round draft pick (Rod Grizzard was later selected).

March 6, 2001: Signed David Vanterpool to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.

July 18, 2001: Signed Tyronn Lue as a free agent.

August 1, 2001: Traded Laron Profit and a 2005 1st round draft pick (Julius Hodge was later selected) to the Orlando Magic for Brendan Haywood.