1995 NBA offseason
The 1995 NBA offseason.
A chronological guide to the transactions and decisions surrounding the 1995 NBA offseason.
In the order it happened
The transaction timeline
The draft, major signings, trades and roster decisions are ordered chronologically. Complete draft boards, trade packages and free-agent jersey changes are embedded at the moment they happened.
June 28 · NBA Draft
Golden State takes Joe Smith while Garnett changes the risk equation →Joe Smith went first, but Minnesota's choice of Kevin Garnett at No. 5 reopened the NBA's path from high school and gave the Timberwolves the franchise player they had never had.
The complete draft board is preserved beside this moment →
September · Re-signing
Chicago restores the Jordan–Pippen championship axis
Michael Jordan's first full season back shifted the Bulls from a 47-win transition team to a contender again, and the front office spent the summer building a frontcourt that could survive the East.
October 2 · Trade
Dennis Rodman becomes Chicago's final piece →Chicago sent Will Perdue to San Antonio for the league's most relentless rebounder. Rodman supplied the interior edge the Bulls had lost after Horace Grant's departure and completed the core of a second three-peat.
The complete trade package is preserved beside this moment →
October · Season setup
Expansion and a returning dynasty reshape the map
Toronto and Vancouver entered the league while Jordan prepared for his first complete season since 1992–93, giving the year both a new geographic frontier and a restored championship favorite.
To CHI
To SAS