This is a list of all personnel changes for the 1953 NBA off-season and 1953–54 NBA season.
Events
[edit]August 23, 1953
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks sold Mel Hutchins to the Fort Wayne Pistons.
August 27, 1953
[edit]- The Baltimore Bullets traded Jim Baechtold to the New York Knicks for Jim Luisi, Max Zaslofsky and Roy Belliveau.
September ?, 1953
[edit]- The Baltimore Bullets traded Don Barksdale to the Boston Celtics for Herm Hedderick, Mo Mahoney, cash, Jim Doherty and Vernon Stokes.
September 25, 1953
[edit]- The Rochester Royals released Red Holzman.
October 7, 1953
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks signed Red Holzman as a free agent.
October 27, 1953
[edit]- The Minneapolis Lakers sold Lew Hitch to the Milwaukee Hawks.
November 23, 1953
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks traded Bob Lavoy to the Syracuse Nationals for Noble Jorgensen.
- The Milwaukee Hawks signed Bob Peterson as a free agent.
November 25, 1953
[edit]- The Baltimore Bullets traded Max Zaslofsky to the Milwaukee Hawks for Bob Houbregs.
November 29, 1953
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks traded Jack Nichols to the Boston Celtics for Fred Eydt, J.C. Maze, John Azary, Paul Unruh and Tom Lillis.
December 21, 1953
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks traded Max Zaslofsky to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Chuck Share.
- The Milwaukee Hawks traded Lew Hitch to the Minneapolis Lakers for Bobby Watson.
December 29, 1953
[edit]- The Fort Wayne Pistons sold Fred Schaus to the New York Knicks.
January ?, 1954
[edit]- The Milwaukee Hawks signed Dick Surhoff as a free agent.
February 2, 1954
[edit]- The Minneapolis Lakers sold Bob Harrison to the Milwaukee Hawks.
February 18, 1954
[edit]- The Baltimore Bullets traded Leo Barnhorst to the Fort Wayne Pistons for cash.
May 28, 1954
[edit]- The Boston Celtics sold Chuck Cooper to the Milwaukee Hawks.
Notes
[edit]- a Number of years played in the NBA prior to the draft
- b Career with the franchise that drafted the player
- c Never played a game for the franchise