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- 1 (31)
Traded to HOU - 2 (32)
from IND via MIL - 3 (33)
Traded to MIN - 4 (34)
Traded to CLE - 5 (35)
Traded to DEN - 6 (36)
from MEM via ATL and UTA - 7 (37)
via DAL - 8 (38)
from NO via BOS, DET and POR - 9 (39)
Traded to NYK - 10 (40)
from MIL via ORL - 11 (41)
from GS via CHA, NYK, OKC and ATL - 12 (42)
from POR via NO - 13 (43)
from LAC via HOU - 14 (44)
from MIA via IND - 15 (45)
from CHA via SA, ATL and NYK - 16 (46)
-- - 17 (47)
Traded to NYK - 18 (48)
from PHX via WSH - 19 (49)
from ATL via BKN and GS - 20 (50)
-- - 21 (51)
from MIN via DET and NYK - 22 (52)
via CLE - 23 (53)
Traded to NYK - 24 (54)
from LAL via TOR, MIA and CLE - 25 (55)
Traded to HOU - 26 (56)
Traded to LAL - 27 (57)
via BOS - 28 (58)
from DET via NYK, BKN, PHX, ORL and LAC - 29 (59)
from SA via IND - 30 (60)
from OKC via SA and MIA
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