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| Date | Team | Acquired | Relinquished | Notes |
| 1988-12-14 | Bulls | • Craig Hodges | • Ed Nealy • 1989 second round pick (#46-Ricky Blanton) |
trade with Suns |
| 1989-04-16 | Bulls | • Dominic Pressley | signed free agent to a 10-day contract | |
| 1989-04-23 | Bulls | • Dominic Pressley | waived | |
| 1989-06-15 | Bulls | • Sam Vincent | lost in 1989 NBA expansion draft (to Magic) | |
| 1989-06-26 | Bulls | • 1989 first round pick (#18-B.J. Armstrong) | • Brad Sellers | trade with Sonics |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • Clarence Gaines Jr. | hired as scout/special assistant to VP of basketball operations | |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • Sonics agreed to not select B.J. Armstrong with the #16 or #17 pick in the 1989 NBA draft | • 1993 second round pick (#52-Mike Peplowski) | trade with Sonics |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • 1990 second round pick (#29-Toni Kukoc) • 1992 second round pick (#29-P.J. Brown) |
• Dave Corzine | trade with Magic |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • B.J. Armstrong | 1989 NBA draft first round pick (#18 overall) | |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • Jeff Sanders | 1989 NBA draft first round pick (#20 overall) | |
| 1989-06-27 | Bulls | • Stacey King | 1989 NBA draft first round pick (#6 overall) | |
| 1989-06-30 | Bulls | • Jim Stack | re-signed to a contract extension as scout and promoted to special assistant to VP of basketball operations | |
| 1989-07-06 | Bulls | • Doug Collins | fired as head coach | |
| 1989-07-10 | Bulls | • Phil Jackson | promoted to head coach; signed to a 4-year estimated $1.2M contract | |
| 1989-07-27 | Bulls | • Jeff Sanders | signed first round pick | |
| 1989-08-10 | Bulls | • Jim Cleamons | hired as assistant coach | |
| 1989-08-24 | Bulls | • Craig Hodges | re-signed free agent to multi-year contract | |
| 1989-09-12 | Bulls | • B.J. Armstrong | signed first round pick | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Adrian McKinnon | signed free agent | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • David Wood | signed free agent | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Ed Nealy | • future draft considerations (?-?) (1996 second round pick (?-?) per Nealy's entry in 1990-91 and 1993-94 NBA Register) | trade with Suns |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Greg Spurling | signed free agent | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Jack Haley | signed free agent | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Jimmy McClain | signed free agent | |
| 1989-10-05 | Bulls | • Matt Brust | signed free agent |