November 23, 1979: Signed Sam Pellom as a free agent.
November 23, 1979: Traded Terry Furlow to the Utah Jazz for a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Eddie Johnson) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Frazier).
June 10, 1980: Selected Don Collins (1st round, 18th pick), Craig Shelton (2nd round, 28th pick), Mike Doyle (5th round, 110th pick), Mike Zagardo (6th round, 133rd pick), Charles Hightower (7th round, 156th pick) and Stanley Lamb (9th round, 195th pick) in the 1980 NBA Draft.
June 8, 1981: Traded a 1981 1st round draft pick (Orlando Woolridge) and a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Ricky Frazier) to the Chicago Bulls for a 1981 1st round draft pick (Al Wood) and a 1981 2nd round draft pick (Clyde Bradshaw). Chicago had the option to swap 1st round draft picks with Atlanta in 1982 but did not do so.
June 9, 1981: Selected Al Wood (1st round, 4th pick), Clyde Bradshaw (2nd round, 38th pick), Rudy Macklin (3rd round, 52nd pick), Kevin Figaro (4th round, 75th pick), Steve Krafscisin (5th round, 98th pick), Darryl Warwick (6th round, 121st pick), Kevin Vesey (7th round, 144th pick), Gilbert Salinas (8th round, 167th pick), Howard Thompkins (9th round, 189th pick) and Mike Frazier (10th round, 209th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
August 12, 1981: Traded a 1982 4th round draft pick (James Griffin) to the New Jersey Nets for Rory Sparrow and a 1985 4th round draft pick (John Battle).
October 12, 1981: Signed Mike Glenn as a veteran free agent and sent a 1982 2nd round draft pick (Vince Taylor) to the New York Knicks as compensation.
June 29, 1982: Selected Keith Edmonson (1st round, 10th pick), Joe Kopicki (3rd round, 56th pick), Mark Hall (5th round, 102nd pick), Jay Bruchak (6th round, 126th pick), Horace Wyatt (7th round, 148th pick), James Ratiff (8th round, 172nd pick), Pierre Bland (9th round, 194th pick) and Ronnie McAdoo (10th round, 216th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
March 18, 1983: Signed Randy Smith as a free agent.
June 28, 1983: Selected Doc Rivers (2nd round, 31st pick), John Pinone (3rd round, 58th pick), Harry Kelley (4th round, 81st pick), Charles Jones (5th round, 104th pick), Tom Bethea (6th round, 127th pick), Lex Drum (7th round, 150th pick), George Thomas (8th round, 173rd pick), Wil Kotchery (9th round, 195th pick) and Ronnie Carr (10th round, 216th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
June 19, 1984: Selected Kevin Willis (1st round, 11th pick), Bobby Parks (3rd round, 58th pick), Dickie Beal (4th round, 81st pick), Terry Martin (5th round, 104th pick), Jim Master (6th round, 127th pick), Vince Martello (7th round, 150th pick), Robert Brown (8th round, 173rd pick), Fred Brown (9th round, 195th pick) and Doug Mills (10th round, 217th pick) in the 1984 NBA Draft.
September 27, 1984: George Johnson signed as a veteran free agent with the New Jersey Nets; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
September 28, 1984: Billy Paultz signed as a veteran free agent with the Utah Jazz; received a 1985 3rd round draft pick (Sedric Toney) as compensation.
October 15, 1984: Signed Leo Rautins as a free agent.
October 15, 1984: Signed Jerry Eaves as a free agent.
November 28, 1984: Signed Sidney Lowe as a free agent.
December 20, 1984: Signed Sidney Lowe to the first of two 10-day contracts.
June 18, 1985: Selected Jon Koncak (1st round, 5th pick), Lorenzo Charles (2nd round, 41st pick), Sedric Toney (3rd round, 59th pick), Arvydas Sabonis (4th round, 77th pick), John Battle (4th round, 84th pick), Larry Hampton (5th round, 100th pick), Tony Duckett (6th round, 123rd pick) and Bob Ferry Jr. (7th round, 146th pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.
September 26, 1985: Signed Spud Webb as a free agent.
October 25, 1985: Signed Ray Williams as a free agent.
October 28, 1985: Signed Eddie Johnson as a free agent.
January 11, 1986: Mike Glenn signed as a veteran free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
June 28, 1988: Selected Anthony Taylor (2nd round, 44th pick), Jorge Gonzalez (3rd round, 54th pick) and Darryl Middleton (3rd round, 68th pick) in the 1988 NBA Draft.
August 16, 1988: Signed Moses Malone as an unrestricted free agent.