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Nik Stauskas • G
Ht/Wt:6'6", 205 lbs.
Born:Oct 7, 1993 (31 yrs) in Etobicoke, Ont.
From:Michigan
Experience:6 years
Drafted:Drafted by Sacramento in 2014 (1/8).
Movements & Injuries
2022
7/14/2022 Waived by the Indiana Pacers.
7/01/2022 Acquired from the Boston Celtics
4/16/2022 Missed the last 5 regular season games (right ankle sprain).
4/01/2022 Right ankle sprain, day-to-day.
3/28/2022 Recalled from the Maine Celtics (NBA G League).
3/26/2022 Assigned to the Maine Celtics (NBA G League).
3/23/2022 Recalled from the Maine Celtics (NBA G League).
3/22/2022 Assigned to the Maine Celtics (NBA G League).
3/04/2022 Signed as a free agent by the Boston Celtics to a two-year contract.
1/10/2022 10-day contract expired.
1/10/2022 Missed 2 games (ineligible).
1/05/2022 Ineligible, day-to-day.
2021
12/30/2021 Signed by the Miami Heat to a 10-day contract.
10/16/2021 Waived by the Denver Nuggets.
10/16/2021 Signed as a free agent by the Denver Nuggets to a one-year contract.
2020
12/19/2020 Waived by the Milwaukee Bucks.
11/26/2020 Signed as a free agent by the Milwaukee Bucks to a one-year contract.
2019
8/01/2019 Signed with Saski Baskonia (Spain).
4/09/2019 Missed 1 game (lower back contusion).
4/07/2019 Lower back contusion, day-to-day.
2/11/2019 Signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the remainder of the season.
2/08/2019 Waived by the Indiana Pacers.
2/08/2019 Missed 2 games (sore left knee).
2/07/2019 Acquired from the Houston Rockets.
2/07/2019 Acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2/04/2019 Acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers
1/30/2019 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
1/26/2019 Missed 1 game (sore left knee).
1/24/2019 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
2018
7/05/2018 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers to a one-year contract.
6/29/2018 Brooklyn Nets did not tender a qualifying offer.
1/10/2018 Missed 1 game (ankle injury).
1/08/2018 Ankle injury, day-to-day.
2017
12/07/2017 Acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers.
11/29/2017 Missed 8 games (sprained right ankle).
11/11/2017 Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
2016
12/26/2016 Missed 1 game (knee injury).
12/23/2016 Knee injury, day-to-day.
12/20/2016 Missed 1 game (sore left knee).
12/18/2016 Sore left knee, day-to-day.
10/26/2016 Philadelphia 76ers exercised their contract option for the 2017-18 season.
4/13/2016 Missed the last regular season game (knee injury).
3/09/2016 Missed 2 games (upper respiratory infection).
3/04/2016 Upper respiratory infection, day-to-day.
1/24/2016 Missed 3 games (shoulder injury).
1/16/2016 Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
2015
11/27/2015 Missed 1 game (knee injury).
11/25/2015 Knee injury, day-to-day.
10/30/2015 Missed 1 game (back spasms).
10/30/2015 Philadelphia 76ers exercised their contract option for the 2016-17 season.
10/28/2015 Back spasms, day-to-day.
7/10/2015 Acquired from the Sacramento Kings.
4/10/2015 Missed 1 game (back injury).
4/08/2015 Back injury, day-to-day.
2014
7/08/2014 Signed by the Sacramento Kings.
6/27/2014 Drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round (8th overall) in 2014.
Career Transactions
2021
10/16/2021 Signed as a free agent by the Denver Nuggets.
2020
11/26/2020 Signed as a free agent by the Milwaukee Bucks.
2019
2/11/2019 Signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers for the remainder of the season.
2/07/2019 In a three-team trade, Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Brandon Knight, Marquese Chriss, a protected 2019 first-round pick and a 2022 second-round pick from the Houston Rockets. Houston Rockets acquired Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV and a 2021 second-round pick from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Iman Shumpert from the Sacramento Kings. Sacramento Kings acquired Alec Burks from the Cleveland Cavaliers and a 2020 second-round pick from the Houston Rockets.
2/07/2019 Houston Rockets traded Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV, the rights to Maarty Leunen and a 2021 second-round pick to the Indiana Pacers for cash.
2/04/2019 Cleveland Cavaliers traded Rodney Hood to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wade Baldwin IV, Nik Stauskas, a 2021 second-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick.
2018
7/05/2018 Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers.
2017
12/07/2017 Philadelphia 76ers traded Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas and a 2019 second-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Trevor Booker.
2015
7/10/2015 Sacramento Kings traded Nik Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, a future first-round pick, and the rights to swap first-round picks in 2016 and 2017 to the Philadelphia 76ers for the rights to Arturas Gudaitis and Luka Mitrovic.
2014
6/26/2014 Drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round (8th overall) in 2014.
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