List of 1953–54 NBA season transactions

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 1953 NBA off-season and 1953–54 NBA season.

August 23, 1953

 * The Milwaukee Hawks sold Mel Hutchins to the Fort Wayne Pistons.

August 27, 1953

 * The Baltimore Bullets traded Jim Baechtold to the New York Knicks for Jim Luisi, Max Zaslofsky and Roy Belliveau.

September ?, 1953

 * The Baltimore Bullets traded Don Barksdale to the Boston Celtics for Herm Hedderick, Mo Mahoney, cash, Jim Doherty and Vernon Stokes.

September 25, 1953

 * The Rochester Royals released Red Holzman.

October 7, 1953

 * The Milwaukee Hawks signed Red Holzman as a free agent.

October 27, 1953

 * The Minneapolis Lakers sold Lew Hitch to the Milwaukee Hawks.

November 23, 1953

 * 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

 * The Baltimore Bullets traded Max Zaslofsky to the Milwaukee Hawks for Bob Houbregs.

November 29, 1953

 * 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

 * 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

 * The Fort Wayne Pistons sold Fred Schaus to the New York Knicks.

January ?, 1954

 * The Milwaukee Hawks signed Dick Surhoff as a free agent.

February 2, 1954

 * The Minneapolis Lakers sold Bob Harrison to the Milwaukee Hawks.

February 18, 1954

 * The Baltimore Bullets traded Leo Barnhorst to the Fort Wayne Pistons for cash.

May 28, 1954

 * The Boston Celtics sold Chuck Cooper to the Milwaukee Hawks.