Players Eligible To Be Traded As Of 12/15 Plus

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Players who will soon become trade eligible
December, 13, 2013
DEC 13 5:37 PM CT
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com


What has already been a robust marketplace, for those of you who love the NBA’s Transaction Game, is about to get robust-er.

OK, OK. Let's just say busier.

A league that has already witnessed three trades headlined by Marcin Gortat, Derrick Williams and Rudy Gay since training camps opened -- with Toronto trying hard as we speak to find a workable Kyle Lowry deal that makes it four -- will see more than 100 new trade chips put into play in less than 48 hours.

At 12:01 a.m. Sunday, no fewer than 114 players who signed new contracts since July will become trade-eligible, thanks to the league rule stipulating that recipients of new deals (in most cases) cannot be dealt until Dec. 15 or three months from the day their new contract is completed ... whichever of those dates falls later. So ...

Just as we would have in the Weekend Dime era, Stein Line Live serves up a list of all 114 of them -- along with a flurry of bonus lists -- to assist in your ESPN Trade Machine endeavors:
Players eligible to be traded as of Sunday

 
Team..............Players
Atlanta............Pero Antic, Elton Brand, DeMarre Carroll, Kyle Korver, Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague*
Boston.............Keith Bogans, Vitor Faverani, Phil Pressey
Brooklyn...........Alan Anderson, Andray Blatche*, Andrei Kirilenko, Shaun Livingston
Charlotte..........Gerald Henderson, Al Jefferson, Josh McRoberts*, Jannero Pargo*, Anthony Tolliver
Chicago............Mike Dunleavy, Nazr Mohammed
Cleveland..........Andrew Bynum, Earl Clark, Matthew Dellavedova, Jarrett Jack
Dallas...............DeJuan Blair, Jose Calderon, Samuel Dalembert, Wayne Ellington, Monta Ellis, Devin Harris, Bernard James*, Gal Mekel
Denver..............Randy Foye, J.J. Hickson, Nate Robinson
Detroit..............Chauncey Billups, Will Bynum, Luigi Datome, Josh Harrellson, Brandon Jennings, Josh Smith
Golden State......Toney Douglas, Andre Iguodala, Jermaine O'Neal, Marreese Speights
Houston.............Ronnie Brewer, Aaron Brooks*, Omri Casspi, Robert Covington, Francisco Garcia*, Dwight Howard
Indiana..............Chris Copeland, Donald Sloan, C.J. Watson, David West
L.A. Clippers.......Matt Barnes, Darren Collison, Ryan Hollins*, Antawn Jamison, Byron Mullens, Chris Paul, J.J. Redick
L.A. Lakers.........Jordan Farmar, Xavier Henry, Wesley Johnson, Chris Kaman, Robert Sacre, Shawne Williams, Nick Young
Memphis.............Jon Leuer, Mike Miller
Miami.................Chris Andersen*, Michael Beasley, Greg Oden
Milwaukee...........Carlos Delfino, O.J. Mayo, Gary Neal, Zaza Pachulia, Miroslav Raduljica
Minnesota...........Corey Brewer, Kevin Martin, Ronny Turiaf
New Orleans........Al-Farouq Aminu*, Tyreke Evans, Anthony Morrow, Greg Stiemsma
New York............Kenyon Martin*, Toure' Murry, Pablo Prigioni, Chris Smith, Beno Udrih, Metta World Peace
Oklahoma City......Derek Fisher *, Ryan Gomes
Orlando...............Jason Maxiell, Ronnie Price
Phoenix...............Dionte Christmas
Portland..............Earl Watson, Mo Williams, Dorell Wright
Sacramento.........Carl Landry, Hamady Ndiaye
San Antonio.........Jeff Ayres, Marco Belinelli, Manu Ginobili
Toronto...............Dwight Buycks, Austin Daye, Tyler Hansbrough
Utah...................Ian Clark, John Lucas III
Washington..........Al Harrington, Eric Maynor, Garrett Temple*, Martell Webster

* -- Players with an asterisk next to their name possess additional trade restrictions in their respective contracts that earned them spots on Stein Line Live's All-No-Trade Team. Click here to get reacquainted with that group.



Bonus List No. 1

The following 20 players with new contracts aren't eligible to be traded Sunday because the three-month window since their respective signing dates extends beyond Dec. 15. Next to each player's name is the date he becomes trade-eligible:
Team.................Players
Atlanta...............Cartier Martin (Jan. 15)
Chicago..............Mike James (Dec. 23)
Cleveland............Henry Sims (Dec. 30)
Indiana...............Rasual Butler (Dec. 25)
L.A. Clippers........Stephen Jackson (March 9 ... which thus makes Jackson ineligible to be traded at all by the Clippers because the trade deadline is Feb. 20)
Miami.................Roger Mason Jr. (Dec. 27)
Minnesota...........A.J. Price (Dec. 30)
New Orleans........Lou Amundson (Feb. 12), Josh Childress (Feb. 12)
New York............Cole Aldrich (Dec. 23)
Orlando...............Solomon Jones (Dec. 27)
Philadelphia..........Hollis Thompson (Dec. 24), Daniel Orton (Jan. 15), Brandon Davies (Jan. 27), Lorenzo Brown (Feb. 20), Elliot Williams (Feb. 20)
San Antonio.........Malcolm Thomas (March 3 ... so he can't be traded until San Antonio's season is over)
Toronto...............Julyan Stone (Dec. 18)
Utah...................Diante Garrett (Feb. 13), Mike Harris (Dec. 30)




Bonus List No. 2

The NBA, as part of its new labor agreement in 2011, restricts players possessing new contracts from being eligible to be traded before Jan. 15 when (1) the player's team is over the salary cap and (2) the first-year salary in the new deal exceeds the prior season's salary by more than 120 percent. There are seven players who fall under those restrictions this season:
Team.....................Players
Dallas.....................Brandan Wright
Denver....................Timofey Mozgov
Memphis..................Tony Allen
Minnesota................Chase Budinger, Nikola Pekovic
New York.................J.R. Smith
San Antonio..............Tiago Splitter




Bonus List No. 3

Any player who signs a contract extension cannot be traded for six months if the total length of the contract (prior deal plus extension) is longer than three years or if the extension has annual increases in excess of 4.5 percent. Two big names, as a result, are thus ineligible to be traded until after their teams' respective 2013-14 seasons:
Team.............................Player
Golden State...................Andrew Bogut
L.A. Lakers......................Kobe Bryant*

* -- Don't forget that Kobe, as covered in the Nov. 8 SLL post, is also one of four players in the league who possesses an outright no-trade clause in his contract along with Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki.



Bonus List No. 4

There are only eight teams in the league, in case all of this trade-eligibility talk has made you curious, that aren't currently carrying a full 15-man roster. They are:
Team Number of players on roster
Boston 14
Chicago 13
Indiana 14
L.A. Lakers 14
Memphis 13
OKlahomaC 14
Phoenix 14
Sacramento 14



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