Big Men via Free Agency or Trade

[Smills91]

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Well thats a fun list. I intentionally left players off my list that logic suggested wouldn't be available. I seriously doubt that the Thunder would trade Perkins after signing him to a new 5 year deal. Some of the other guys I just don't see as a good fit. I see Gay as a SF, and if traded for, then we should trade Salmons for him and just use him at the SF position. Unfortunately Salmons can't be traded again until Dec. Tim Duncan would retire before agreeing to a trade to another team. Brook Lopez is a center and doesn't have the athletic ability to guard PF's like Dalembert could. He'd be a good rotation guy with Cousins though.

I want nothing to do with Bynum, but I do like Odom. Problem is the Lakers would want Cousins, or Evans etc. Not going to happen.

I don't think that is necessarily true. What you're referring to is trading Salmons in a package with any other players. However, any player can be re-dealt individually and independently of anything else. (See Rasheed Wallace dealt from Portland to Atlanta to Detroit in a matter of a few days). Salmons was already under contract and traded during last year's trade cycle at the time of the draft. I believe it's a 3 month waiting period which would allow him to be redealt in September or during training camp.

The December rule is for players that sign contracts during the new cycle of the summer months(which has yet to occur).

The new CBA will be more of a dictator on the any actuality of trading Salmons though.

 

[bajaden]

I don't think that is necessarily true. What you're referring to is trading Salmons in a package with any other players. However, any player can be re-dealt individually and independently of anything else. (See Rasheed Wallace dealt from Portland to Atlanta to Detroit in a matter of a few days). Salmons was already under contract and traded during last year's trade cycle at the time of the draft. I believe it's a 3 month waiting period which would allow him to be redealt in September or during training camp.

The December rule is for players that sign contracts during the new cycle of the summer months(which has yet to occur).

The new CBA will be more of a dictator on the any actuality of trading Salmons though.

You could be right. I don't claim to be an authority on the CBA. After reading it for a while, my eyes start to water, and short circuits start going off in my brain. As you said, we'll be under a new CBA that could be quite different. So in truth, we don't really know when a player like Salmons could be traded again. Probably not going to happen anyway, so its a moot point.