Aaron McKie is Not the Only NBA Coach Who Could Get Traded

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Preview & Chat: The New Jersey Nets
Published 2/5/2008 by Kurt at Forum Blue And Gold
... But don’t worry, according to an interesting post (and great bit of reporting) by Henry at True Hoop, the Lakers also still have the rights to Ron Harper, Karl Malone, Shammond Williams, Horace Grant, Mitch Richmond, John Salley and, Brian Shaw to use in any future trade. As we said at the time of the trade, a lot of teams keep the rights to retired guys for just this type of situation, click the link and check out the entire list. ...

Relatively Good News for Sprewell
Published 2/5/2008 by wd at Canis Hoopus: Front Page Posts
... in check, things could really look up for Spree. After all, Henry Abbott just reminded us that the Wolves still hold Mr. Congeniality's contract rights... do I smell veteran leadership??? ...

Behind every great man is a man of much less importance, but decent trade value
Published 2/5/2008 by JakeTheSnake <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... when the trade was announced.  As a result of this little oddity that was exposed in the trade, TrueHoop did some digging around on how something like this can happen, and how it could happen again.  It's a great read, and included in the article is a list of all the players that are currently out of the NBA that teams still hold rights to.  If you check out the list, you'll see that the Wizards still hold the rights to two players: Anthony Peeler and ...

Gasol to the Lakers - Fascinating
Published 2/5/2008 by ClipperSteve <info@clipsnation.com> at Clips Nation: Front Page Posts
... And Henry Abbott had a great post yesterday on TrueHoop where he went through all of the salary cap holds of all the teams in the NBA.  These are the players that were never waived or renounced (the other Aaron McKie's) who could conceivably be included in a trade.  (Hat tip to Citizen John R for first pointing me to this post.)  My favorite name?  Detlef Schrempf, who according to the ...

The McKie to more trades?
Published 2/9/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... Kupchak has gotten mucho (and deserved) big ups for his recent steal... er, acquisition... of Pau Gasol for Javaris Crittenton, Kwame Brown's expiring contract and spare change. But specifically, the creativity on his part to include the unofficially retired Aaron McKie sign and trade-style has been praised. As it turns out, McKie won't simply collect unearned dollars in Memphis, instead taking on the role of Griz player-coach. As it also turns out (thanks to TrueHoop's research), the list of dudes no longer in the league but still associated with a club is pretty large. A ...

Game #48 - Preview: Celtics @ Pacers
Published 2/12/2008 by Jim at Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts
... Jeff Foster: One of my favorite random guys in the NBA mainly because he is a rebound machine. Could the Celtics possibly say "screw it let's go for broke", sign Roshown McLeod and trade him for Jeff Foster. Obviously that deal makes no sense for Indiana, is financially ludicrous and can't even be checked in the ...

Will Trader Dan Make A Deal?
Published 2/20/2008 at CelticsBlog
... frowned upon Stackhouse's comments about coming back after 30 days. Anyone remember why that rule is in place? Because Ainge traded Gary Payton for Antoine Walker and Gary Payton became a "free agent" (wink wink) and resigned with the Celtics. The next year, the 30 day rule was in place. I'm not sure what Ainge will do this year, if anything. But nothing would really surprise me. Aaron McKie and Kieth Van Horn have been traded this year. Anyone think Ainge wouldn't trade Roshown McLeod, Dana Barros, or Grant Long if he found the right deal? If memory serves me right, ...

While you were running out of Mr. T jokes...
Published 2/25/2008 by Statbuster at Basketbawful
In a turn of events only slightly less devastating than season-ending knee surgery, Greg Oden now has a frohawk. Or maybe the frohawk has him. I'm hoping Steve Blake follows suit and sports a Red Rooster. Were you wondering why the Jerry Stackhouse trade'n waive was red flagged by the NBA, but it's perfectly fine to dust off an assistant coach or a stay-at-home dad to throw into the deal? You weren't the only one. Candace Parker is leaving college early to play in the WNBA! But if they go three ...