As we soon enter the throes of NBA Trade Season, this Newsletter Tuesday delivers a list for you to keep handy that features all the players who cannot be dealt this season without their consent
I had a feeling McAdoo would be on that list; I just wasn't sure of the number of teams, as his early career, for me, was purely viewed via those old, yearly handbooks ('The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball') that I would leaf through voraciously as a kid.
I got Shaq, Moses, and Westbrook, too. Had sort of forgotten all the teams Rose had been on, though.
If we were to distill the list down to an actual All-No Trade List, looking at actual 2024-25 performance, not career, would it be: Harden, Lebron, Barnes, Tatum, Mobley? I think you can make an argument Lebron isn't on there because his defense has been so bad, but with Franz out, hard to see anyone else supplanting Lebron. Also hard to leave Embiid off, but you'd have to right?
I had a feeling McAdoo would be on that list; I just wasn't sure of the number of teams, as his early career, for me, was purely viewed via those old, yearly handbooks ('The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball') that I would leaf through voraciously as a kid.
I got Shaq, Moses, and Westbrook, too. Had sort of forgotten all the teams Rose had been on, though.
So out of the 21 non tradeable players Denver has four of them? Yikes.
If we were to distill the list down to an actual All-No Trade List, looking at actual 2024-25 performance, not career, would it be: Harden, Lebron, Barnes, Tatum, Mobley? I think you can make an argument Lebron isn't on there because his defense has been so bad, but with Franz out, hard to see anyone else supplanting Lebron. Also hard to leave Embiid off, but you'd have to right?