As we detailed earlier, players who signed new contracts as free agents during the 2018/19 league year can’t be traded for three months or until December 15, whichever comes later. That means that nearly every team has at least one player – and generally a handful – who won’t become trade-eligible until mid-December.
There’s also a small subset of free agent signees whose trade ineligibility lasts for an extra month. These players all meet a specific set of criteria: Not only did they re-sign with their previous team this offseason, but they got a raise of at least 20%, their salary is worth more than the minimum, and their team was over the cap, using Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them.
Listed below are the players who meet this criteria and can’t be traded until at least January 15, 2019. Players who have the ability to veto trades in 2018/19 are marked with an asterisk. We’ll continue to update this page over the next few months, if necessary.
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Portland Trail Blazers
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Information from Basketball Insiders was used in the creation of this post.