16 Players Who Can't Be Traded Until Mid-Season

We hear a lot of trade rumors around the NBA, but depending on when a player signs with a team, there is a limitation on his eligibility to be traded.

There are 16 players in the league this year who cannot be traded until mid-January, about three months in—or about the halfway point of the season. Per Hoops Rumors, these players have several criteria in common that puts them into this category:

They re-signed with their previous team this offseason
They got a raise of at least 20%
Their salary is greater than the league minimum
Their team used Bird or Early Bird rights to sign them, being over the cap

With that backdrop, we have a look at these players who cannot be included in trade talks for the first half of the season:

Precious Achiuwa, New York Knicks
OG Anunoby, New York Knicks
Goga Bitadze, Orlando Magic
Miles Bridges, Charlotte Hornets
Max Christie, LA Lakers
Nic Claxton, Brooklyn Nets
Haywood Highsmith, Miami Heat
Isaiah Joe, OKC Thunder
KJ Martin, Philadelphia 76ers
Tyrese Maxey, Philadelphia 76ers
Malik Monk, Sacramento Kings
Josh Okogie, Phoenix Suns
Immanuel Quickley, Toronto Raptors
Obi Toppin, Indiana Pacers
Aaron Wiggins, OKC Thunder
Patrick Williams, Chicago Bulls

None of these players, with the exception of Nic Claxton, have really found themselves named in any trade rumors, so it's not as if there would anything brewing at the moment with these 16 anyway.

But let's face it, three months is a long time for things to unfold in an NBA season, and things can start going sideways for a number of teams, and in that case, all bets are off (though we think it's still pretty safe to assume that Maxey and Anonuby, at least, won't be going anywhere, even after January 15th.