You know the old adage: If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. Even if you have to wait 30 days.
It seems like a growing trend in the NBA: teams include a player in a major trade, wait 30 days, then re-sign him after he's cleared waivers. And while this practice is technically "legal", it's a known fact that its frowned upon by the league office.
The latest team guilty of this "trade loophole" is the Cleveland Cavaliers, who recently pulled off a blockbuster trade for Washington Wizards all-star Antawn Jamison. In this trade they sent hometown favorite Zydrunas Ilgauskas to Washington , only to re-sign him 30 days later.
They want me...the Z!
A couple of years prior to this, the Dallas Mavericks were actually banned from sending Jerry Stackhouse to New Jersey in the Jason Kidd deal because it was leaked that Stackhouse had a pre-arranged deal to re-sign with Dallas once the Nets waived him. Around this same period in the league, the Minnesota T-Wolves re-signed Brian Cardinal using this same trade method, as did the San Antonio Spurs with Brent Barry.
Unfortunately trades are becoming more and more lopsided as teams trade away All-Star talent in pure salary dumps. The players union should take a stand and stop this problem sooner than later, else we're in for a league where the same four or five elite teams vie for the NBA Championship every year.
It seems like a growing trend in the NBA: teams include a player in a major trade, wait 30 days, then re-sign him after he's cleared waivers. And while this practice is technically "legal", it's a known fact that its frowned upon by the league office.
The latest team guilty of this "trade loophole" is the Cleveland Cavaliers, who recently pulled off a blockbuster trade for Washington Wizards all-star Antawn Jamison. In this trade they sent hometown favorite Zydrunas Ilgauskas to Washington , only to re-sign him 30 days later.
They want me...the Z!
Unfortunately trades are becoming more and more lopsided as teams trade away All-Star talent in pure salary dumps. The players union should take a stand and stop this problem sooner than later, else we're in for a league where the same four or five elite teams vie for the NBA Championship every year.
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