To be fair, CP3 and DH12 are both unrestricted Free Agents

Meaning, they can sign with any team they want to, without trade or agreement from their current teams. 

Not saying it's possible, but IF, CP3 and DH12 say that they just want to play together in Houston, they can just sign contracts with Rockets.

Now the trade talk is more about sign and trade - if unrestricted free agent sign with current team, they can get paid more, and they can carry that contract to a new team.

Why would Lakers and Clippers do that if DH12 and CP3 are leaving no matter how? Because they can get something in return, be a combination of players or some picks. Sure, it's not going to be dollar for dollar, or even just 30 cents on the dollar, but it's still something rather than letting unristricted free agents walk away free.

Why would players demand a sign & trade? Duh, they get paid more.

Why would receiving team do this? If you want to lure those top ufa over, you have to satisfy them - pay them more to get a sign & trade.

Again, not saying you can trade Lin with CP3 or Asik with Howard, straight up in a free trading market. It's under the special unrestricted free agency circumstances.

Again and again, that Sam Smith piece is pure speculation noise, but the trade talk itself is not necessarily a diss on Lin. Any owner/GM would seriously consider or just pull the trigger, if Asik plus some picks and other pieces to make salary work can get you Howard. 

BTW, Al Jefferson is a unrestricted free agent as well, that's why his name was throwen into the fantasy speculation.

Disclaimer: I could be wrong. Any CBA rules expert please correct me.

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• 說得基本到位。UFA選隊也會考慮先發位子冠軍機率隊友等情況，錢不是唯一的考量。 -LakersFan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 11:17:20

• Agree. That's why there is chance to form a big 3 or 4 kind of t -Warsteiner- ♂ (305 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 11:25:11

• 是的，俺也覺得小炮喜歡上LA二隊了，如果斯特林在今年的基礎上加強一把，小炮不會走。 -LakersFan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 11:31:44

• 如果純fantasy的話，想看CP3和鄧肯湊一桌，wake校友好歹一起打一個賽季。嘻嘻 -khan05- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 11:24:20

• First, I don't think they will go there. Second, IF they do, Lin -Warsteiner- ♂ (537 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 11:42:53

• will be 15M. 如果火見要火化，要不小林走，要不不簽帥哥。這些便宜PG就是準備 -jiangwen999- ♂ (28 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 12:23:07

• If they get Howard, Asik will be the first one to go. -Warsteiner- ♂ (301 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 12:26:26

• 我倒是覺得如果得到火化，第一個要走的是冰箱，asik到可以打backup。 -jiangwen999- ♂ (118 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 12:34:55

• reasonable assessment -萬綠叢中- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 12:35:45

• DH12去火箭還有點可能性，CP3根本不可能，因為跟哈登不能共融，有哈登就不需要明星控位 -plateau- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/12/2013 postreply 13:49:45