I remember when the lock out was over, Stern made a comment regarding "Sign and Trades". I think it was something like "You won't see as many sign and trades, because it's not advantageous to the teams". Does anyone have an idea what he was talking about? Does it mean that the team orchestrating the sign and trade will not have the Bird advantage or something? If this is the case, then I wonder how many players will stay on their respected ball clubs? I mean the players that actually care about money, and that extra year means a lot to them.
Basically, in the new CBA, sign & trade contracts won't be any better than regular free agent contracts, so there won't be any advantage to the player to try to go that route. http://www.nba.com/2011/news/12/08/labor-deal-reached/index.html
