Fred VanVleet, Aaron Holiday, and Jae\u2019Sean Tate will have implied no-trade clauses this year, based on the terms of their new Rockets contracts. Jeff Green forfeited his right to such an arrangement.<\/p>\n
Fred VanVleet is a One-Year Bird player this season, since his new deal is a one-year deal (with a player option for a second year).<\/p>\n
FVV will have an implied no-trade clause.<\/p>\n
\u2014 David Weiner #\ud83d\udfe6 (@BimaThug) July 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Technically, the only two current NBA players with contractual no-trade clauses are LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and Damian Lillard with the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>.<\/p>\n To be eligible to negotiate a no-trade clause, a player must have played at least eight NBA seasons while spending at least four of those with his current team. He also must be signing a free agent contract, rather than a contract extension.<\/p>\n So, teams are usually reluctant to give out no-trade clauses because it limits their roster options, and the vast majority of players aren\u2019t even eligible to ask for one in the first place.<\/p>\n However, there are several other players who have\u00a0implicit\u00a0no-trade clauses for 2025-26, since the manner in which they signed their current contracts gives them the ability to veto trades next season. The criteria, per HoopsRumors<\/a>, is as follows:<\/p>\n A player who re-signs with his previous team on a one-year contract \u2013 or a two-year deal with an option year \u2013 is given no-trade protection, unless he agrees to give up that protection when he inks his deal. That group doesn\u2019t include players on two-way contracts, but it does include players who accept standard (non two-way) one-year qualifying offers.<\/p>\n A player who signs an offer sheet and then has that offer matched by his previous team also has the ability to veto a trade for a full calendar year.<\/p>\n Among 10 players<\/a> who currently have those implied no-trade rights for 2025-26, three (Fred VanVleet, Jae\u2019Sean Tate, and Aaron Holiday) are members of the Houston Rockets<\/a>. Combined, those are approximately $30 million in salaries<\/a>, with the vast majority ($25 million) going to VanVleet as the starting point guard.<\/p>\n So, when considering hypothetical Houston deals during the upcoming league year, fans should keep those implied no-trade clauses in mind.<\/p>\n Veteran forward Jeff Green was also eligible for such an arrangement, but he agreed to forfeit his trade-veto rights (as did nine other players across the league, per HoopsRumors<\/a>). So, in contrast to VanVleet, Holiday, and Tate, the expiring salary of Green could be in play \u2014 but it\u2019s of fairly minimal importance, as a minimum contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n Most players who signed free agent contracts this offseason will become trade eligible on December 15, with that kicking off a nearly two-month period leading up to the early February deadline for in-season deals. With the 2025 offseason transaction window largely complete, that\u2019s the next unofficial \u201ctrade season\u201d around the NBA.<\/p>\n