Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[SleepingHero]

It always used to be 1 full year since the last trade.

Unless they've amended it. 


Now I'm going to go through the CBA to check.

I have read the CBA. the "1 full year since last trade" provision only applies if the player was waived by the new team.

As in:

Player X is traded from Team A to Team B. Team B now waives Player X, therefore that player cannot sign with Team A for 1 year since the trade.


Doesn't matter if Player X was traded 20 times since the first trade, they cannot be acquired by the original team. But the CBA specifically only mentions "sign the player back" not "acquire the player via sign or trade". 

Therefore Hardy technically could be gotten back. 


Section 8, subsection 7c, paragraphs H and I.