When I looked through the CBA I couldn’t find the specific langauge around trades and RFA, but I am pretty sure you can’t trade an unsigned player, playing overseas unless it is under the draft pick rules, and you can’t trade RFA rights. E.g. we couldn’t trade for Rudy Gay’s RFA rights and then match if he get’s an offer.

Second, I would note that there has been no rumors from any NBA brass regarding trades involving either LK or Josh Childress over past two seasons.

Third, last year when people were drumming up trade scenarios a lot of them involved LK’s rights after he signed in Greece, but some poster on the Denverstiffs board came out with the citation that you can’t trade a players rights in those circumstances.

Doesn’t really matter, but I think if the Nugs could use LK as an asset, they would.

I could not find any prohibition on trading the rights of a restricted free agent. There is no mention of such a stipulation in Larry Coon’s FAQ either.

I do admit that the CBA is far from intuitive so I certainly could be wrong, I just have not seen any evidence to the contrary.

Thanks for taking the time to look into it.

A Team shall not be permitted to exercise its Right of First Refusal pursuant to an agreement to trade the Player Contract to another Team pursuant to Article VII, Section 8(e).

Pretty sure you can’t trade the RFA rights to a team, you have sign and trade the player. Now if another team signs LK, we would have the right to match.