YOU CANNOT TRADE THESE RFA PLAYERS
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:05 am
Let this thread act as the tracker for RFAs that cannot be traded upon the completion of RFA for 1 full "year" (until the next RFA is completed). By rule, RFAs (once matched, resigned or acquired through S&T or incumbent declining to match) are ineligible to be traded until AFTER the following off-season's RFA period is completed.
RFAs signed during 1987-88 Offseason (cannot be traded until AFTER RFA 1988-89):
Danny Young- Suns
Alvin Robertson- Pistons
Sam Bowie-Mavericks
Hakeem Olajuwon- Celtics
Michael Jordan-Spurs
Charles Barkley- Bucks
John Stockton- Suns
Vern Fleming- Rockets
Kevin Willis- Pistons
Sam Perkins-76ers
Jay Humphries-76ers
Michael Cage-Pacers
Jerome Kersey-Pacers
RFAs signed during 1987-88 Offseason (cannot be traded until AFTER RFA 1988-89):
Danny Young- Suns
Alvin Robertson- Pistons
Sam Bowie-Mavericks
Hakeem Olajuwon- Celtics
Michael Jordan-Spurs
Charles Barkley- Bucks
John Stockton- Suns
Vern Fleming- Rockets
Kevin Willis- Pistons
Sam Perkins-76ers
Jay Humphries-76ers
Michael Cage-Pacers
Jerome Kersey-Pacers