Memphis:
Trades #2, Gay, Arthur, #27, and Darko
Receives Rondo, David Lee, and Glenn Davis (with contract extensions), along with Wilson Chandler and Eddie Curry, Boston's 2010 1st
New York:
Trades Eddie Curry, Wilson Chandler, David Lee
Receives Darko, #27, Arthur
Boston:
Trades Rondo, Big Baby, 2010 1st
Receives #2 & Gay
Memphis:
PG: Rondo, Mike C., Marko J.
SG: OJ, Buckner, #36
SF: W. Chandler, Hakim
PF: Lee, Big Baby
C: Gasol, Eddie C, Haddadi
This Memphis team has a nice balance. It becomes more experienced, tougher, deeper, and improves the defensive character of the Grizz. Memphis picks up another first rounder for next year to pair with their other firsts to move up in the draft of 2010.
Knicks do this to shed Curry's contract. They give up two good pieces to shed salary for 2010, so they obviously lose in the short-term. However, they will be a lottery team and should receive a very good pick in 2010 (possibly the first pick in a strong draft) while potentially upgrading Lee and Chandler to Bosh and LeBron. If the gamble pays off, they are the easy winners in this trade.
2009/2010
PG: Duhon, Nate(resigned), #8 (Curry)
SG: Hughes, Joe Crawford
SF: Richardson, Gallinari, #27
PF: Harrington, Jefferies, Arthur
C: Gortat (MLE), Darko, Sene
2010/2011
Steph Curry, Duhon, Nate
Hughes (resigned), 2010 Lottery Pick
Lebron, Gallinari, (2009 #27)
Bosh, Harrington (resigned), Arthur
Gortat, 
Boston will only do this if they feel Rondo is going to ask for too much money next year and essentially handcuff the organization. Rubio won't be ready to lead the Celtics, so they have to pray Kidd, Miller, or Bibby is willing to take the mid-level for a chance at a ring two years while grooming Rubio. The Cs also have to trade their expiring contracts for a serviceable big and hope to get a ring-chaser for the LLE. Boston has the expiring contracts of House (if he signs his player option), T. Allen, Scal, Pruitt (team option), and Giddens (team option) to trade for a big from a team looking to dump salary. If things worked out, they could field a team that would compete for a title for at least two more years while continuing to add younger pieces to stay competitive even longer.
PG: Miller or Kidd (MLE), Rubio
SG: Allen, Pruitt
SG: Pierce, Gay, Walker
PF: KG, Antonio McD (LLE), Powe
C: Perkins, Kaman (Trade)
C's already traded away 2009 pick so 2010 pick cannot be traded-->teams cannot trade away 1st round draft picks in consecutive years. The famous Ted Stepian rule from the days when he drove Cleveland into the ground.
This is true, but in this scenario the Cs get the second pick this year. Thus, they would be fine to trade next year's pick.
Actually, the rule is that they cannot trade away their own pick for two consecutive future drafts. Which means that it would make no difference if they get the #2 pick, unless they had their own pick back, they still could not trade next years pick....
Until after the draft. This is the key. After the draft the C's can in fact trade their 2010 pick. This means they could actually agree to the trade before the draft, have the other team pick for them, and then complete the trade when the draft is over.
Chris, I don't think that this is true. the way i've heard it explained is that the rule essentially means that a team must use a first round draft pick every other year. For example, a team has all of it's own picks in 2010, 2011, and 2012 and another team's first round pick in 2011, they can trade their own first round picks in 2010, 2011, and 2012 since they would have a first round pick in 2011 and wouldn't be going consecutive years without a future draft pick.
Additionally, a team can trade it's own pick after the draft as many years in a row as it wants, even if the picks end up being consecutive. For example, on the night of the 2010 draft, a team could draft a player and trade him along with their 2011 first rounder, since technically they utilized the pick in the 2010 draft. Furthermore, after the completion of the 2009 draft, the celtics can trade their 2010 pick since the rule only applies to "future" picks.
So if the C's got the 2nd pick this year before or after the draft, they could trade next year's pick since they utilized a pick this season or this year's first round pick is no longer a future pick.
From Coon's FAQ:
Teams are restricted from trading away future first round draft picks in consecutive years. This is known as the "Ted Stepien Rule." Stepien owned the Cavs from 1980-83, and made a series of bad trades (such as the above-mentioned 1982 trade) that cost the Cavs several years' first round picks. As a result of Stepien's ineptitude, teams are now prevented from making trades which might leave them without a first round pick in consecutive future years.
The Stepien rule applies only to future first round picks. For example, if this is the 2005-06 season, then a team can trade its 2006 first round pick without regard to whether they had traded their 2005 pick, since their 2005 pick is no longer a future pick. But they can't trade away both their 2006 and 2007 picks, since both are future picks. Teams sometimes work around this rule by trading first round picks in alternate years.
These rules often combine to make trade terms very complicated. For example, if a team owes another team two future first round picks, and both picks are protected, then the first pick would be conveyed in the first draft in which it is not a Protected Pick (as described above), and the second pick would be conveyed in the "First Allowable Draft" (per the Stepien rule) or subsequent draft, in which that pick is not a Protected Pick. But since both picks must be conveyed within seven years, the protection on the first pick cannot last more than four years (i.e., the first pick must be conveyed by the fifth year).
Other rules that pertain to trading draft picks:
* It appears that pick protections cannot increase from one year to another (for example, if picks 1-10 are protected in 2010, then picks 1-10 or 1-5 can be protected in 2011, but picks 1-12 cannot). However, while this rule appears to exist (there are no counterexamples in the currently outstanding trades), I have not been able to confirm this rule's existence.
* Any or all teams in a trade may be granted the one-time option to defer the conveyance or receipt of a pick for one year (only). For example, a trade between Miami and Orlando that includes Miami's 2009 first round draft pick might provide Miami with the option to defer the pick to 2010. In addition:
o A team can exercise a pick deferment only once.
o The conveyance of a pick can be deferred for only one year.
o A Protected Pick (as described above) cannot be deferred.
o The deferrment is subject to the Seven Year Rule. A pick in the seventh year following a trade cannot be deferred.
* Teams are required to have only a first round pick, and not necessarily their first round pick. So teams may trade away their own future picks in consecutive years if they have another team's first round pick in one of those years.
* A team cannot sign and immediately trade a draft pick in a sign-and-trade arrangement (see question number 76).
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