whose available at the trade deadline

Tyrus Thomas - Chicago Bulls
Pau Gasol - Memphis Grizzlies
Andrei Kirilenko - Utah Jazz
Lamar Odom - LA Lakers
Shawn Marion - Phoenix Suns
Amare Stoudamire - Phoenix Suns
Jermaine O'Neal - Indiana Pacers
Richard Jefferson - NJ Nets
Mike Bibby - Sacramento Kings
Ron Artest - Sacramento Kings

There rumours are widely known

i still don't know why they haven't blwon up the knicks

what exactly are they holding on to

I think O'Neal is very obtainable for the raptors, without having to give up one of our core players (Bosh, Ford, Calderon and Bargnani).

I've heard nothing about Amare. What's the source there?

Harry10 wrote:

I think O'Neal is very obtainable for the raptors, without having to give up one of our core players (Bosh, Ford, Calderon and Bargnani).

so your plan is a rasho for JO trade?

It is highly unlikely that anyone trades for large contracts or older players.
The suns are screwed because they can't trade for a veteran because they might not be able to keep up.
The raps still need to grow before they find a last piece, in the mean time they need to fit the budget if thry intend on bringing back Jose and Carlos. It's as simple as that. We have little to no room to manouevre next year. For us to take on a large salary, we would have to get a team to take some of our large contracts for next season, and AP is pretty well the only one of them that teams would take based on talent and good health, maybe Kapono, too. Garbo, Graham, Baston and Rasho can only be thought of as salary cap throw-ins, so it's hard to imagine who we can trade to get a top player in.

Sorry to burst everybody's balloon, but it would be better to focus on second or third tier talent who we might get if we send out Joey Graham, possibly with our first rounder.

It is highly unlikely that anyone trades for large contracts or older players.
The suns are screwed because they can't trade for a veteran because they might not be able to keep up.
The raps still need to grow before they find a last piece, in the mean time they need to fit the budget if thry intend on bringing back Jose and Carlos. It's as simple as that. We have little to no room to manouevre next year. For us to take on a large salary, we would have to get a team to take some of our large contracts for next season, and AP is pretty well the only one of them that teams would take based on talent and good health, maybe Kapono, too. Garbo, Graham, Baston and Rasho can only be thought of as salary cap throw-ins, so it's hard to imagine who we can trade to get a top player in.

Sorry to burst everybody's balloon, but it would be better to focus on second or third tier talent who we might get if we send out Joey Graham, possibly with our first rounder.

While better- how can you not get better with a trade idea that adds a JO for a developing player? - we would still be weak and inconsistent on the wing, and a poor perimetre defending team. Not better than Boston or Detroit, in other words