December 15th is quickly approaching and for those that don’t know, the fifteenth is a significant date for NBA trade season. It has been referred to as the unofficial beginning of trade season in fact (at least I refer to it as that, I’m sure all of the super smart NBA talking heads do as well). The reason for this is because players who signed contracts in the offseason are not eligible to be traded until December 15th, or 90 days after their contract has been signed, whichever is later. In general, the list of players who signed after September 15th is relatively slim and mostly those players are end of the bench guys (see: Alonzo Gee) so for the most part, December 15th means it’s fully on when it comes to tinkering with the roster.