December 15th has arrived and with it NBA trade season is truly open. Six New Orleans Pelicans can now be traded; Omer Asik, Alexis Ajinca, Dante Cunningham, Alonzo Gee, Luke Babbitt, Kendrick Perkins, and Ish Smith. Those players, signed during the summer, were ineligible to be traded prior to December 15th in accordance with the NBA CBA.
Of course these restrictions did not apply to Ryan Anderson, who has found himself in trade rumors more than anyone else on the roster.