NBA Players Who Can Veto Trades In 2026/27

During the 2026/27 league year, only one NBA player will have a formal no-trade clause in his contract. That player is Damian Lillard, who negotiated a no-trade clause into his deal with the Trail Blazers last summer.

LeBron James and Bradley Beal had no-trade clauses in their respective contracts in recent years, but Beal gave his up when he agreed to a buyout with the Suns during the 2025 offseason, and James no longer has one after his contract with the Lakers expired this summer. LeBron would have been eligible for a no-trade clause if he had rejoined the Cavaliers or Heat in free agency, but since he hasn’t played for Philadelphia before, he couldn’t add one to his new contract with the Sixers.

Although Lillard is the only player who has an explicit no-trade clause in his deal, there are several others who will have implicit no-trade clauses in 2026/27, giving them the ability to veto trades during the current league year.

A player who re-signs with his previous team on a one-year contract – or a two-year deal with a second-year option – is given no-trade protection, unless he agrees to give up that protection when he inks his deal. That group doesn’t include players on two-way contracts, but it does include players who accept standard (non two-way) one-year qualifying offers.

A player who signs an offer sheet and then has that offer matched by his previous team also has the ability to veto a trade for a full calendar year.

With those criteria in mind, here are the players who must give their consent if their teams want to trade them during the ’26/27 league year:

Players with a no-trade clause:

• Damian Lillard (Trail Blazers)

Players whose offer sheets were matched:

• Moussa Cisse (Mavericks)
• Spencer Jones (Nuggets)

Players who re-signed for one year (or two years, with a second-year player/team option):

• Thomas Bryant (Cavaliers)
• Simone Fontecchio (Heat)
• Javonte Green (Pistons)
• Al Horford (Warriors)
• Jonathan Isaac (Magic)
• Kenrich Williams (Thunder)

If any player who re-signed for one year consents to a trade during the 2026/27 league year, he’ll have Non-Bird rights at season’s end instead of Early Bird or full Bird rights.

Any player who approves a trade will retain his veto ability on his new team, and would have to consent to any subsequent deal during the 2026/27 season.

The following players were re-signed to one-year contracts (or two-year deals with an option year), but have agreed to forfeit their right to veto a trade in 2026/27:

• Harrison Barnes (Spurs)
• Charles Bassey (Warriors)
• Jevon Carter (Magic)
• Jordan Clarkson (Knicks)
• Draymond Green (Warriors)
• Bones Hyland (Timberwolves)
• Tyus Jones (Nuggets)
• Jock Landale (Hawks)
• Jordan McLaughlin (Spurs)
• Josh Minott (Nets)
• Pete Nance (Bucks)
• Day’Ron Sharpe (Nets)
• Jae’Sean Tate (Rockets)

Giving up the right to veto a trade was introduced as an option in the 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement.