Let's look at the potential sellers and trade pieces.
Brooklyn Nets
For the first time since 2013, Brooklyn controls its own first-round pick, and the Nets can look for more assets in deals for Jeremy Lin ($12.5 million) and DeMarre Carroll ($15.4 million).
Of the two, Carroll has more value despite his higher salary. After two uneventful seasons in Toronto, Carroll resembled the player the Raptors originally signed to a $64 million contract in 2015.
The question for Lin has not been about his on-court contributions but whether he can stay healthy. Lin has played in only 37 games since signing his deal in Brooklyn because of a left-hamstring injury in 2016-17 and rupturing his right patellar tendon in the first game of the 2017-18 season. With the emergence of Spencer Dinwiddie and the acquisition of D'Angelo Russell, Lin is the odd man out.
The Nets might not be able to swing a good deal now, but if both players can stay healthy, they should have value when it comes closer to the February deadline, particularly if Brooklyn is heading to the lottery and a playoff team is looking for established veterans.