Would the Cs trade Pierce to Utah?

[FallGuy]

Utah is one of the very few places a PP trade makes sense. They've got to move one of those bigs.

It makes sense except for the fact that PP has a no-trade clause, and why in heck would he waive it to go to Utah?

Because he doesn't want to spend the last few years of his career on a rebuilding team that won't sniff a title?

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Utah is one of the very few places a PP trade makes sense. They've got to move one of those bigs.

It makes sense except for the fact that PP has a no-trade clause, and why in heck would he waive it to go to Utah?

Because he doesn't want to spend the last few years of his career on a rebuilding team that won't sniff a title?

Pierce doesn't have a no-trade clause.

[birdwatcher]

If I'm an NBA player, and I get traded to Utah I would retire on the spot. That would be the one city I wouldn't want to play for.

And why on earth is that?!   

No booze. No caffeine (no Starbucks??). Tons of hot girls that save it for marriage. Sounds like hell on earth

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From Marc Stein's Weekend Dime:

P.S. -- Pierce was eligible for a no-trade clause in his latest contract with the Celtics, just like Nowitzki, but Boston held firm in withholding one as part of a four-year deal worth in excess of $60 million bestowed on the 34-year-old in July 2010.