NBA Unused Talent: Players with Value That Should Be Traded

There's a trend in the NBA that started a few years ago with Stephon Marbury. Teams are keeping their All-Star players benched because their other players seem to have the chemistry to keep them winning.

Whether they are getting playing time or not, here are some players that aren't going to play for their team very long.

Plus, there are quite a few teams that are looking for just a little extra boost from a player to make them a serious contender against the Lakers, Celtics, and Magic—such as the Cavaliers, Heat, Trailblazers, Thunder, Hornets, or Suns.

Carlos Boozer

Carlos does not want to be on the Jazz, and the Jazz don't want him on the Jazz. It's the trade that everyone has been waiting for for a long, long time.

Whether he's going to Chicago, Orlando, or Miami—doesn't matter. The point is, he's going, and he's probably going sooner rather than later.

Nate Robinson

Not mentioning names, but does this guy remind you at all of another NYC point guard on the brink of being traded? Maybe not to that extreme, but Nate Robinson is most certainly on the trade block. More than that, he's not even playing.

The Knicks are just looking to ship Nate off somewhere for the rest of the year before the big 2010 summer. And Nate? Well, he'll be a free agent the,n too, so he just has to put up with some team for around six months before then.

Tracy McGrady

Tracy isn't seeing just a limited amount of playing time, he's not seeing hardly any coming off the bench in just a handful of games this season.

The upside to having McGrady on your team? He's leading the All-Star ballots right now, so if anyone wants a one-year, $22 million dollar contract, and a player in the All-Star game, he's all yours.

Michael Redd

I'd say that the Bucks would be just fine without Michael Redd. They've been doing all right without him.
Also, with his $17,040,000 and only nine games on the season, he'd be a prime trade bait.

Who couldn't use this incredible sharpshooter once he gets back from his injury?

Maybe not the Bucks, who, despite dropping the last three-straight, are in contention for a seed in the Eastern conference playoffs.

Three years down the road, they may want someone other than Redd on their team at the two-guard to help out Jennings, and now may be the time to snag one.

Kevin Martin

When the Kings claimed that Kevin Martin was the future of their team, they won only 17 games and were the worst team in the league. When they claimed Tyreke Evans was the future, they won 11 before they even lost 15.

Not bad in one year.

And how did Kevin contribute? He didn't. So maybe, just maybe, the Kings can find someone who can.

They've been getting pretty lucky with their draft picks the past few years....

Maybe the Kings could trade Martin for a few picks, or a few young guns.

Ramon Sessions

Do you want to know how little Sessions plays/performs this year? This photo was one of 51 taken at this game, and one of three of Sessions on Bleacher Report.

And it doesn't appear in the search engine, I needed to upload it from the Bleacher gallery.

Point proven? A little bit.

Need more proof? He's the backup point guard to the Timberwolves.

The Washington Wizards

None of them—Mike Miller, Caron Butler, Gilbert Arenas, Antwan Jameson.

None of these are players will be part of the Wizards plan in 3-4 years.

They need to start focusing on their plans 3-4 years down the road, because their current path looks a little bit foggy. They're 8-17 with basically the same team that landed them the fifth East seed two years ago.