89 players become eligible to be traded tomorrow

Trade chatter is about to heat up after tomorrows addition of 89 players across the league to the trade market. That bundle of players makes up about 18% of the entire league that will become available to be traded. The reason for this is that any player who signs a a contract with a new team during this offseason is not allowed to be traded for three months which typically lands on December 15th, but that date became February 6th this season do to all the changes to accommodate COVID 19. There is another 16 players whom will become eligible on March 3rd, these players are those who re-signed with their teams to a 20% increase in annual salary this offseason.