The deadline is nearly here and Trade Checker is working overtime for all of our users.  Here are the player's being soberly discussed by both NBA GM's and RealGMers.

Michael Redd: After burning the Bobcats for 39 points on Tuesday, Redd told reporters that he would like to retire in Milwaukee.  He?s as likely to retire in Milwaukee as Lew Alcindor was back in 1974.  Redd deserves to be on a team that has a chance of making the playoffs years in and year out and that won?t happen in Milwaukee for some time.  

Will it happen with a team like the Warriors?  Maybe not, but with Jason Richardson, Golden State would have the kind of firepower to resign Redd in the offseason, regroup and become next year?s Seattle.

Mike Dunleavy would be part of any deal and he could become a great player in Milwaukee.  He is the kind of player that seems to be greatly affected by his situation and the Warriors aren't the right one and never will be.

He could go to Minnesota in a deal that would send Latrell Sprewell home to Wisconsin and Kevin Garnett would finally have a proper running mate.  An inside/out game with these two would instantly make the Timberwolves credible playoff contenders once again, particularly if they were able to somehow swing a deal for a frontcourt player like our next name.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim: Unless the TrailBlazers deal Darius Miles, which seems as likely as Redd retiring in Milwaukee, Abdur-Rahim will play out his contract and enter the free-agent market this summer.

John Nash would be well-advised to deal Abdur-Rahim and get a player like Redd in return.  Finding a player of Redd?s talent through the draft will take a long time and with the ability to max him out in the offseason.  They could also offer him the opportunity to handpick their next coach, which will be Flip Saunders.

Saunders carried the right tone with Minnesota all of these year?s and is a revered figure that Randolph, Miles and Telfair would respond to.  A starting five of Telfair, Redd, Miles, Randolph and Ratliff would be formidable by Sebastian?s 21st birthday.

Carlos Boozer: The trade that Jack Haley reported as being done, pending league approval seems very logical on all fronts except for the source.  Why hasn't anyone else been able to advance the story?  Boozer still has a ton of year's remaining on his contract and the Kobe won't turn 27 until August, so this deal doesn't have to be done in a haphazard manner by Thursday.  It will get done, Boozer's tenure in Utah will only be one year, it just may be delayed until draft night, when both teams are in the lottery.

Baron Davis: I really have no clue what direction the Hornets are going in besides a wish from NBA fan for contraction.  For the next five year?s GM?s across the NBA will tell themselves that they are one player away from turning a bad situation into Phoenix and Seattle.  Allan Bristow probably thinks he has a Steve Nash/Luke Ridnour going with Dan Dickau playing good basketball on the 15th team he has been a member of in his short career.  Two Hornets might have been in the dunk contest, but I just don?t see an Amare Stoudemire on the Hornets roster.

For the sake of Allen Iverson?s sanity, send him to Philadelphia and with Davis the Sixers will cruise to an Atlantic title, giving them the three seed and the ability to take Miami or Detroit the distance in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

The Lakers and Clippers might be in his hometown, but neither team needs him...Iverson needs him.

Joe Johnson:  The Suns don?t have much of a chance to resign Johnson this summer and they could greatly improve their chances of beating San Antonio and then Detroit or Miami by trading for Samuel Dalembert.  The Suns don?t need really need more scoring, even if they lost Johnson, but Dalembert would be a great guy to shag Nash, Richardson and Marion 3-point misses.

The Sixers could use a veteran scorer, using the word 'scorer' lightly considering Johnson is still only 23.

Peja Stojakovic, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Jalen Rose: These players have been the subject of many trade rumors, but none will change teams.  The first two are too much of a gamble for their teams to give up on, particularly the Kings, who must play out the season with the intent to call both the Suns and Sonics and hope they?re bluffing, and then take their chances with the Spurs in a 7-game Western Conference Finals, where they believe they?re due to win.

Artest will start in next year?s All-Star game and finish in the top-5 in the MVP race, so Donnie Walsh and company know that Artest is too valuable to give up at a marginalized price.

The only team that would welcome Rose with the contract he carries with him play's their home games on an island and there are no teams currently playing in Hawaii.