If I needed to trade a guy with a no-trade clause, I would bring him into the office and give him two choices. 1. You agree to let us trade you to someone that wants you, or 2. You accept the fact that you’re gonna sit the rest of your career on the bench til you retire. Take it or leave it. If a guy's a true athlete, he’ll waive the clause. If he’s a useless lump, he won’t!