(Since everyone's in the mood to trade…)

Mike Bibby has a fat contract for two more years ($28 million) and a couple of extenuating issues:

Yes, I think he can get the Kings into the post-lottery first round without the Kings giving up their pick. Miami still makes the most sense — they pick #21. Bibby for Jason Williams, Michael Doleac, and the pick works and is often discussed.Atlanta is a possibility at #11, though we'd probably have to take back Speedy Claxton back (mid-level for four more years, 31 years old) and possibly find a third team. (And this is predicated on Billy Knight being dumb.)

The Clippers have #14 — but who would they unload to make the numbers work? Geoff Petrie isn't taking Cuttino Mobley back. Corey Maggette looks like he's staying.

The Celtics' #5 is too high for a Bibby-for-Theo Ratliff-and-the-pick deal, so a swap including the Kings' #10 pick would have to be involved. Cleveland doesn't have a first-rounder. Philadelphia wouldn't want him.

Even if paired with the #10 — which could get a lot of value at the tail end of the big talent zone with Julian Wright et al — I can't see Bibby's talent overcoming his perils on the market. And if Petrie does package the pick with Bibby to land a big name or cap relief, then what do you do at point guard?