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RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:11 pm
by dockingsched
Welcome to the Trade Board's 4th kinda-annual Top 25 most valuable player rankings.

This famous trade board tradition was born back in 07/08 and has been completed three times in all.

For a trip down memory lane, please click on the following links:

November 07 - December 07

Top Ten Preview: James, Paul, Howard, Bryant, Wade, D. Williams, Stoudemire, Bosh, Rose, Oden

September 09 - December 09

Top Ten Preview: James, Howard, Paul, Wade, Bryant, Durant, Roy, D. Williams, Rose, Anthony

February 11 - March 11

Top Ten Preview: James, Durant, Howard, Rose, Griffin, Paul, Wade, Bryant, Westbrook, Nowitzki


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The Rules:


In a post, please vote for who you believe has the most trade value of the 10 nominees, taking into account everything that goes into determining trade value (skill, talent, attitude, age, contract, injuries, etc). in that same post, list a player you believe should be added to the nominee list. votes will be accepted up to 24hrs from the timestamp of the start of the thread.

example of a voting post:

vote for: Blake Griffin
nominate: Monta Ellis


without further delay, your nominees for the top spot (using our last top 10 rankings):


Kobe Bryant
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Kevin Durant
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Blake Griffin
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Dwight Howard
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Lebron James
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Dirk Nowitzki
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Chris Paul
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Derrick Rose
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Dwyane Wade
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Russell Westbrook
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Salary information at shamsports.com

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:16 pm
by dockingsched
for the first time ever in this tradition, i won't be voting for lebron james.

vote: kevin durant

nominate: kevin love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:16 pm
by -Kees-
Vote: Kevin Durant
Nominate: Rajon Rondo

KG is young and the best scorer. Dwight would be the most valuable, but is on that short term contract. LeBron is the best player, but is 27.

EDIT: http://www.storytellerscontracts.com/ is an updated salary source, sham isn't updated

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:18 pm
by loserX
#1 is LeBron. Still the league's best player (IMHO) and unquestionably its biggest ticket. I know he has his detractors (and I understand why) but I can't imagine anyone on this list having higher value than him.

Nominate Chris Paul, now that he has promised not to opt out of his contract next year.

EDIT-- my mistake, I read the list too fast and didn't see that Paul was already on it. Instead I nominate Carmelo Anthony.

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:22 pm
by dockingsched
cp3 is already a nominee :D

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:31 pm
by shrink
LeBron. Sells the tickets, the merchandise, the TV contracts.

Oh, and he's averaging: 8 RB, 7 AST, 30 PPG

NOMINATE: Hmmm ... great top ten. I guess I'll throw John Wall's name out there. Superstar potential, and locked into a rookie deal makes him 5-6 years before he could force his way out!

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:45 pm
by HartfordWhalers
Lebron
Carmelo

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:15 pm
by Guy986
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:18 pm
by Guy986
I remember i voted Durant last year for #1 too. Heres what i said.

No question. If there was one guy i'll rather have in the entire NBA to build a franchise with. Its Durant.


Look at this guy taking out his own trash. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBb7SdB-i_s&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
I'll vote for Durant every year.


yes i know that video is viral marketing, its still funny to see

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:36 pm
by Damkac
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:48 pm
by dockingsched
i should have added tyreke evans to the initial list just so i could take him out later when bac2basics complained.

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:08 am
by lukekarts
Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:05 am
by SamBone
Vote: Durant
Nominate: Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:29 am
by diogo_pt
V: LeBron James
N: Kevin Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 3:29 am
by mkwest
Vote: LeBron James
Nominate: Kevin Love

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:41 am
by vincecarter4pres
Vote: Lebron James

Nominate: Carmelo Anthony

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:55 am
by Indy2thaWindy
Vote: Kevin Durant
Nominate: Paul George (I don't think Granger will want to take a back seat to him, but it's going to happen soon)

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:00 am
by vincecarter4pres
Indy, Paul George lol?

I love the kid, but how can you possibly nominate him this early?

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:09 am
by Cavs Fan 92
Vote: KD
Nominate: Love

Yes, LeBron's numbers are great, but if I team actually traded for and acquired him it could give them a very bad name. He has already made himself the villain of the entire NBA. I think that lowers his value.

Re: RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Posted: Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:17 am
by Indy2thaWindy
vincecarter4pres wrote:Indy, Paul George lol?

I love the kid, but how can you possibly nominate him this early?


He can score and defend. His only problem has been his spot up shooting, which looks like it's not a problem anymore. I feel he is already a better all-around player than Granger. He's only 21 and doesn't take dumb shots and makes smart passes, he's a really good passer, something a lot of vets in the league still can't seem to do. He's got all the athleticism in the world and plenty of skill to go with it. I'm seeing Love get plenty of nominations, no offense, but what value does a box score really hold? His rookie year was by far his best year win-loss wise, yet his team only won 24 games. GM's get fired over players like him. If he's got a lot of value, then fine, but he'll go through his share of GM's over his career.