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1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (3 years, 77.5 million)
2. Lebron James (3 years, 112.3 million + 41 million player option 4th year)
3. Stephen Curry (4 years, 157.5 million)
4. Anthony Davis (2 years, 52.5 million + 28.7 million player option 3rd year)
5. Joel Embiid (5 years, 147.7 million)
6. James Harden (4 years, 153.7 million + 47.3 million player option 5th year)

Please vote among these nominees for who has the #7 trade value and nominate a new player to replace them. Consider all factors including play, age, health, personality, contract status, etc.

The nominees:



Luka Doncic (2 years, 14.2 million rookie contract + 8.0 million team option 3rd year + 10.1 million team option 4th year)



Karl Anthony-Towns (7.8 million 1st year, + 5 year, 157.8 million extension starting next year)



Victor Oladipo (3 years, 63 million)



Deandre Ayton (2 years, 17.8 million rookie contract + 10.0 million team option 3rd year + 12.6 million team option 4th year)



Kevin Durant (1 year, 30 million + 31.5 million player option 2nd year)



Nikola Jokic (5 years, 142.7 million)



Ben Simmons (2 years, 14.5 million rookie contract)



Jayson Tatum (2 years, 14.5 million rookie contract + 9.9 million 3rd year team option)



Damian Lillard (3 years, 89.4 million)



Russell Westbrook (4 years, 159.7 million + 47.1 million 5th year player option)

Vote: Doncic
Nominate: JJJr

vote: Towns - 5+ years of team control gives edge over Jokic and Olidipo
Nom: Mitchel?

Vote: Jokic
Nominate: De'Aaron Fox

Should be an interesting vote

Doncic - Most controllability, high upside, but not a sure thing quite yet, there's a world where he comes into the NBA polished and ends up just a very good 20/7/5 wing
Durant - the opposite of Durant in win now ability, but FA status, I feel like if Warriors were offered some of these players for him they would have to consider it
Simmons - still has the talent to blow up into an MVP caliber player, can't overreact to stagnant first month in sophomore season. A few years later on his rookie deal than Doncic
Jokic - my thought is there would still be more league wide skepticism based on his physical tools and defense than maybe there should be
Oladipo - all-star but the ship may have sailed on him becoming an MVP contending type of player
Towns - Locked up forever, but don't like the work ethic concerns. However this was a player that was voted 3rd two years ago, Towns with great intangibles is in already
Ayton - Defensive impact is in question

Vote Ben Simmons. He is already an all star level player at 22 on rookie deal, with pretty big upside, if he blows up like Giannis it's not a huge surprise

Nominate Fox

Now that he can shoot a big he has perennial all-star potential for PG. JJJ is great prospect but defense does not attract as much trade value attention as offense

This is where it gets really interesting to me. Do the young non-superstars that are locked up take over some of the more elite players in value?

I vote KD here, because he's still the best scorer in the league and the second best player in the world, but it's very situation specific, which is what we're being asked not to look at. But a season of KD puts almost anyone in contention.

I'll nominate PG here, whose percentages are down, but everything else looks really really good.

Vote: Doncic

Nominate: Porzingis

Vote: Doncic (Homer vote yes, but rookie deal factored in a lot)

Nominate: Swipa the Fox (still have a feeling he could very well be the best player from the '17 draft, think he is already the best PG by a wide margin)

Vote Doncic
Nominate Mitchell

Doncic best talent for $
Nominate JJJ
You can count this as my vote until it's done.

Vote: Towns

Nominate: JJJ

Vote: Doncic
Nominate: Jaren Jackson Jr.

Vote: Oladipo
N: Fox

Vote: Doncic
Nominate: Siakam (explanation: 2 years at around minimum salary for a borderline allstar plus restricted free agency afterwards)

Vote Towns
Nominate Mitchell

Vote: Doncic

Nominate: JJJ


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Oladipo
Fox

Doncic 8
Towns 3
Oladipo 2
Jokic 1
Simmons 1
Durant 1

Fox 5
JJJ 4
Mitchell 3
Richardson 1
George 1
Porzingis 1
Siakam 1

Doncic in firm control while Fox holds slim lead for nomination

Vote: Towns

Nominate: JJJ

Vote: Simmons
Nominate: JJJ