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2018 list

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (1 year, 27.5 million + 5 year, 228.2 million extension, includes 5th year 51.9 million player option)
2. Luka Doncic (2 years, 18.9 million rookie contract)
3. Anthony Davis (5 years, 189.3 million, includes 5th year 43.2 million player option)

Vote for who has the #4 highest trade value in the league including caliber of play, age, salary, injury history, etc. In addition please nominate a player to replace them on the list.

Nominees:



Jayson Tatum (1 year, 9.9 million rookie contract + 5 years, 163 million extension, includes 5th year 37.1 million player option)



Nikola Jokic (3 years, 91.5 million)



Joel Embiid (3 years, 94.7 million)



Lebron James (3 years, 124.9 million)



Stephen Curry (2 years, 88.8 million)



Kawhi Leonard (2 years, 70.4 million, includes 2nd year 36.0 million player option)



James Harden (3 years, 133 million, includes 3rd year 47.4 million player option)



Kevin Durant (3 years, 126 million, includes 3rd year 43.9 million player option)



Zion Williamson (3 years, 34.4 million rookie contract)

We are doing something really wrong here that Lebron isn't in the top 3. And I blame myself as much as anyone because I didn't vote for him at 1 or 2. But his freefall needs to stop here.

Vote: Lebron
Nom: Dame -- how he's not gotten any traction except for me and a couple Blazer fans is stunning to me.

Since Jokic and Embiid are only signed 2 years after this one I'm not comfortable voting them over Lebron for age reasons. It would have to be Tatum here who is still just 22 and like Giannis about to start massive extension. Even though Tatum is not as strong in stats like WS and RPM as his raw PPG, there are still a lot of GMs teams around the league who are probably in love with his scoring and style of play, so I'll go with him.

Vote Tatum

Nominate Trae

Tatum

Lillard

I want to vote for LBJ right here, but I'm looking at Tatum signed for 5 more season at only 22 years old, by the end of his contract he'll be only 27 and costing $37 million in 2025-26, this might be a huge bargain. Now that's his option year so if it's a great bargain he's likely to opt out and be ready for one of those crazy supermax deals. So I'm going with Tatum.

LBJ should be next, he has 2 more years after this one as does Jokic, and Embiid.

Do we just vote in the comments? I'll take LeBron, you cant let him slip any further and make a serious list.

Lebron
Spida Mitchell

Texas Chuck wrote:We are doing something really wrong here that Lebron isn't in the top 3. And I blame myself as much as anyone because I didn't vote for him at 1 or 2. But his freefall needs to stop here.

Vote: Lebron
Nom: Dame -- how he's not gotten any traction except for me and a couple Blazer fans is stunning to me.

Same. My last vote.

V: Lebron
N: PG

I was closer to voting Lillard on the bottom 10 than here honestly (just a general thing w/ a supermax).

Bron

LeBron

Vote: Zion - Long term control and youth.

Nom: Dame - I agree with Chuck... this is crazy.

Vote: Zion

Nominate: Ja Morant

Jokic
Lillard

Vote: Tatum
Nominate: Dame

Tatum

vote: Tatum
nominate: Dame

James

Towns

Just all around surprised in the voting. Give me 2 or 3 years with a guy that can get me a title vs 5 plus year control of all star talent.

V:James
N:Kawhi

V: Zion Williamson
N: Karl-Anthony Towns