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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)
4. Lebron James (3 years, 124.9 million)
5. Nikola Jokic (3 years, 91.5 million)
6. Jayson Tatum (1 year, 9.9 million rookie contract + 5 years, 163 million extension, includes 5th year 37.1 million player option)
7. Joel Embiid (3 years, 94.7 million)
8. Stephen Curry (2 years, 88.8 million)
9. Zion Williamson (3 years, 34.4 million rookie contract)

Vote for who has the #10 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:



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)



Damian Lillard (1 year, 31.6 million + 4 years, 176.6 million extension)



Karl-Anthony Towns (4 years, 131 million)



Bam Adebayo (1 year, 5.1 million + 5 years, 163 million extension)



Trae Young (2 years, 14.9 million rookie contract)



Ja Morant (3 years, 30.9 million rookie contract)



Jaylen Brown (4 years, 106.2 million)

Vote Trae Young

Young and controllable, great style of play for this era

Nominate Paul George

V Still Dame I guess. All that control could be a plus or a minus, but I believe in Dame a lot. The other superstars I'm leery of keeping beyond a year.

N Mikal -- this is probably premature but when I think of young players I would give a ton for I just keep coming back to this cat. Game wrecking defensive player who is suddenly giving you 15 ppg on 50/40/80 and literally never turns the ball over. This is the guy you want to pair with your offensive superstar.

KD

George

V bam
N sabonis

V- Durant

N- Simmons

V KAT
N PG

Texas Chuck wrote:V Still Dame I guess. All that control could be a plus or a minus, but I believe in Dame a lot. The other superstars I'm leery of keeping beyond a year.

N Mikal -- this is probably premature but when I think of young players I would give a ton for I just keep coming back to this cat. Game wrecking defensive player who is suddenly giving you 15 ppg on 50/40/80 and literally never turns the ball over. This is the guy you want to pair with your offensive superstar.

His +/- on defense hasn't quite caught up, but I trust your judgment. I still think players like Simmons, Beal and George would get traded for more though.

Vote: Dame (Durable, Prime years left)

Nominate: Simmons

Dr Positivity wrote:

Texas Chuck wrote:V Still Dame I guess. All that control could be a plus or a minus, but I believe in Dame a lot. The other superstars I'm leery of keeping beyond a year.

N Mikal -- this is probably premature but when I think of young players I would give a ton for I just keep coming back to this cat. Game wrecking defensive player who is suddenly giving you 15 ppg on 50/40/80 and literally never turns the ball over. This is the guy you want to pair with your offensive superstar.

His +/- on defense hasn't quite caught up, but I trust your judgment. I still think players like Simmons, Beal and George would get traded for more though.

yeah its easier for me to justify nominating him lol. Not sure even going 25 deep if I will be able to actually cast a vote for him. Just really love his game.

Going with the youth again.

Vote Trae. His game is tailor made for today's NBA. He is putting a lot of the empty stats people to rest as the Hawks hover around .500; despite a barrage of injuries to critical players.

Nominate Simmons. I see him as the ultimate positionless player minus shooting. 6' 11" tall. Passes like a point guard. Rebounds like a power forward. And defends 4 positions as well as anyone else in the league.

Harden
Simmons

Vote KD
Nominate Simmons

Vote: Durant still boggles my mind that Kawhi and Durant are out of the top five. Zion has no right to me being ranked above them

Nominate Simmons

V: Lillard
N: Simmons

V. Dame
N. Beal

V: Durant
N: Ingram

Durant
Simmons

Vote. Durant

Nominate. Simmons.

V KD
N Leonard
would draw Zion