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

Vote for who has the #11 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)



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)



Ben Simmons (5 years, 177.2 million)

Vote Trae Young

Young star level player, good fit for this era

Nominate Paul George

Excellent player who fits any team

Vote- Harden

Nominate- Beal

V Ja
N Sabonis

V KAT
N PG

V bam
N sabonis

V Dame
N SGA

Harden
Beal

Harden
Sabonis

babyjax13 wrote:Harden
Beal

So, if Ja and Harden were both on the table, you would pick Harden for your team? Just curious.

Trae, Lamelo

V: Bam
N: Fox

Vote: Dame
Nominate: SGA

E S V L wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:Harden
Beal

So, if Ja and Harden were both on the table, you would pick Harden for your team? Just curious.

Yes, I would. I love Ja, but Harden is one of the most impactful offensive players in the history of the game. But, if I were a rebuilding team, the choice would be equally as obvious, I just think that, in general, most teams don't view themselves as rebuilding and would prefer the transcendent player.

babyjax13 wrote:

E S V L wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:Harden
Beal

So, if Ja and Harden were both on the table, you would pick Harden for your team? Just curious.

Yes, I would. I love Ja, but Harden is one of the most impactful offensive players in the history of the game. But, if I were a rebuilding team, the choice would be equally as obvious, I just think that, in general, most teams don't view themselves as rebuilding and would prefer the transcendent player.

And you likely suspect that Ja will be highly impactful player for 12-15 years ahead, while Harden for only 2, and this fact somehow doesn’t count in terms of market value Ok. Thanks.

Vote Kawhi
Nominate LaMelo

Vote Trae. The most offensively explosive young point guard in the league left on this board and tailor made for today's game.
Nominate George. The very definition of a 3D player over the past 5 - 10 years. Enough said!

E S V L wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:

E S V L wrote:
So, if Ja and Harden were both on the table, you would pick Harden for your team? Just curious.

Yes, I would. I love Ja, but Harden is one of the most impactful offensive players in the history of the game. But, if I were a rebuilding team, the choice would be equally as obvious, I just think that, in general, most teams don't view themselves as rebuilding and would prefer the transcendent player.

And you likely suspect that Ja will be highly impactful player for 12-15 years ahead, while Harden for only 2, and this fact somehow doesn’t count in terms of market value Ok. Thanks.

Do I detect some thin skin about Harden having more votes than Ja? Instead of asking others to elaborate more on their opinion of Harden, Try elaborating us on yours with something better than:

V Ja

My opinion: Ja is a nice little player but he has a long ways to go before he starts sniffing the top 10 in this poll.

E S V L wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:

E S V L wrote:
So, if Ja and Harden were both on the table, you would pick Harden for your team? Just curious.

Yes, I would. I love Ja, but Harden is one of the most impactful offensive players in the history of the game. But, if I were a rebuilding team, the choice would be equally as obvious, I just think that, in general, most teams don't view themselves as rebuilding and would prefer the transcendent player.

And you likely suspect that Ja will be highly impactful player for 12-15 years ahead, while Harden for only 2, and this fact somehow doesn’t count in terms of market value Ok. Thanks.

You are a better poster than this. I stated my reasons, you don't have to agree with them. I do think a team with Harden as their best player has a better chance of winning a championship in the next 3 season than a team with Ja as their best player has winning a championship in their next 10. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am, players of Harden's impact are very rare, and I don't think Ja is one of them (of all the sub 22 year old players, I think only Luka is).

Harden

Nominate: Sabonis the "Lithuanian Nightmare!" Case for Sabonis 24 years old signed to a team friendly contract 4 years $18 million a year and a beast who is getting better every game.