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Vote for the highest trade value of the following players considering all factors beyond caliber of play including age, salary, injury history, etc. In addition, vote for a new player to nominate to the list.

1. Giannis Antetokounmpo (3 years, 136.9 million + 4th year 51.9 million player option)
2. Luka Doncic (5 years, 215.2 million)
3. Nikola Jokic (5 years, 241.6 million + 6th year 61.4 million player option)
4. Jayson Tatum (3 years, 97.8 million + 4th year 37.1 million player option)

2020-2021 season list

Nominees:



Ja Morant (1 year, 12.1 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.9 million)



Zion Williamson (1 year 13.5 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.9 million)



Stephen Curry (5 years, 215.4 million)



Joel Embiid (4 years, 184.5 million + 5th year 57.7 million player option)



Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5 years, 179.3 million)



Devin Booker (6 years, 288.8 million)



Evan Mobley (3 years, 28.6 million rookie contract)



Kevin Durant (4 years, 197.6 million)



Anthony Davis (2 years, 78.6 million + 3rd year 43.2 million player option)



Paolo Banchero (4 years, 50.2 million rookie contract)

Vote Zion

Possible THE guy in the NBA one day is hard to turn down even with the injury.

Nominate KAT

My thought is to slightly fade the offensive PG/SGs trade value due to there being an abundance of them. Brown has too short of a contract or else I've had considered him here.

V Ja
N Cade

Ja over Zion for longevity questions, tho even Morant seems a little risky with the way he plays. Steph also considered, but unsure he’s a superstar over the last half of that deal.

At some point, the best rookie contracts start to creep in as guys with upside you prefer over vets. Mobley got in first (deservedly), Paolo next (deservedly), and now Cade (for biased me — also look at Hali, Barnes, etc). You could certainly argue a number of young vets, too… DMitchell, Garland, JBrown (once extended), Ingram, KAT, and others. Or just sell tickets right away and go LeBron.

Vote: Embiid

He's the youngest of the 4 MVP tier players left. Even with his injury concerns he's more likely to stay there then Curry/KD/AD. Of the semi-young guys I don't trust Ja's defense, Zion's health (and some defense) and SGA's been pretty anonymous the past few years (obviously OKC tank related but still a concern).

Nom: LaMelo

Curry

Edwards

V SGA -- finally broke out, and playing at all NBA level while still young, under control for 5 years.
Embiid and Zion are below due to injury concerns.
This isn't around who the best player is, but best trading asset, age, injury concern, personality and contract factor in, Curry and Durant are 2 of the best in league, maybe better than Tatum/Jokic/Luka, but at this age they aren't anywhere near in trade value.
N Garland

Vote: Mobley
Nominate: Ingram

Gotta be Embiid here. 2-time MVP runner up should be above the rest of the other options.

Vote: Stephen Curry - just a notably better player than everyone left (possible exception to Embiid, who will likely be my next pick, but damn the injury issues spook ya)

Nominate: Donovan Mitchell

Wardell Curry

V Curry (Best player here by a clear margin and having his Peak Season so far)
N Garland

V: Ja
N: Mobley

Embiid
Lamelo

V Steph (still one of the best players in the league, people are too enamored with youth)
N Haliburton

V Embiid
N Mitchell

V: Shai
N: Haliburton

V: Chef Curry
N:spida

Current votes

Curry 6
Embiid 4
Morant 2
SGA 2
Zion 1
Mobley 1

Nominate

Mitchell 3
Haliburton 2
Garland 2
Lamelo 2
KAT 1
Cunningham 1
Edwards 1
Ingram 1

Jonny Flynn .. no wait! Steph Curry is the right call!

LeBron

Morant

Trae