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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)
5. Stephen Curry (5 years, 215.4 million)
6. Joel Embiid (4 years, 184.5 million + 5th year 57.7 million player option)
7. Ja Morant (1 year, 12.1 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.9 million)
8. Zion Williamson (1 year 13.5 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.9 million)
9. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5 years, 179.3 million)
10. Kevin Durant (4 years, 197.6 million)
11. Devin Booker (6 years, 288.8 million)
12. Evan Mobley (3 years, 28.6 million rookie contract
13. Donovan Mitchell (3 years, 97.8 million + 4th year 37.1 million player option)

2020-2021 season list

Nominees:



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



Paolo Banchero (4 years, 50.2 million rookie contract)



Darius Garland (1 year, 8.9 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.8 million)



Anthony Edwards (2 years, 24.2 million rookie contract)



Tyrese Haliburton (2 years, 10 million rookie contract)



Trae Young (5 years, 215.2 million)



Karl Anthony-Towns (5 years, 228.5 million + 6th year 60.6 million player option)



Jaylen Brown (2 years, 59.4 million)



Damian Lillard (4 years, 195.4 million + 5th year 63.2 million player option)



Franz Wagner (3 years, 17.8 million rookie contract)

Vote Paolo Banchero

Nominate Jalen Green

banchero 9 yrs control 4 yr rookie deal ..over 2 yr max guys

bane

Vote - Edwards
Nominate - Siakam

V Edwards

I have this between him and Hali, and while I think Hali is better right now, Edwards physical ability has me willing to pay more to acquire him

Edwards

Bam

Vote: Edwards
Nominate: Holmgren

V. Hali. He's a crazy steal with his contract. That's what this is supposed to be about, right?
N. Bam

Edwards

LeBron

Solid wrote:V. Hali. He's a crazy steal with his contract. That's what this is supposed to be about, right?

They are both getting max extensions in two years, both for five years and paying them more than $200 mil.

Saving $7 mil each of the next 2 years won’t dissuade any GM from preferring the player they think is better. It’s about seven years of control.

V: Edwards
N: Bane

V: Paolo
N: LaMelo

V: Banchero
N: Lamelo

V: Banchero
N: Siakam

Shouldn't Jalen Green have more traction for nomination? Sure he is just volume scoring on a bad team but at his age I think a lot of teams would be believers. Note that a guy like Morant for example wasn't there in terms of the efficiency/advanced stats in his 2nd year.

V: Banchero
N: LaMelo

I love Garland, but I've got to go with Haliburton here as my vote.

Nominate Siakam.

Dr Positivity wrote:Shouldn't Jalen Green have more traction for nomination? Sure he is just volume scoring on a bad team but at his age I think a lot of teams would be believers. Note that a guy like Morant for example wasn't there in terms of the efficiency/advanced stats in his 2nd year.

I think he will be a good player in the future, but there are young players with similar or better production leading their teams to wins right now. I think Green comes into the conversation for a nomination toward the tail end of this list. Right now, he's scoring 2 more ppg on worse efficiency (much worse) than Jordan Clarkson (53.4%TS vs. 54.9%) while not having an advantage in peripheral stats. Obviously he will be better than Jordan (and I just pick him b/c of his statistical profile on my favorite team), but currently he is not, or if he is, it is not by much ...

Dr Positivity wrote:Shouldn't Jalen Green have more traction for nomination? Sure he is just volume scoring on a bad team but at his age I think a lot of teams would be believers. Note that a guy like Morant for example wasn't there in terms of the efficiency/advanced stats in his 2nd year.

I'm not a fan of projecting skill sets that players haven't actually demonstrated into trade value.

Also, what if you don't believe Morant actually has the 7th highest trade value in the NBA?

Banchero

Nom - #1 overall Draft pick. Victor Wambanyama I’d take as a building block over most people on this list and he’d be on the rookie deal.