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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.

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)
14. Paolo Banchero (4 years, 50.2 million rookie contract)
15. Tyrese Haliburton (2 years, 10 million rookie contract)
16. Anthony Edwards (2 years, 24.2 million rookie contract)
17. Darius Garland (1 year, 8.9 million rookie contract + 5 years, 192.8 million)
18. Karl-Anthony Towns (5 years, 228.5 million + 6th year 60.6 million player option)
19. Trae Young (5 years, 215.2 million)
20. Jaylen Brown (2 years, 59.4 million)
21. LaMelo Ball (2 years, 19.5 million rookie contract)
22. Franz Wagner (3 years, 17.8 million rookie contract)
23. Pascal Siakam (2 years, 73.3 million)

2020-2021 season list

Nominees:



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



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



Desmond Bane (2 years, 5.9 million rookie contract)



Bam Adebayo (4 years, 134.9 million)



Lebron James (2 years, 97.9 million + 3rd year 57.6 million player option)



Paul George (2 years, 88.1 million + 3rd year 48.8 million player option)



Brandon Ingram (3 years, 101.5 million)



Scottie Barnes (3 years, 25.7 million rookie contract)



Rudy Gobert (3 years, 123 million + 4th year, 46.7 million player option)

Vote Lillard

Lillard

Damian Lillard

Davis, top 5 player when healthy

Ingram.

Bam

LeBron

For me it's between BI and Bam, I think they deserve the last 2 spots

Going with Ingram

Bam

BAM

Bam

Lillard

Lillard

babyjax13 wrote:Davis, top 5 player when healthy

It’s crazy he was third last year and probably won’t make the list this year. But we all have recency biases when building this list, and with AD going out again it’s hard to say he’s reliable enough to value at his talent.

V Bam

Lillard and Bam currently tied 5-5.

MoneyTalks41890 wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:Davis, top 5 player when healthy

It’s crazy he was third last year and probably won’t make the list this year. But we all have recency biases when building this list, and with AD going out again it’s hard to say he’s reliable enough to value at his talent.

V Bam

I think third was crazy last year, but ...

Thing is, for the last several years Rudy Gobert has graded out as a more impactful player, and Davis hasn't had a stretch like he just did since the championship year. I thought he had gone the way of Dwight Howard, was still very good, great even, but not what he was. Then he rolled back time, so clearly if the conditions are right he can be that guy. I don't think that is something that should be discounted.

Davis was voted 3rd closer to 2 years ago (Feb 2021) and in basketball terms 2 seasons ago (In Feb 2021 they were only 30 games into the 20-21 season due to the late start). He was the 13th player nominated so if he hadn't gotten injured again he would have gotten in easily by now, but now that it's obvious this will probably always be how it goes with him it's harder to value him and on a shorter deal. I still think you could argue though that taking him over Siakam or Brown would be the correct play because that upside is just so valuable to win championship. If you're the Mavs and were picking between taking Siakam or just saying YOLO and going with potential all time unstoppable Doncic/Davis combo and hoping the latter stays healthy I think I'd have to seriously consider it. Then again or a team that's already really good like the Celtics maybe you prefer the Brown/Siakam safety.

Bam