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2022 list

1. Victor Wembanyama (3 year, 43 million rookie contract)
2. Nikola Jokic (3 years, 165.6 million + 67.2 million 4th year player option)
3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (3 years, 115 million)
4. Luka Doncic (2 years, 89 million + 49 million 3rd year player option)
5. Giannis Antetokounmpo (3 years, 161.4 million + 62.8 million 4th year player option)
6. Jayson Tatum (5 years, 277.3 million + 71.4 million 6th year player option)
7. Anthony Edwards (5 years, 244.7 million)
8. Paolo Banchero (2 years, 27.5 million rookie contract)
9. Ja Morant (4 years, 163.2 million)
10. Evan Mobley (1 year, 11.2 million rookie contract + 5 year, 222.4 million extension)
11. Donovan Mitchell (3 years, 121.9 million + 4th year 53.8 million player option)

Please vote for the highest trade value of this list including play, salary, age, health, etc. and then nominate a player not on the list to replace them.



Chet Holmgren (2 years, 24.6 million rookie contract)



Jalen Brunson (4 years, 143.3 million + 43.3 million 5th year player option)



Anthony Davis (3 years, 155.7 million + 62.8 million 4th year player option)



Cade Cunningham (1 year, 13.9 million + 5 years, 224.2 million extension)



Jalen Williams (2 year, 11.4 million rookie contract)



Franz Wagner (1 year, 7 million + 5 years, 224.2 million extension)



Jaren Jackson, Jr. (2 years, 48.7 million)



Devin Booker (4 years, 220.4 million)



Karl-Anthony Towns (3 years, 159.4 million + 61.0 million 4th year player option)



Tyrese Haliburton (5 years, 244.7 million)

Vote Holmgren

Nominate Garland

V Chet
N Garland

Injury makes this hard to properly assess, but I’m of the opinion that Chet’s career looks more like last season, where he played every game, than it does the couple of somewhat freak injuries he has had.

If that’s the case, he’s a DPOY runner up to Wemby and has a ton of offensive abilities to still explore. He is extremely hungry, physically gifted, and has a very high BBIQ and sharp fundamentals.

Vote — Chet
Nominate — Sabonis, 98th percentile EPM (7th overall), still relatively young at 28, locked in three more years at <30% of the cap w/ no PO.

Embiid still doesn't belong anywhere near this list.

Vote Brunson
Nom Ball

Chet
Garland

Vote: Jalen Williams

Nom: J Johnson

V: Chet

N: Sabonis

Cade
Trae

I think the next two nominations are not that problematic, to be honest, it should be LaMelo and Trae in some order. Really, only the question of what to do with Embiid complicates this - to me. I love Garland, but I don't think he belongs in this conversation before Ball and Young.

Really don’t understand the Chet votes. Two major injuries in 3 seasons and has played 92 out of 208 possible games and going to miss a lot more. Factor in his frail frame too and there’s no way I’d trade top 15 player value for him, that could be a franchise killer. For OKC keeping him it’s fine, but to trade the farm for him? No way in hell.


Vote: Brunson
Nom: Maxey

babyjax13 wrote:Cade
Trae

I think the next two nominations are not that problematic, to be honest, it should be LaMelo and Trae in some order. Really, only the question of what to do with Embiid complicates this - to me. I love Garland, but I don't think he belongs in this conversation before Ball and Young.

I went Maxey over Trae. LaMelo is too injury prone for my taste, and Trae is just way too much of a defensive liability regardless of his offensive abilities.

Chet

Bane

spree8 wrote:Really don’t understand the Chet votes. Two major injuries in 3 seasons and has played 92 out of 208 possible games and going to miss a lot more. Factor in his frail frame too and there’s no way I’d trade top 15 player value for him, that could be a franchise killer. For OKC keeping him it’s fine, but to trade the farm for him? No way in hell.


Vote: Brunson
Nom: Maxey

Good contract, good production, 2-way player, star potential while willingly to serve a side role, young, both rebuilding and competing teams would bid on him, and potentially the best option for competing against Wemby long term.

spree8 wrote:

babyjax13 wrote:Cade
Trae

I think the next two nominations are not that problematic, to be honest, it should be LaMelo and Trae in some order. Really, only the question of what to do with Embiid complicates this - to me. I love Garland, but I don't think he belongs in this conversation before Ball and Young.

I went Maxey over Trae. LaMelo is too injury prone for my taste, and Trae is just way too much of a defensive liability regardless of his offensive abilities.

Maxey is a reasonable call. Regardless, I just don't see the argument for Garland as the next guy up.

Cade
Sabonis

I don’t think you can build a winner around Trae without some serious roster contortions, but he’s very marketable and skilled and should be up soon. LaMelo is quite similar, but trades the size problems for injury problems, which is even worse. That and he’s clearly immature off the court.

While it’s clear from the votes Chet will place soon (now, perhaps), I strongly disagree. It’s one thing to be tall and thin with no injury history like Wemby, it’s another to be tall and ultra-thin with two season-ending injuries (or close to it) already. This last one was just a fall, a fall he’ll likely have many more times. There’s just nothing on him to protect his bones. He’s an amazing talent, top ten easily, but I’m very confident he’s going to miss a ton of games over his career. To be himself, he needs to be relentless, but that just adds to the risk. I’d rather have his teammate, Jalen Williams.

Cade
Scottie Barnes

Vote Brunson
Nominate Garland

Should probably make polls for these to get more votes.

Vote: Franz Wagner (no homer)

Nominate: Maxey

V: Brunson
N: Maxey