RealGM

Please vote for the lowest trade value of this list including play, salary, age, health, character, etc., not "who deserves it the least"

In addition, please nominate a new player to replace them on the list.



Bradley Beal (2 years, 103.8 million + 57.1 million 3rd year player option - no trade clause)



Paul George (3 years, 155 million + 56.6 million 4th year player option)



Joel Embiid (4 years, 227.2 million + 67.3 million 5th year player option)





Patrick Williams (4 years, 72 million + 18 million 5th year player option)



Jerami Grant (3 years, 96 million + 36.4 million 4th year player option)





Kawhi Leonard (3 years, 149.5 million)



Jordan Poole (3 years, 95.5 million)



DeJounte Murray (3 years, 94.7 million + 31.6 million 4th year player option)



Deandre Ayton (2 years, 69.6 million)





Immanuel Quickley (5 years, 162.5 million)

Vote George

Longer than Beal makes the difference, bigger yearly salary than DeJounte who's in consideration here for me.

Nominate Barrett

Hard skillset to fit, 2 years after this one.

V: George
N: Barrett

I agree the additional time over Beal matters more than the NTC. Amazing that Toronto has done so poorly in constructing their team. I don't mind Quickley at that price if he ends up as a 20/7 player with good defense (seems possible) but it does feel like a lot, but then to have RJ as well is a killer. Just terrible cap management.

V: Bradley Beal

N: Jaylen Brown

I think there’s a distinct possibility Paul George performs better next year if the Sixers can figure out their Embiid problem. Other than getting older, I don’t know of anything physically wrong with Podcast P. He’s overpaid regardless, but I still think he can be a good player, a better contributor than empty points Beal. I do still have him second, but that NTC Beal has is just so awful for Phoenix that it really doesn’t matter what kind of production BB provides, he won’t be traded.

V Beal
N Lavine

Zach’s had a nice year scoring the ball, but he’s a lot like Beal, providing little else of value. And he was just dealt for… not much. Some injury issues to worry about, too. Def woulda been top ten for me without this bounce back season.

V george
N jalen green

Green is worse than barrett on the court and paid more for an extra year to boot.

V: Beal

I give Beal the edge over PG because this is the first year that PG's looked really bad enough to warrant being on this list, and there's hope that he'll bounce back. That plus the NTC give Beal the edge to me despite PG's extra year.

N: Jalen Green

Inefficient volume scorer who does nothing else well, locked up for 3 more years at over $30 million per year. Obviously team context matters a lot here, but I think it's interesting that Poole is a staple in this discussion and Green never even gets mentioned, despite their numbers being very similar and Green having an extra year on his deal.

Vote: Beal

PG may well be worse value (Embiid could even be worse value as well) but IMO some teams would still have hope in a way that they don't for Beal.

Nom: Jalen Green

Voting Beal
Nominated Anthony Davis. If PG, Kawhi, and Embiid are on the list; their street clothes brother should be also

V: Beal's NTC edges out George for me.
N: Jimmy Butler's extension.

Vote George
I don't have a nomination at this point in time

V: George because of the extra year on Beal, but it’s close.

N: Green

Vote: PG. I did change my mind from Beal TBH. PG is just brutal at the moment and you have to wonder if this is the beginning of the end for his AS type play. If I had to bet I think it is and that's going to haunt the 76ers.

Nominate: Jalen Green. It's close in the putting up numbers but not much else category but Green takes the cake.

V PG
N CJ McCollum

Vote Beal.

Even if you convince a team to accept George or Beal, with Beal, you still have to get Beal to accept. That might cut potential suitors for very few to none.

It’s still Beal. He’s legit a 7th man at this point in his career

V: Beal

N: AD three more very expensive years for Mr. Glass

Beal with a slim 9-7 lead in the battle of yuck.

Vote: Beal
The NTC just makes it so much worse. Plus is his second year in PHX - if he hasn’t figured out by now, he won’t.

As much as PG and Embiid are bad, I can see a tiny chance of a bounce back. Beal, I can’t.

N: Barret
Also dislike Jalen Greens contract, along with Butler and Ingram’s extension.

V: Embiid runs through 28/29 season @ 69 million. Even if he starts the season healthy, you cannot count on him.

N: Adebayo also runs through 28/29 season @ 60 million. Advanced metrics have dropped across the board. 6'9" poor 3p shooting center. I don't think that contract ages well.