RealGM's Top 25 most valuable players - vote for #1

Post #1 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:11 pm

Welcome to the Trade Board's 4th kinda-annual Top 25 most valuable player rankings.

This famous trade board tradition was born back in 07/08 and has been completed three times in all.

For a trip down memory lane, please click on the following links:

November 07 - December 07

Top Ten Preview: James, Paul, Howard, Bryant, Wade, D. Williams, Stoudemire, Bosh, Rose, Oden

September 09 - December 09

Top Ten Preview: James, Howard, Paul, Wade, Bryant, Durant, Roy, D. Williams, Rose, Anthony

February 11 - March 11

Top Ten Preview: James, Durant, Howard, Rose, Griffin, Paul, Wade, Bryant, Westbrook, Nowitzki

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The Rules:

In a post, please vote for who you believe has the most trade value of the 10 nominees, taking into account everything that goes into determining trade value (skill, talent, attitude, age, contract, injuries, etc). in that same post, list a player you believe should be added to the nominee list. votes will be accepted up to 24hrs from the timestamp of the start of the thread.

example of a voting post:

vote for: Blake Griffin
nominate: Monta Ellis

without further delay, your nominees for the top spot (using our last top 10 rankings):

Kobe Bryant

Kevin Durant

Blake Griffin

Dwight Howard

Lebron James

Dirk Nowitzki

Chris Paul

Derrick Rose

Dwyane Wade

Russell Westbrook

Salary information at shamsports.com

Post #2 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:16 pm

for the first time ever in this tradition, i won't be voting for lebron james.

vote: kevin durant

nominate: kevin love

-Kees- · Post #3 » by **-Kees-** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:16 pm

Vote: Kevin Durant
Nominate: Rajon Rondo

KG is young and the best scorer. Dwight would be the most valuable, but is on that short term contract. LeBron is the best player, but is 27.

EDIT: http://www.storytellerscontracts.com/ is an updated salary source, sham isn't updated

Post #4 » by **loserX** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:18 pm

#1 is LeBron. Still the league's best player (IMHO) and unquestionably its biggest ticket. I know he has his detractors (and I understand why) but I can't imagine anyone on this list having higher value than him.

Nominate Chris Paul, now that he has promised not to opt out of his contract next year.

EDIT-- my mistake, I read the list too fast and didn't see that Paul was already on it. Instead I nominate Carmelo Anthony.

Post #5 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:22 pm

cp3 is already a nominee

shrink · Post #6 » by **shrink** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:31 pm

LeBron. Sells the tickets, the merchandise, the TV contracts.

Oh, and he's averaging: 8 RB, 7 AST, 30 PPG

NOMINATE: Hmmm ... great top ten. I guess I'll throw John Wall's name out there. Superstar potential, and locked into a rookie deal makes him 5-6 years before he could force his way out!

Post #7 » by **HartfordWhalers** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 10:45 pm

Lebron
Carmelo

Guy986 · Post #8 » by **Guy986** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:15 pm

Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

Guy986 · Post #9 » by **Guy986** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:18 pm

I remember i voted Durant last year for #1 too. Heres what i said.

No question. If there was one guy i'll rather have in the entire NBA to build a franchise with. Its Durant.

Look at this guy taking out his own trash. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBb7SdB-i_s&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
I'll vote for Durant every year.

yes i know that video is viral marketing, its still funny to see

Damkac · Post #10 » by **Damkac** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:36 pm

Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

Post #11 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jan 2, 2012 11:48 pm

i should have added tyreke evans to the initial list just so i could take him out later when bac2basics complained.

lukekarts · Post #12 » by **lukekarts** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:08 am

Kevin Durant
Kevin Love

SamBone · Post #13 » by **SamBone** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:05 am

Vote: Durant
Nominate: Love

diogo_pt · Post #14 » by **diogo_pt** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:29 am

V: LeBron James
N: Kevin Love

Post #15 » by **mkwest** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 3:29 am

Vote: LeBron James
Nominate: Kevin Love

vincecarter4pres · Post #16 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:41 am

Vote: Lebron James

Nominate: Carmelo Anthony

Indy2thaWindy · Post #17 » by **Indy2thaWindy** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:55 am

Vote: Kevin Durant
Nominate: Paul George (I don't think Granger will want to take a back seat to him, but it's going to happen soon)

vincecarter4pres · Post #18 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:00 am

Indy, Paul George lol?

I love the kid, but how can you possibly nominate him this early?

Cavs Fan 92 · Post #19 » by **Cavs Fan 92** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:09 am

Vote: KD
Nominate: Love

Yes, LeBron's numbers are great, but if I team actually traded for and acquired him it could give them a very bad name. He has already made himself the villain of the entire NBA. I think that lowers his value.

Indy2thaWindy · Post #20 » by **Indy2thaWindy** » Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:17 am

vincecarter4pres wrote:Indy, Paul George lol?

I love the kid, but how can you possibly nominate him this early?

He can score and defend. His only problem has been his spot up shooting, which looks like it's not a problem anymore. I feel he is already a better all-around player than Granger. He's only 21 and doesn't take dumb shots and makes smart passes, he's a really good passer, something a lot of vets in the league still can't seem to do. He's got all the athleticism in the world and plenty of skill to go with it. I'm seeing Love get plenty of nominations, no offense, but what value does a box score really hold? His rookie year was by far his best year win-loss wise, yet his team only won 24 games. GM's get fired over players like him. If he's got a lot of value, then fine, but he'll go through his share of GM's over his career.