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Two-Shot Foul
I'm sure many of you have already seen this, but Bill Simmons from espn.com came out with his yearly NBA trade value column, here's the link, it's basically the only thing of his I like anymore. It lists the top-50 players in the NBA in terms of their trade value overall.
The basic concept is that you'd trade any player for the players ranked ahead of them. There are a lot of problems with his list, Jason Kidd not being mentioned anywhere was most glaring to me. I also think that Garnett and AI are ranked too high based on their huge contracts. I don't think this is my homerism talking, but I can't understand how Marion is ranked ahead of Joe Johnson and Michael Redd when those guys can do everything and Marion can't shoot or dribble; plus, Johnson and, especially, Redd mean a hell of a lot more to their cities than Marion does to Phoenix.
Anyway, I thought it'd be a good discussion. My personal top 10, taking everything into account ... how good the player is, what he means to the city, how much he gets paid, how long he's signed for, age, etc, etc, would be:
1) LeBron - Obvious
2) Dwight Howard - Obvious
3) Tim Duncan - Big contract, but would never be traded, ever.
4) Steve Nash - No championships, but only making 11mil
5) Yao Ming - China
6) Chris Paul - Rookie contract
7) Kevin Durant - Rookie, almost put him higher
8) Kobe Bryant - Still arguably the best in the NBA
9) Dwayne Wade - Injuries scary, but he's a relatively cheap superstar
10) Josh Smith - Can't help it, he's the best value in the NBA this year, only making 2mil, but he's about to get paid, or else he'd be higher, much higher, haha.
It's pretty hard not to have a reaction to that column, I look forward to hearing everyone's opinion on how bad he screwed up and to seeing some top-10s ... lists are fun.
The basic concept is that you'd trade any player for the players ranked ahead of them. There are a lot of problems with his list, Jason Kidd not being mentioned anywhere was most glaring to me. I also think that Garnett and AI are ranked too high based on their huge contracts. I don't think this is my homerism talking, but I can't understand how Marion is ranked ahead of Joe Johnson and Michael Redd when those guys can do everything and Marion can't shoot or dribble; plus, Johnson and, especially, Redd mean a hell of a lot more to their cities than Marion does to Phoenix.
Anyway, I thought it'd be a good discussion. My personal top 10, taking everything into account ... how good the player is, what he means to the city, how much he gets paid, how long he's signed for, age, etc, etc, would be:
1) LeBron - Obvious
2) Dwight Howard - Obvious
3) Tim Duncan - Big contract, but would never be traded, ever.
4) Steve Nash - No championships, but only making 11mil
5) Yao Ming - China
6) Chris Paul - Rookie contract
7) Kevin Durant - Rookie, almost put him higher
8) Kobe Bryant - Still arguably the best in the NBA
9) Dwayne Wade - Injuries scary, but he's a relatively cheap superstar
10) Josh Smith - Can't help it, he's the best value in the NBA this year, only making 2mil, but he's about to get paid, or else he'd be higher, much higher, haha.
It's pretty hard not to have a reaction to that column, I look forward to hearing everyone's opinion on how bad he screwed up and to seeing some top-10s ... lists are fun.