The trade value list: No. 40 to No. 1

[The Regime]

The players are ranked according to these rules:

 

1. Salaries matter. Over this season and the next two, would you rather pay Gerald Wallace $29.5 million or Antawn Jamison $40 million?

 

2. Age matters. Would you rather have Chauncey Billups for the next five seasons or Rajon Rondo for the next 12?

 

3. Pretend the league passed the following rule: For 24 hours, any player can be traded without cap ramifications but with luxury-tax and every-season-after-this ramifications. If Team A tells Team B, "We'll trade you Player X for Player Y," would Team B make the deal?

 

4. Concentrate on degrees. I don't think L.A. or Miami would make a Kobe-Wade swap, but L.A. would at least say, "Wow, Wade is a few years younger, same stats, should we have a meeting about it?" while the Heat would say, "There's no frickin' way we're trading Dwyane Wade for a guy with 1200 games on his odometer." That counts in the big scheme of things.

 

5. The list runs in reverse order. So if Rajon Rondo comes in at No. 15, players 1 through 14 are all players about whom Boston would say, "We hate giving up Rondo, but we definitely have to consider this deal." And they wouldn't trade him straight-up for any player listed between Nos. 16 and 40.

 

 

The Top 10:

1. LeBron James

2. Dwight Howard

3. Kevin Durant

4. Dwayne Wade

5. Kobe Bryant

6. Carmelo Anthony

7. Chris Paul

8. Derrick Rose

9. Brandon Roy

10. Deron Williams

 

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Edited February 17, 2010 by Confidence

[The Regime]

I dont have any major complaints, the only thing that I would probably do is swap Dwight and Durant.

[Lkr]

I agree with a Dwight/Durant swap. I also think Kobe shouldn't be #5 due to his age and contract. Definitely put Melo ahead of him

Edited February 17, 2010 by Lkr