40 most valuable players in NBA by Bill Simmons

RIET · May 30, 2003

Originally posted by jmwilliamson

i didn't know amare's agent quit though. that's very interesting.
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He felt he wasn't getting good endorsement deals.

Yun · May 30, 2003

Here is the part about the citeria. It is about the trade value.

Given that there's a six-day break until the Finals kick off, as well as countless WNBA games not to watch, this seemed like the perfect time to break out my annual column gimmick: "Which NBA player has the highest trade value?"

A quick recap of the rules, in case you missed last year's column:

Mike Bibby didn't score many points with the Sports Guy.
A. Salaries matter ... would you rather be paying Tony Parker $3 million for the next two years, or Mike Bibby $70 million for the next six?

B. Age matters ... would you rather have Chris Webber for the next five years or Amare Stoudemire for the next 15?

C. Pretend the salary cap suddenly got expanded to $70 million (making any trade possible), then ask yourself one question: If Team A tells Team B, "We'll trade you Player X for Player Y straight-up," does Team B make the deal or not?

D. Concentrate on degrees. For instance, neither Phoenix or Boston would make a Paul Pierce for Stephon Marbury trade, but the Suns would at least call in their basketball people to discuss it, while the Celtics would say, "No bleeping way we're trading Pierce!" That counts in the big scheme of things.

E. Make the list in reverse order, Nos. 40 to 1. So if Stevie Francis ranks in at No. 14, players 1 through 13 are all players about whom Houston would probably say, "We hate giving up Stevie Franchise, but we can't pass up that deal." And they wouldn't trade him for any of the players listed at Nos. 15-40.
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peleincubus · May 30, 2003

Well after reading letter E. I know i wouldnt trade Francis for Marbury.

I also wouldnt trade Francis for Shaq.

Everyone may laugh at me but if I was GM of the rockets i wouldnt trade Yao Ming for Tim Duncan.

I think there is no limit for Ming at this point.

fadeaway · May 30, 2003

Ron Artest is higher than Elton Brand? ??

Ron freaking Artest!!???

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