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Great NBA article from Bill Simmons

Lists the top 60 trade value players.

Gordon Hayward (Too pricey) and Enes Kanter (Still intrigued) made the honorable mention list.
 
Liked this bit:
Quick story: A couple of weeks ago, Westbrook got a big steal in the final minute of a Wiz game, flew to the basket for the game-clinching layup and got chased down by Wall — who was running a 3.2 40-yard dash at the time — for what might have been the most exciting moment in Freakocious Guard history. I actually jumped up like there was an earthquake or something. It ended up being a draw — Wall blocked the shot but fouled Westbrook, sent him sprawling and briefly caused Earth to start rotating backward. You could have easily inserted Bledsoe into either of those spots and it would have been 98 percent as exciting. They should just turn All-Star Saturday into an indoor decathlon featuring those three guys, Anthony Davis and the Greek Freak.
 
On nikola mirotic: What a revelation. Thibs can’t keep him off the floor. He’s like a rich man’s Vlad Radmanovic after three lines of cocaine and four Red Bulls, only if Vlad Radmanovic gave a ****.
 
45. Derrick Favors
Somehow he’s only 23 even though he has been in the league for 12 and a half years. I don’t get it, either. His 2015 numbers: 30.5 mpg, 15.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 55% FG, 22.8 PER … and he’s a decent rim protector, too (47.7% opp. FG%). I like the Favors–Rudy Gobert combo. There’s something here. Hold on, lemme make sure we don’t have to adjust the “Billy King’s Top Five Worst Nets Trades Ever” rankings
 
The Suns are my favorite 2015 League Pass team for obvious reasons (their breakneck style and their knack for playing ridiculously entertaining games), but it’s their menacing collective edge that I really love. These guys do everything short of grabbing the half-court microphone and cutting a WWE-style, “We’re not afraid of you, and we WILL fight you” promo.

You could imagine old-school badasses like Ricky Sobers and Jeff Ruland snarling next to the Morris Twins and The Completely Insane P.J. Tucker. It’s hilarious. I love the Suns. If you put all 30 NBA teams in the same nightclub, the Suns would be the ones that kept getting kicked out for reasons like “We didn’t like the way Blake Griffin was looking at us” and “Who does Draymond Green think he is????” We can’t have the playoffs without Phoenix. We just can’t. Change the rules right now so they get in.
 
38. Kyle Korver
The rare NBA player who belatedly became a star in his early thirties. If this were baseball, we’d be waiting for him to turn up in our next major Biogenesis scandal. But it’s Kyle Korver. I mean, look at him, for God’s sake. He worked his *** off and lucked out for trade value purposes for five reasons: (1) right team, (2) right coach, (3) bargain contract (makes one-third of the max), (4) the 2015 NBA loves spacing and long-range shooting (and he’s the best spacer/shooter we have) and (5) he’s on-****ing-fire.

Fact: The 50-50-90 Club does not currently exist … unless you bend the rules for Steve Kerr’s 1995-96 season.15

Fact: No NBA player ever made more than three 3s per game while making over 50 percent of them.

Korver has a chance to accomplish both. Throw in a possible All-Star Game nod and he’s the leading candidate to win my coveted Mokeski Award, which is given annually to the league’s best white player. Kevin Love losing the Mokeski to Kyle Korver????? MY GOD, WHAT IS HAPPENING????
 
Will Gobert make the list?
We have to wait until after the superbowl to find out.
 
Gobert should be number 1. The NBA logo will change to his appearance 30 years from now. God specifically made Rudy Gobert to be the best BBall player ever.
 
fishonjazz said:
Liked this bit:
Quick story: A couple of weeks ago, Westbrook got a big steal in the final minute of a Wiz game, flew to the basket for the game-clinching layup and got chased down by Wall — who was running a 3.2 40-yard dash at the time — for what might have been the most exciting moment in Freakocious Guard history. I actually jumped up like there was an earthquake or something. It ended up being a draw — Wall blocked the shot but fouled Westbrook, sent him sprawling and briefly caused Earth to start rotating backward. You could have easily inserted Bledsoe into either of those spots and it would have been 98 percent as exciting. They should just turn All-Star Saturday into an indoor decathlon featuring those three guys, Anthony Davis and the Greek Freak.
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Do I need to say it?
 
PKM said:
Do I need to say it?
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Say what? (I guess you do need to say it)

Is it something about how 3 of the 5 guys are ex kentuckians?
 
PKM said:
Oh wow..hadn't even noticed that.

Was going to say it's so weird you have EXACTLY 48500 rep points.
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I Should have known. So obvious
 
Simmons is the best in the biz, can't wait for part two.


fishonjazz said:
45. Derrick Favors
Somehow he’s only 23 even though he has been in the league for 12 and a half years. I don’t get it, either. His 2015 numbers: 30.5 mpg, 15.9 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg, 55% FG, 22.8 PER … and he’s a decent rim protector, too (47.7% opp. FG%). I like the Favors–Rudy Gobert combo. There’s something here. Hold on, lemme make sure we don’t have to adjust the “Billy King’s Top Five Worst Nets Trades Ever” rankings
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LMAO So true, seriously can't beleive he's only 23.

The Blue Elephant said:
Gobert should be number 1. The NBA logo will change to his appearance 30 years from now. God specifically made Rudy Gobert to be the best BBall player ever.
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Truth.
 
fishonjazz said:
https://grantland.com/features/2015-nba-trade-value-part-1/

Very good read if you are a fan of the nba. Man the nba is LOADED with talent right now.
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...."loaded with talent?" Today's NBA is so pathetically flawed so as to not even be recognizable basketball! Shooting percentages are so bad and assist to turnover ratio's so out of whack....that only Stevie Wonder could say it's a watchable product! Howz this for a recent boxscore: The Hornets scored 76 points....shot 32%.....and had 9 assists......and WON the game! There are only 3, maybe 4 teams in the entire league that are "watchable" without using a barf bag! Fortunately for me, the Atlanta Hawks are one of them and I get to see them for free on local T.V. 3 times a week! They regularly have between 25 and 30 assists.....and almost always shoot close to 50% from the field!
 
 
carolinajazz said:
...."loaded with talent?" Today's NBA is so pathetically flawed so as to not even be recognizable basketball! Shooting percentages are so bad and assist to turnover ratio's so out of whack....that only Stevie Wonder could say it's a watchable product! Howz this for a recent boxscore: The Hornets scored 76 points....shot 32%.....and had 9 assists......and WON the game! There are only 3, maybe 4 teams in the entire league that are "watchable" without using a barf bag! Fortunately for me, the Atlanta Hawks are one of them and I get to see them for free on local T.V. 3 times a week! They regularly have between 25 and 30 assists.....and almost always shoot close to 50% from the field!
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You say in "Today's NBA" "Shooting percentages are so bad"

As opposed to which era?
 
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