The NBA trade market is in a confusing place. As the trade deadline approaches I've seen many trade ideas and tried to come up with some of my own, but especially after the Trae Young trade, I have no idea what any player's trade value looks like. Mikal Bridges went for 5 first-round picks. Desmond Bane went for 4. Trae Young went for 0? What does that mean for someone like Ja Morant? What about Lauri Markkanen? Giannis? The second apron has also complicated things. I have no idea what a team like the Cavs should do or can do while over the second apron. Freeing up salary was part of the reason for the Trae Young trade as well. Not to mention that NBA GMs make no sense half the time, if any of the recent higher profile trades were posted online the comments would call them insane and say they'd never happen. Not to mention the Luka trade lmao
What are your thoughts? What kind of trade value do players have? Do NBA GMs know what they're doing? Who should trade what for who? I'm curious what lemmy world NBA thinks.
player values are whatever is negotiated between two teams. Some GMs know what they're doing, some don't.
There is only a "market" if there's an actual bidding war between multiple teams for the same player. There wasn't for trae young for various reasons.