NBA trades have two different types of value. There’s the financial value of a trade – literally, the salaries of the players involved – and then, there’s trade value.
Those values are related. After all, teams aim to sign players to contracts that reflect their on-court value. On the other hand, sometimes, they err in doing so. A player’s trade value isn’t always measured by their contract.
In fact, these days, they’re usually measured by something else entirely. If you’re wondering what an NBA player is worth on the open market, you can ask this question: How many first-round picks are they worth?
After all, draft capital is the currency of the modern NBA. Either of the San Antonio Spurs or New York Knicks could tell you that.
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These two organizations have some of the more impressive collections of draft capital in the entire NBA.
Would the Spurs spare a pick for Immanuel Quickley?
