2009 NBA Trade Value Rankings

The following is my personal version of Bill Simmons NBA Trade Value Rankings:

A quick recap of the rules:
1. Salaries matter. Over this season and the next two, would you rather pay David West $27 million or Amare Stoudemire $43 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 ramifications. So 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. Neither San Antonio nor Orlando would make a Howard-Duncan trade, but the Spurs would at least say, "Wow, Dwight Howard's available?" and have a meeting about it while the Magic would say, "There's no frickin' way we're trading Dwight Howard." That counts in the big scheme of things.
5. The list runs in reverse order (Nos. 50 to 1). So if Carmelo comes in at No. 16, players 1 through 15 are all players about whom the Nuggets would probably say, "We hate giving up 'Melo, but we definitely have to consider this deal." And they wouldn't trade him straight-up for any player listed between Nos. 17 and 50.

The List:
50. Luis Scola, PF HOU
49. David Lee, PF NYK
48. Chauncey Billups, PG DEN
47. Hedo Turkoglu, F ORL
46. Russell Westbrook, G OKC
45. Kevin Love, PF MIN
44. Luol Deng, G/F CHI
43. Monta Ellis, G GSW
42. Paul Millsap, PF UTA
41. Michael Beasley, PF MIA
40. Jameer Nelson, PG ORL
39. Steve Nash, PG PHO
38. Brook Lopez, C NJ
37. Greg Oden, C POR
36. A. Biedrins, C GSW
35. Andrew Bynum, C LAL
34. Rudy Gay, SF MEM
33. Josh Smith, F ATL
32. Caron Butler, F WASH
31. OJ Mayo, SG MEM
30. Carlos Boozer, PF UTA (injuries only reason he is this low)
29. Devin Harris, PG NJ
28. Kevin Martin, SG SAC
27. Al Horford, F/C ATL
26. Lamarcus Aldridge, PF POR
25. Manu Ginobili, G/F SAS
24. David West, PF NOR
23. Rajon Rondo, PG BOS
22. Al Jefferson, F/C MIN
21. Kevin Garnett, PF BOS
20. Pau Gasol, F/C LAL
19. Tony Parker, PG SAS
18. Amare Stoudemire, PF PHO
17. Joe Johnson, SG ATL
16. Paul Pierce, G/F BOS
15. Danny Granger, SF IND
14. Dirk Nowitzki, PF DAL
13. Chris Bosh, PF TOR
12. Carmelo Anthony, SF DEN
11. Deron Williams, PG UTA
10. Derrick Rose, PG CHI
9. Brandon Roy, SG POR
8. Yao Ming, C HOU
7. Tim Duncan, PF SAS
6. Kevin Durant, SG OKC
5. Kobe Bryant, SG LAL
4. Dwayne Wade, SG MIA
3. Chris Paul, PG NOR
2. Dwight Howard, C ORL
1. LeBron James, SF CLE

Quick Update:

Falling off the list -
Yao (injuries)
Garnett (age)
Biedrins (he is not good at basketball
Billups (age)
Turkoglu (age, struggled in different systems)
Deng (contract vs. ability)
Oden (injuries)

Falling down the list -
B. Roy (durability)
Duncan (age)
C. Butler (age, other players risen above him)
Joe Johnson (contract)
Chris Bosh (contract)

Entering the list -
Roy Hibbert
John Wall
Tyreke Evans
Blake Griffin
Steph Curry
Eric Gordon
A. Bargnani

Shooting up the list -
Brook Lopez
Russell Westbrook
Rajon Rondo
Kevin Love