Simmons claiming to not being a Celtics homer is hilarious.

3 1/2 minutes in and Bill just used his daughter being the same age as GG Jackson as the only way of describing GG Jackson’s trade value. Love this man

"As you know, I'm not a homer." Bill, I've been reading you since The Sports Guy. You're not the biggest homer ever. That would be Tommy Heinsohn. But I literally laughed out loud at that one.

Solo Bill Simmons podcast is an all-timer

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been more wrong on a trade” right after also discussing Gobert is too funny

Kawahi is great, but Bron the first to win on three teams as the best player

Simmons talking anything NBA is always entertaining

isn’t a trade value list supposed to be who is the most untouchable? then how is scottie barnes so low? idc how good the celtics look, they’re trading derrick white for scottie barnes

Porzingis is indeed a good guy, injury prone good guy. He got hurt this summer playing for Latvia pre tournament, and he still travelled with the team to world cup. Like, he really didn't need to do that, there was no reason to do that, but he still wanted to be with the team and cheer for them from the bench....

“Harden tricking the clippers for an extension.” 🤣 😂😅

Bill, general consensus is we love you man, but time to own the homer moniker. I've been watching/listening to you from boy to man and that very qualifier "I'm not a homer" ALWAYS follows with a statement on a homer could make. Like a mother's love it's undeniable.

Kuminga should be sky rocketing up this list

FULL TIME STAMPS J: Upside Gang 9:49 75. John Giddey 74. Tyler Herro 73. Austin Reeves 72. Herb Jones 71. Cason Wallace 70. Naz Reid 69. Jalen Suggs 68. Anfernee Simons 67. Walker Kessler 66. Keegan Murray 65. Jabari Smith Jr I: Legit Quilty Starters 15:02 64. Demar Derozan 63. Jrue Holiday 62. Alex Caruso 61. Jonathan Kuminga 60. Jamie Jaquez 59. Jalen Johnson 58. Dejounte Murray 57. Coby White 56. Kristaps Porzingis 55. Pascal Siakam H: If you tell woj I’ll deny it, but I’m listening 25:05 54. Lamelo Ball 53. Kyrie Irving 52. Scottie Barnes 51. Trae Young G: Sorry, he’s worth way more to us than to you 31:12 50. Rudy Gobert 49. Julius Randle 48. Aaron Gordon 47. Derrick White 46. Evan Mobley 45. Jarrett Allen 44. James Harden 43. OG Anunoby 42. Cade Cunningham 41. Desmond Bane 40. Dame Lillard 39. LeBron James 38. Jaylen Brown 37. Domantis Sabonis 36. Brandon Ingram F: The incredibly touchable untouchables 43:27 35. Darius Garland 34. KAT 33. Zion Williamson 32. Ja Morant 31. Mikal Bridges 30. Franz Wagner 29. Brandon Miller 28. Alpren Sengun E: Let me save you some time, FUCK NO 49:25 27. Paul George 26. JJJ 25. Jimmy Butler 24. Bam adebayo D: Budding Franchise Guy 50:57 23. Lauri Markenann 22. Tyrese Maxey 21. Chet Holmgren 20. Jalen Williams C: Only if they made us do it 52:23 19. DeArron Fox 18. Anthony Davis 17. Kevin Durant 16. Kawhi Leonard B: The Untouchables 56:38 15. Jamal Murray 14. Donovan Mitchell 13. Jalen Brunson 12. Joel Embiid 11. Steph Curry 10. Devin Booker 9. Tyrese Halliburton A: Completely and Utterly Untouchable 59:37 8. Paolo Banchero 7. Anthony Edwards 6. Jayson Tatum 5. SGA 4. Victor Wemby 3. Luka Doncic 2. Giannis 1. Jokic

55:54 Wait, nobody's won a title with three different teams as their best player? Forgot Lebron already? I know it was the bubble for the Lakers, but it still counts. Unless you're saying Wade was better in Miami, which isn't true.

Bill never misses a chance to take a pop shot at lebron. "Kawhi would be the first guy to win with three teams as their best player" You've heard of lebron james right bill? Also are we sure Kawhi was the spurs best player in 2014? Yeah he won f mvp for limiting lebron to 28, 8, 4. But he wasn't even an allstar that season

55:50 Kawhi will be the 2nd player to win a title, being the best player (finals MVP) on 3 different teams. 1st was Lebron.

Barnes is worth way more

Jesus! I read "Ben Simmons's trade value list" in the title and thought it was about Ben Simmon's trade value. It took me 3 minutes to figure out that the guy we see in the video (don't know him) is called Bill Simmons😂.

Bill! Big fan of your content and mind but saying Derrick White has more trade value than Scottie Barnes is criminal.

Great vid, gj video guy. I say add some graphics when Bill makes trade suggestions or some talk about other players(a picture)

The list of ex-Laker players isn't exactly a who's who. Bill undermined his own point when he actually gave the names

BronBron has been doing this every season since he came in. Passive aggressively throwing his front office, head coach, and teammates under the bus. Its gotta be traumatizing to play with the guy. See Kevin Love’s mental health

What a great discussion

“The incredibly touchable untouchables” LOL

Remember yall, Bill is not a homer and that Tatum is 19 😂

Man, Bill Simmons I gotta crown you man and I should have said it sooner. You’re the absolute KING of Projected Trades. That is a Top 10 trade idea. A BIG move for Miami and I think it makes Derozen a better defender. Probably closer to his San Antonio days. 16:54

Tatum over Ant is insane. I would say their value at present is very similar, and Ant is 3.5 years younger with 300 fewer games played.

Ironically, a few of these players were also on his "worst contracts" pod, which came out a few weeks later.

Bill you’re really telling me you’d rather have Aaron Gordon than Scottie Barnes? cmon now

Wheres House? You need him for this

You've got Scottie barnes way too low, if only because management would only trade him for a superstar. A young superstar at that. He's already an all-star and they love him.

at 56:00 Bill says Kawhi would be the first to win on 3 different teams as the best guy and that would make him the best in the last 10 years when Lebron has won as the best player on 3 teams in the last 11 years... he already did it, the fuck? dont get me wrong, Kawhi is one of my favorite players ever but come on

Duren not even an honorable mention is OUTRAGEOUS

1 hr + podcast article thing! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Bill Bill bill! Bill Bill Bill!!!!!!!!!!! 😃😃😄😄

58:06 can someone explain to me if this was the right usage of the word lol...I am so confused

Loved it. Thanks Bill!!!

Lebron won Finals MVP as the best player on 3 different teams. Billy boy here hates Bron Bron so much he must’ve forgot

Evan mobley and Jarret Allen over Scottie is criminal. Scottie should have been in group F still on his rookie contract. Scottie took a crazy leap from last year and got better in every category and he’s STILL so raw. Scottie in 6 years I genuinely believe can be a top 12 player in the league because he legit has no weakness. He can facilitate, rebound, shoot, play D, and be a leader. Mobley has ALOT more to prove. He’s been the clearnumber 1 option for 2 weeks bill, give him 1-2 more years and you’ll see he’s gonna be a baby Giannis that can shoot. Scottie should be in the 20s or 30s honestly.

Myles Turner is 27 and on one of the best contracts in the nba averaging 17/7 on 52% fg

I think that you could say that LeBron won the title with three different teams and he was the best player. I am not a big fan of the Bron but I think you can say that he fits that category.

Love the group categorization presentation. Ranking number labels would be nice.

Scottie wayyyy too undervalued. He's still raw but regardless hes averaging 20/8/6/1/1 at 22 years old.

"We just have so many good players. It's like, wow, Scottie Barnes is 52? Watch the guys I am about to list and you'll be like ok yeah that makes sense..." "...Number 51... Trae Young." Bruh.

Dude has Jaren higher than Ja lmao

I'm a Celtics fan and Bill is a big-time Boston homer, I'm not sure he even denies it.

I still need someone to explain why everyone is so eager to have SA blow assets for someone right now? Unless he takes an unprecedented leap next year, it spits in the face of history and everything these guys always talk about. Let's say they get Trae, what do they become? Who do they legit beat over the next 2 - 3 years with the support they have? Then Trae becomes late twenties small small guard (the tape is bad on that). SA isn't FA spot; they've likely given up draft capital to get someone like Trae and the picks they keep are now in the 20s and are thus crapshoots.

Did you say, "Why would the Knicks want Mitchell?" Because they're trying to win a ring? Been watching since '85. He's the last piece.

Got to give credit to Bill who called out Lebron here . No one on ESPN has the balls to call him out . He’s a proper narcissist & always has to make it about himself . The guys ego is as big as his talent & always needs to be massaged . He’s an amazing player no doubt but if I was a player in the NBA I would hate to play on his team .

At 55:55 Bill suggested Kawhi has the opportunity to win the title for three different teams being the best player on each team, and that it's never happened before....hellloooooo - LeBron has already done that with the Cavs, Heat, and Lakers.

I feel like Victor already has got to be 1 or 2. I know I write this three weeks later and he's been even more phenomenal, but Wemby is just going to dominate for more than 10 years, barring an horrible injury. He's top 2 trade value.

Bill talking about how Dejounte's got a contract coming up and he's going to expect to get paid... uhh, he signed a 4-year extension literally last summer dude.

Proof that you should be patient in the NBA: Clippers: Kawhi could have been paired with SGA. Lakers: Could have waited for Davis to come via Free Agency and kept half of the players they gave up and would probably have 2 titles instead of 1.

Jazz with 4 guys in the top 80 was not in my bingo card for this video, but I’ll take it

This didn't age well with the Mobley take. Mobley is draining threes post-trade deadline.

Man guys, don’t yall hate it when you spend $1m on a maybach and feel like you ran out of money ? 😂 More like when I spend $100 at the grocery store man.

"Number 30 Franz Wagner.... number 29" Bro didn't even need to say it. He just knew if you're calling about Franz, Orlando has already blocked your number.

I was looking at the All Star wiki and Lebron has made 20 ASGs. That's pretty insane.

1:01:44 player's peak is more like 27-33 nowadays, and in Tatum's case, I think he's at near-peak now and will be there until 35, barring significant injuries. Same for guys like Luka (well, Luka had been peak since 2021, which I wanna say was like his 6th or 7th year as a professional hopper).

26:55 It's that he is very special 😊

The spurs did that stuff at the beginning because they are maximizing assets... that franchise has mastered the art of the tank over the last 30 years... get with the program already wtf 😂

I laughed at needing this episode to add a Deni Avdija to my PokeDex--I am intrigued now (even if there is no room for him on my Pacers as currently constructed)

Wemby and Trae would be must see league pass action holy shit.

Reupload ?

Fantastic

as a Hornets fan I completely agree with Miller being the only untouchable player. We're not getting rid of lamelo, but I would love to see what and offer for him would look like.

How could Bill forgot one of the most untouchable, untradeable players, His Lowness Mr Thanasis Antetokounmpo!!!

Jalen Duren not getting a mention is actually baffling to me

Hard to put together a list like this and of course people are going to disagree with something. Barnes as low down as he is is insane, as well as Ja in the 30s. Realistic trade value is so much higher than that

You are on actual crack for putting Scottie that low….

What is the prior highest a rookie has even been on these lists?

56:04 "Never been done before" It has by Lebron. Also the 2014 FMVP for Kawhi Leonard and Iguodala in 2015 should be renamed to a I failed to guard Lebron, but his team still lost award. Kawhi fouled out twice in the 2014 finals and in the first two games only scored 9 points. TIm Duncan still was by far the best player on the team in 2014 and should have won FMVP.

Having guys like Austin Reeves and Walker Kessler on here and there’s no KCP or MPJ is just wild to me 😂 GG Jackson and Vince Williams gets honorable mentions but they can’t even get a shout out? KCP is one of the best defensive guards in the league. You telling me the Lakers wouldn’t kill for a guy like MPJ? Sorry Simmons, lot of recency bias here

Why did you reupload?

I can't believe some of the guys you have over Scottie Barnes 😮

Kuminga is shot at a homegrown and competitive theoretical idea of Wiggins lol

Talks about how deep the league is, but all these extra guys are just role players and league pass is more popular than 20 years ago. Also, Josh Giddey has “been in some big games”? When?

Deni guards 1-5 , not only 3s and 4s. But also he's hyper efficient and a stud defender, all while putting up 21 and 10 over his last 25 games. Dude should be in MIP convo, but he's on the wiz

your love and passion for Derrick white is commendable, I don't think he's better than Murray though, good 3 and d, point of attack person, Murray over White any day

I’m not sure where he’d fit on this list but I think MPJ should still be on it - Bill put a lot of injury prone guys and he mentions how valuable 3pt shooters are

Haven’t watched this yet but Bill uses any chance he can get to disrespect Lebron 😂😂 hope he doesn’t this time 0:14

Man. Trae and Wemby would be SCARY. I've been watching more of LAC and have to agree with Bill. Odds are they won't be healthy in May. BUT if they are, Kawhi is clamping people down like peak Kawhi. That team would scare me. If Jokic plays like he did last playoffs, I still like Denver's chances....but MPJ is so up and down and Gordon has been off this year. It would be a nail biter.

Feels like there’s an argument to be made for Tatum over SGA but it’s really close

That Kawhi winning percentage is crazy

where is chet ranked?

Bennedict mathurin should just be on here some where

Lebron won 3 different franchises rings as the best player. Kawhi wouldn’t be the first

Was really interested in what he had to say about LaMelo.. was he gonna say he’s gonna end up like Lonzo or he’s hearing some other rumors about him off court? Ugh wish bill just said it

Bill is one of the few media members that actually watches the sport and is passionate about it. The majority of the other media members watch 3-4 teams and focus on about 7 players

I absolutely LOVE the Trade Value/Power Rankings but there's one pretty big omission on this list and as a Net fan who has had to stomach him being disrespected by his coach on the regular...Cam Thomas needs his due. Cam Thomas is at worst a Group E guy and with a good coach that's not Jacque Vaughn, low end Group D, possibly Group C. - He's the second leading scorer on the Nets and this is mostly because JV keeps yo-yoing his minutes. It's by the grace of God or your holy deity of choice that Cam hasn't demanded a trade. - He scored 40 in 3 straight games. If it were this easy, everyone would be doing it. - Everyone around the league is noticing the potential he has and they're voicing it while questioning what the hell Vaughn is doing. When it hits the level where other announcers are in on it, you really got something. I can't recall too many who have gotten this much with so few games started. The Nets since they were fleeced for Doc J have only had what I'd call two serious franchise pieces excluding He Who Ran Away (Durant). Petro died before he realized his potential. Kidd lifted the franchise to two conference titles but refused to stay out of his own way to finish before he became that 'old guy on a title winning team'. Cam Thomas is someone who I firmly believe if the Nets came to at the end of the season and fired JV and got Kenny Atkinson back...is an All Star next season. In another two seasons, he's All NBA. I've heard folks call for Sean Marks' head and nah, he's not the problem. When you have a GM who can work the back end of the draft as well as he can, you keep him. Hiring Nash and Vaughn have been errors, but we've seen what this can look like when he has the right coach (Atkinson). Cam has 'All Time Net' potential, but it's not getting realized with JV at the controls. Basically, Cam is everything they're waiting on Mikal to become and I'm not entirely sure he's going to hit it the way Cam has now.

GUYS !! THE CAMERA QUALITY DOESNT SUCK !!!

Dejounte Murray is already on am extended contract. Hes signed theough 26-27 with a player option the next year. Hes also getting a trade kicker from multiple contracts if he gets traded this year

Grizzlies need Kyrie to come wave some sage around 🤣

Feb 2024: Bill omits Jarace Walker from the honorable mention list, but includes Black, Bilal, and guys like Demi Lavida. Denji Alveoli.

I pick Wemby, SGA, Giannis, Tatum, and Steph, could be a pretty good team

Honestly getting to the point now where you look at the absolute fiasco that is the Pistons Front Office or other similar management regimes and you can’t help but think ‘why not give Simmons a go?’ He could hardly do worse

Wemby should be no lower than third. Jokic is too good and important to the Nuggets, and I get Luka - he’s transcendent, only 24, and the Mavs are heavily invested in him. But Wemby should be higher than Giannis. Assuming their primes last until age 36 or so, does 7 years of Giannis or 16 years of Wemby give you a better shot at more titles? If the Spurs offered Wemby straight up for Giannis, would the Bucks say no? They’d have to think about it.

Where tf is @housefromDC ???? Why would you do this without him??? 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Did he say that Kawai Leonard had a chance to be the best player of the last decade because he could win a championship for a third franchise because it had never been done before? Is this a branched timeline?

bill simmons saved my life

Surprised Jalen Duren wasn't an honorable mention