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NBA Trade Analyzer

Prices any trade in free-market dollars: player surplus (projected production value − salary, with aging, durability and a new-team adjustment), draft picks as E[surplus] over landing distributions (protections priced as options), and championship equity from wins + star concentration. Tax money is a footnote, not wins.

Trade Value Board full-contract surplus · draft-prior blend for rookies · max-ladder continuation for young stars