Pretty impressed with Aaron Gordon last night. Soon he'll be a 20/10 type player.

https://instagr.am/p/BO8qh20Aq7c

He actually hit another three on the previous possession right before stuffing Giannis twice.

Booker scored 29 in the 4th quarter last night. He is really getting good fast. The reason I think he is going to be so good is that he makes things look really easy. Never forcing things and he will hit the open guy. Phoenix is really, really bad.

Back to back 39 point games.

I would say in no particular order.

Kawhi
Davis
Wiggins

Kawhi Leonard. Could be the next Lebron as far as I'm concerned.

Why do you think Gordon will be a 20/10 player?

Kawhi Leonard can never have the excellent passing game a creation ability of LeBron James

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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This guy caught the pass 8 feet before the half court marker and dribbled ONCE before dunking it.

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This guy is AMAZING. I hope the Bucks fans enjoy watching him play because he does stuff like that every night. If he figures out how to shoot it will be all over for the rest of the league.

Booker with 70 last night. 70. 6 guys in NBA history havery scored 70 in a game

You people should listen to me more

Jordan never scored 70.

Booker>Jordan.

Book it

And he still lost.

I understand that all you know everything tough guys think Booker didn't do anything special but put it in perspective.

It has happened 11 times in league history, half of those by Wilt.

His team lost, but that happened in 5 of the 11 70 point games.

If you take out the 1960's, when teams averaged many more points, it has only happened 5 times.That equals once every ten years!

You can say they fed him the ball and it is meaningless stats, but every high scoring individual game is that way. When Kobe scored 81, the rest of his team combined took something like 2 shots in the 4th quarter. Everyone is making a fuss about Russ but his starting center last game had exactly zero defensive rebounds. Just gave them all to westbrook. Russ gets more meaningless stats than any person in NBA history yet he will win MVP because his whole team is pushing stats toward him.

Booker scored 70 on only 40 shots. His efficiency was fantastic, even if his team lost. Of course he isn't Jordan... but this thread is about the best young players and he is right there with any of them. Is there a better 2 guard right now? Probably Thompson because of his defense, but can you name another?

Adding Ben Simmons to this list.

17, 9, and 8 through 12 games. Throw in 1 steal and 2 blocks. He has an argument for top 5 player in the Eastern Conference.

Farmer1906 said:

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I have a hard time saying easily. Maybe eliminate the Greek freak.

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What an idiot?!

Don't look now but 23 year old Capela is averaging almost 13-12-2 in only 26 min per game. I doubt he can keep it up, but that probably puts him a tier or 2 down from the top guys, but at least in the conversation.

Tatum is another guy to keep an eye on. He's averaging 14-6 on 50% shooting as a rookie.

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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Adding Ben Simmons to this list.

17, 9, and 8 through 12 games. Throw in 1 steal and 2 blocks. He has an argument for top 5 player in the Eastern Conference.

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But that is like being the tallest midget.

Embiid is destroying worlds tonight. 14-20 from the field and 16-19 from the FT line (46 total points). Basically, when he gets the ball the Lakers either foul him or else he scores on whatever helpless putz is defending him.

Oh, and he has 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 7 blocks too.

Simmons didn't have the same monster point line, but he still finished with 18 points on 8/13 shooting, 10 assists, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals.

7'0", 260.

https://instagr.am/p/BbvX2ZJgChb

A hero.

That's hilarious. Laughing and making the tech sign from the ground

Giannis Antetokounmpo
Karl-Anthony Towns
Andrew Wiggins
Kristaps Porzingis
Joel Embiid

Currently this list would probably be:
1. Embiid
2. Simmons
3. Antetokounmpo
4. Porzingis
5. KAT
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Wiggins.

However, Antetokounmpo is doing this all without a jump shot, which is pretty incredible. If he can develop one the way Blake Griffin did, he'd be #1 easily. Peak Embiid is just unfair. Praying he stays healthy. Peak Embiid is overshadowing an INCREDIBLE rookie season by Ben Simmons. He's balling out, running that offense, putting up huge numbers, and playing great defense. He's been even more consistent than Embiid night to night. He's another one that would be scary if he learned ajump shot, but doesn't need one to already be a top 20 NBA player.

Porzingis seems to be single handedly leading the Knicks to a winning record and is incredible, but doesn't have the playmaking stuff of the top 3 on my list. KAT is also great but it's frustrating he doesn't have more of an impact on the defensive end the way some of the other unicorns are.

Either way, the future is bright for the NBA and it's only a matter of time before Lebron is no longer the unanimous best player in the NBA.

Unlimited potential

Checking in three years later. SMH @ thinking Wiggins was part of this group.

Some people wrote off the Greek freak so easily!! Thanks for the bump. No slight at some of the other ballers that were named but Greek freak turned out the best out of all of them. As a mavs fan, I hope Porzingis does live up to his potential. Hes a great player rn coming off the injury and I'm sure there's chemistry/teamwork arc you go through playing next to Luka, but if he does meet expectations... we could possibly see a dynasty in Dallas

And the answer is Greek and now Luca

Well I was wrong. Towns is good, but Giannis is crazy.