5 Teams With The Best Young Nucleus In The NBA

[The Midnight]

The only piece I'd argue is that the Lakers shouldn't be there yet. Randle was gone pretty much all of last season while Russell hasn't played in a single game yet.

they also have Clarkson don't forget.

 

[Qman]

they also have Clarkson don't forget.

Clarkson is better than Russell and Randle right now. But they don't have the kind of talent to have a 'young core'.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

I'm gonna guess you're brother isn't a rocket scientist.

He's definitely no basketball scientist. I'll bet you would be surprised if you interviewed ordinary fans (including season ticket holders) at how many of them have virtually no clue about what's going on. Many of them are there to be entertained, and they are not particularly interested in what is going on behind the scenes.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

No offense but your brother and anyone related to him is a moron.

Ouch.

 

[LogGrad98]

Ouch.

See I said no offense so it is ok.


See?

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

See I said no offense so it is ok.


See?

No offense but that logic is absolutely idiotic.

 

[NCJazz]

I think if we are talking about on paper and the potential of the young guys MN would be #1, but as another poster said will all these talented guys ever come together as a team. Dont forget though that Rubio is still very young and either though he cant shoot if you put four other guys out there who can they will be very dangerous. Also they are still liable to stink the next couple of years and add another two high draft picks while our days of sucking should be over.

 

[NCJazz]

No offense but that logic is absolutely idiotic.

You have to say "with all due respect" if you want to say something nasty. Ricky Bobby style. By the way when the heck is Talladega Nights #2 coming out?

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

You have to say "with all due respect" if you want to say something nasty.

Good call. It's in the Geneva Convention, right?

 

[cowhide]

I think the Jazz have the most depth of those teams especially when you consider how young Hayward, Burks and Favors are even though people aren't putting them in the "young" core.

I think it is

Utah
Minny
Bucks
Orlando
Philly

I think Utah and Bucks are ahead of the game a little right now.

 

[Miggs]

Hayward-25
Favors-24
Burks-24
Gobert-23
Hood-22
Exum-20
Lyles-19

No other team has seven guys this young, long, athletic, skilled and developed at such an age. Period. We have the best young core. We're gonna show it this year.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

My measure for growing a successful core is winning road games. The Jazz won 17 last year. Orlando won 12, The Lakers won 9, Minnesota won 7, and Philly won 6. Milwaukee won 18, but I still give the Jazz the nod because they had to get wins in the Western Conference. New Orleans got 17 as well.

I've been stressing this for a while now. The year we went to the WCF with Deron the team won 3 more road games than we won last year. If you take into account the abysmal start with Kanter, I believe we are already a better road team than that WCF team. Utah is on the verge of a big-time breakout, so the bandwagoners should get a running start to jump on. Once again I'll make my prediction that Utah will have their best team this year since the days of John and Karl. #BestBelieve