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ESPN Top 25 Under 25

bigmike said:
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NBA 25 under 25 rankings: Where Wemby, Ant, Flagg and more young stars check in

Which youngsters are among the next class of superstars? Which are already there? Our NBA experts rank their top 25 under 25.
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More hot garbage from the worldwide leader. Some of these inclusions over Keyonte are major headscratchers.
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Everyone can always find 1-2 names to disagree with for any list. But looking at most of the guys in the 20s on that list -Sarr, Giddy, Ausar Thompson, Suggs, Dyson Daniels - I don't think that their teams would trade them for Keyonte. Keyonte is good but there are like 30-35% of the NBA who are under 25. That's a lot of competition.
 
LogGrad98 said:
You have to think about it this way: Keyonte plays on the NBA farm team. I mean, how many AAA baseball players are on the list? Yep.
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But that is the Jazz who turned themselves into the NBA farm team. The Thunder are in a similarly small and undesirable market but they managed to become a consistent powerhouse.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I think it's pretty egregious for the type of analysis they are doing here. The only stats they refer to are per game counting stats and Keyonte would be 7th on this list in PPG and and 4th in assists.
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Those are the stats listed, but I highly doubt that's all they considered. Many of the blurbs mention numbers outside of counting stats, and most of the people have proven track record of more sophisticated analysis. The list clearly reflects other considerations beyond per game stats.
 
jazznik said:
But that is the Jazz who turned themselves into the NBA farm team. The Thunder are in a similarly small and undesirable market but they managed to become a consistent powerhouse.
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OKC does not carry the Utah stigma. No one ever said "you go play in OKC".
 
Ranked High:
Amen Thompson (6)
Jalen Williams (4)
Dyson Daniels (20)

Ranked Low:
Franz Wagner (12)
Flagg (8)
Harper (18)

"Snubs"
Edey
Kessler
Buzelis
 
LogGrad98 said:
OKC does not carry the Utah stigma. No one ever said "you go play in OKC".
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But Utah also has great outdoors. There are enough players drawn to that, like Lauri. All OKC had to work with was a brand-new franchise, a minor city in the middle of nowhere and...Oklahoma.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
You have to think about it this way: Keyonte plays on the NBA farm team. I mean, how many AAA baseball players are on the list? Yep.
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The list is literally full of guys playing on small market teams with no hope or direction.

Also, there's hardly any bad defenders on the list. There's a LOT of very good ones. Defense matters.

Keyonte is still an awful defender.
 
Reed Sheppard? I like him, but c'mon. He's had like 3 good games in his career.

Also, keep an eye on Cedric Coward. See what he looks like when we play Memphis tonight.
 
Keyonte has no business being on that list. Kessler might have a gripe, right at the back end of that list at best though.

Even if we're going purely on offensive production, Keyonte still probably doesn't make. And of course he's one of the worst defenders in the league, which still is 50 % of the game.
 
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