Manifest Destiny: Claiming the West Starts with Taming the Wolves! Official Mavs (#5) vs. Timberwolves (#3) WCF Thread

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

#NeverForget

They got Luka at #4????

Yeah that's some bullshyt. He was basically elite from Day 1 while most of these other dudes are either rookies (Wemby) or dudes that JUST NOW figuring it out. Bulletin board material.

 

[firemanBk]

#NeverForget

This list is supposed to be more like a Forbes 30 under 30 list
So it's about more than just on court performance

 

[dtownreppin214]

This list is supposed to be more like a Forbes 30 under 30 list
So it's about more than just on court performance

That's not a list, that's a ranking. Forbes doesn't rank their 30 under 30.

 

[Point Blank]

#NeverForget

 

[No1]

Yes.

Next question.

Basketball gods can’t allow Kai to make the finals before KD and Harden after his Brooklyn shenanigans. Mans was two stepping with his sister and showing up in Zooms while taking unexcuses absences. I’m still bitter that he finally decided to grow up after he was almost out of here.

 

[Damnshow]

This is the best of Kyrie since 2016 run. Someone must have motivated him cause he didn't give two shyts in Brooklyn whatsover. This Kyrie here is more like 2016 or 2017 runs he had with Bron.

 

[Harry B]

#NeverForget

Is this in order?

 

[Harry B]

#NeverForget

Ok so this is a different type of list. It has projections about your next 5 years, marketability and shyt like that.

In their real list SGA and Luca are top 3


As we do for our year-round player rankings, we asked a panel of RingerNBA staffers to rank the 25 best players 25 years old or younger (sorry, Jayson Tatum—the jokes about your youthfulness are both unfunny and no longer applicable). But for this sub-list, we included some additional criteria. Because to be the next face of a franchise—and maybe even the next face of the league—it’s not just about your performance on the court; your makeup and your marketability matter, too.

Current performance: The current quality of the player’s overall game.

Future performance: Where the player’s overall game will be in five years.

Gets the people going: Charisma and marketability. Is this player appointment viewing? Would your niece or nephew want to buy their shoes?

Intangibles: All of the qualities a team executive looks for in a player: leadership, injury risk/history, reliability. Does this player get it?

Foundational qualities: Can you build a franchise around the player’s game? How adaptable is it?

The results, as determined by the combined overall score (and tabulated by Zachts and Info), are below. So, in the words of Anthony Edwards: Bring ya ass!

The Best of the NBA’s Next Generation Rankings

www.theringer.com

 

[Harry B]

Those type of lists are dangerous in an age where people hate to read anything longer than a tweet or a screenshot of an IG post

 

[THE 101]

People saying lay off Edwards he's only 22.....absolutely. Just stop comparing him to the greatest basketball player of all time and we'll adjust the expectations.

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

#NeverForget

They never ask me my opinion on any of these lists.



I haven't contributed to a single list.

 

[FAH1223]

Throwback Thursday

 

[FlyRy]

 

[THE 101]

Kyrie Payton

 

[dtownreppin214]

They never ask me my opinion on any of these lists.



I haven't contributed to a single list.

Mavs fans on twitter/reddit are doing detective work to find out who was part of this. Any hints?

Ok so this is a different type of list. It has projections about your next 5 years, marketability and shyt like that.

In their real list SGA and Luca are top 3


As we do for our year-round player rankings, we asked a panel of RingerNBA staffers to rank the 25 best players 25 years old or younger (sorry, Jayson Tatum—the jokes about your youthfulness are both unfunny and no longer applicable). But for this sub-list, we included some additional criteria. Because to be the next face of a franchise—and maybe even the next face of the league—it’s not just about your performance on the court; your makeup and your marketability matter, too.

The Best of the NBA’s Next Generation Rankings

www.theringer.com

Breh I know. I read it. It still does not hold water. The Ant/SGA hype this year is starting to feel manufactured. Neither do not hold a candle to Luka, his career so far and what's to come.