Whoever has signed max salary is excluded. Zion Ingram ball Tatum brown Rozier Young hunter reddish Doncic porzingis brunson Murray Beasley Porter jr How many of them are going to be all stars?
Nuggets by far. Jokic is an all NBA type. Murray is an all star type. Gary Harris and Malik Beasley are talented two guards & Porter Jr and Jarred Vanderbilt are young, big athletic and versatile at the forward spots. They have youth and talent at every spot.
. correct answer is NOT the Nuggets lol. That is IF you are answering the OP's question, which excludes Jokic, since he's on his second contract. IMO its the Mavs, with Luka and Porzingus, but the Hawks, Pelicans & Celtics could be just as good if not better.
Tough choice. I chose the Mavericks because they have 2 potential generational talents in Doncic and Porzingis. The skill level plus the length of these 2 players is off the charts. Matchup nightmares. Brunson is very impressive as well. I think Dallas is 2 or 3 years away from competing for championships if Cuban is smart. I would have added Collins and Huerter to the Hawks list. We already know that they can play nba level basketball. If they hit on Hunter or Reddish the Hawks will be positioned very well moving into the next decade. A poster above mentioned the Kings. Fox, Bagley, and Giles are all very impressive young talents. The future of the NBA is in good hands.
Denver......Kings.. Then NO... ATL still a long way away... Mavs ain't ****.... Celts confused about what direction they wanna go...
Best young players? Dončić and Tatum. Best young core? Atlanta. I think with Atlanta, they have an idea of the style they want to play and will do what it takes to get those players (kind of like Bucks did). All teams mentioned have the potential to have bright futures though.
1)Pelicans imo will the best eventually 2)Nuggets are the best right now and having MPJ and Bol² on the roster further elevated their ceiling 3)Celtics have two young wings with star potential 4)Hawks, my favorite of the bunch. Absolutely killed their drafts the past three years. 5)Mavs. I don't rate Luka and KP as highly as others do. Both are poor defenders, egomaniacs and KP had a significant knee injury at 23. They really thought teaming a bipolar guy and a passive-aggresive fck would be a good idea.
If we're going to count Porzingis, I think Jokic should be qualified as well. Contract or not. I pick Denver. They've been to the semis, they were the second best team in the WC, record-wise. I think they could have taken 2 games from Golden State. What separates Denver from my second choice (Hawks purely because of potential) is that Denver will be continuously tested by the WC gauntlet, whereas it's pretty easy in the EC. And now they have Bol Bol; if he can stay healthy, Jokic can easily slide to the PF position while Bol plays spot minutes at the 5.
I added names in bold that seemed notable. In New Orleans Hayes was just taken with the 8th pick. I can only assume Griffin views him as part of his core moving forward. In Atlanta, Huerter and Collins are looking legit. You also left Memphis and the Kings out which surprises me. I think JJJ was clearly one of the top 5 rookies last year. Maybe even top 3. And Ja Morant definitely has great potential. Brandon Clarke seemed to be regarded as a steal where he was chosen too. I'm excited to watch them next year. Doncis and Porzingis are intriguing. I think those guys have incredibly high ceilings. But I don't think much of Brunson and they don't have much else around them. I also think Porzingis is a HUGE health risk. If I was ranking purely based on the ceilings of the players involved I'd have to go with the Pelicans. Zion has the potential to be an all time great and both Ingram and Ball still have the potential to be all-stars (though I'm feeling like it's unlikely they achieve their potential at this point). My concern with their team is that it's pretty clear that they should build around Zion similarly to how Milwaukee built around Giannis or how Cleveland used to build around Lebron. Surround him with shooters. Instead, they have surrounded him with Ball, Ingram and Hayes and none of those guys are great shooters and Ball and Hayes are flat out bad shooters. If I was ranking them based on the potential fit of all the pieces I think I'm leaning towards Atlanta. Atlanta seems to have a really clear idea of what they are building and who they are building around. They're building around Trae Young and all the pieces around him make sense. I like their direction. If Trae Young really is the next Steph and the guys they've surrounded him with continue to develop they're going to be a very good team.
