[ESPN] NBA 25 under 25: Top young stars, ranked by future potential

Amen will be a top 10 player

 

Tyler Herro is still 24? How many years is he going to be 24.......that vampire.

 

Seems like he's been under 25 his entire life.

 

I need to watch Mobley more. I had no idea he was up there with those names.

 

Congrats to Jalen Green for being selected as one of the top 3 Jalens in the 2021 Draft! Coming-in at #20, not far behind Jalen Johnson at #17 and Jalen Suggs at #18! Well done!

 

If people think that highly of Green we should trade him. I said this a long time ago. Amen should be higher. Amen might have more potential than Sengun but its too early to tell. He has that stone cold mentality and I believe his shot will improve as it is already trending up.

 

This list makes no sense, if they are going by how the players are playing this year Sengun should be way higher. If it's based on potential which it must be with Wemby 1 then Amen should be no lower than 3.

 

Ranking Zion for his "future potential" just feels funny. The man has been in 2 All-Star games and missed most of 3 seasons of basketball and he is still 24yrs old.

I don't care about the rankings. These are basically clickbaits anyways. But it's interesting to see which players are actually still under 25 that you feel has been around for ages.

 

Amen should easily be in the top 18 that's ridiculous.

 

Sengun should be number one.

Not one player listed above him here or in PIE or BPM or WS or Net Rating is younger than he is.

 

For all of the Green condemnations he is the 3rd highest starter on that list.

 

Yes, he is like the opposite of Dillon Brooks - Brooks is ranked really low here, but really high in net rating, on/off, +/-, while Jalen is really low there.

People can make up their own mind which stats they think more important.

My personal opinion is that it's important to look at the big picture, and all the stats in context, plus eye test.

Alpi is really good in all statistical categories (except the shooting stats this season, because he keeps missing all the bunnies, and his 3-point shot hasn't improved yet either, only the free throws).

So I would argue it's safe to say it's not a fluke, and he is the best player of our young core by quite a wide margin. Doesn't matter if you look at counting stats, BPM, EPM, VORP, HNI, Net Rating, On/Off, +/-.

 

Amen has more potential than any player in the league not named Wemby.

 

There is no sane person who has watched both Jalen and Amen play and ranks Amen lower.

 

Tyreeses > Jalens

 

You know, if you keep this team together and these players continue to grow as expected, that would eventually make us a team with 4 top 25 players in the league! That would be pretty cool.

 

Amen already can create space for his midrange jumpshot he just isn't making them consistently. If he can hit those and the corner threes then he is already a top 3 two-way player in the league. You are 100% correct.

 

It's ESPN clickbait. Everything about ESPN is bogus.