Teams with young Cores

[Shooter1]

Below are some young cores teams are building up. Houston is a little offensive skewed but if Nets dumps I like the picks they will have in the lottery coming up. OKC has a good core and tons of pick. I'm I missing any other young core teams?

Who do you like?


Det-

Cade-20
Ivey-20
Bey-23
Stewart-21
Duran-18
Hayes-20
Bagley-23

OKC-Tons of Draft Picks

SGA-23
Giddey-19
Chet H-20
Dieng-19
J Williams-20
Pokusevski-20
Dort 23

Hou- Tons of Nets draft picks
J Smith-19
T Eason-20
TY TY-20
J Green-21
Sengun-19

Orlando
Okeke-23
Suggs-21
Banchero-19
Wagner-20
Cole A-22

[Snakebites]

I think of that pack OKC takes it. They already had an advantage with all those picks and they had a really impressive draft.

SGA is the best player on that list today as well. Future draft capital is gravy.

I personally prefer our group to the Magic or Rockets, but that could be my bias. Green/Jabari is a pair that has crazy potential.

[FloridaMan78]

^Same. OKC then Pistons.

[Kilo]

Houston > Pistons if Durant is traded. But otherwise OKC >> Detroit > Houston > Orlando.

[chrbal]

1- OKC. I mean come on.

2- Detroit or Houston. Biased towards us, naturally. Houston has a great upside, but also seems like a team that could implode as well. I think Cade being a potential cornerstone player for the league, not just Detroit, is what helps ours the most.

4- Orlando. Good mix of young players. Franz has the potential to be something amazing for them. Cole and Suggs are very solid. I don’t see Okeke being anything special, maybe not even a career starter. Part of the problem is that it’s Orlando.

[LaSheed]

I'd say as of now OKC (Holy crazy effin length)
Det then Hou and Orlando. But if/when Nets trade Durant/Irving, Houston if they play their cards right could give OKC a run for their money. We just have nothing in our back pocket like OKC/HOU will have to keep up with them. (Asset wise)

Crazy that you could put Memphis and New Orleans on here as well.

[Kilo]

And Detroit owes a future FRP. I can't believe they didn't get that from the NYK some way in their recent dealings. I have a feeling Weaver might not want it back though - ties his hands from trading one if Gores got impatient and wanted a big name. Detroit can't be in the conversation for any such sexy moves without the ability to trade multiple FRP's. Forces Pistons to have to build slowly.

[Snakebites]

And Detroit owes a future FRP. I can't believe they didn't get that from the NYK some way in their recent dealings. I have a feeling Weaver might not want it back though - ties his hands from trading one if Gores got impatient and wanted a big name. Detroit can't be in the conversation for any such sexy moves without the ability to trade multiple FRP's. Forces Pistons to have to build slowly.

I feel like no GM wants to not have control of their assets. It’s possible there’s higher level thinking involved here, but it would surprise me.

[buzzkilloton]

Okc and Hou are ahead of us with all that draft capital but its not a massive gap or anything. Okc if Chet is as legit as he looked last night is ofc number 1.

[chrbal]

And Detroit owes a future FRP. I can't believe they didn't get that from the NYK some way in their recent dealings. I have a feeling Weaver might not want it back though - ties his hands from trading one if Gores got impatient and wanted a big name. Detroit can't be in the conversation for any such sexy moves without the ability to trade multiple FRP's. Forces Pistons to have to build slowly.

I get why people wanted our pick back, but I would’ve preferred Washingtons.

I think your point about ties his hands when Gores gets impatient honestly probably has a lot to do with it. Like he really wants to be able to do it his way, and that was a way to help keep it going.

[vic]

1. OKC - cause SGA, Chet, Dort, Giddey that's enough even without the picks. Jalen Williams is nice too, plays just like Cade without the playmaking.

2. Detroit - Cade, Identity, Jaden, Duren, Beef Stew, Bey. Need more length and another lockdown wing or mobile 2-way PF.

3. Orlando over Houston just because Wagner dominated last year and is STILL underrated. He was just as good as Cade, Scottie, Mobley, etc... now hes playing next to Paolo. That's immediately one of the best 3/4 combos in the league for the foreseeable future. Very underrated.

4. Houston the young guys fit perfectly together but just the knucklehead effect might make it tough for Jabari to lead that team.

[bstein14]

A few weeks ago I would have had OKC first, Detroit 2nd, and Houston 3rd but Houston has passed Detroit by in getting Smith at #3 and also with all of their Brooklyn picks they got on the Harden trade. We just didn't start with an asset as good as Harden, and we didn't get the benefit lucking into top 3 picks back-to-back years.

[Justdug]

Green and Jabari are an extremely nice duo , but I’m still tickled pink with Cade and Ivey . We def need to add a stretch 4 to the our core , maybe that happens via draft or trade, but I’ll take our core over Houston’s.

The biggest reason imo is Cade>>>green. Green is Uber talented, but I’ve seen them square off in summer league , and the game in Houston this year , Cade is greens daddy . Green can’t deal with cades size or length , and cade is def in greens head . At the end of the Houston came cade was defending green and shut him down in the 4th quarter , it was fantastic … now we need to find that pf and hope Ivey pans out .

[Cowology]

Pistons because reasons.

[Spider156]

Completely disagree with most

I am taking into consideration the potential and the fit of the roster together in 3-5 years

1. Pistons have the best youngest core in the league. Why? Because Cade that’s why, he will be a Top 5 player in the league one day. Then there’s Ivey who might also be a Top 5 player one day like Dwayne Wade. Then there’s Duren who can become like an Adebayo and Bey could be Peja Stojakovich good which is legendary status one of the best shooters of all time even Korver is great. The most VITAL factor in our core is the fit the roster has together. I mean these guys completely compliment each other in every way.

2. OKC. Why? SGA is a star shooting guard Grade A level efficient, it’s looking like Chet is a very serious player and he’s even better in the NBA than collegiate level because of the space the NBA provides. I really like Holmgren. Then there’s Giddy who seems like he’s Manu Ginobli out there. Why do I place them second? They don’t have Cade that’s the first reason, second reason is yes they have Dieng and Jalen Williams wings but where do they fit exactly? They’re not Duren…They’re not Ivey, in fact, SGA is not Ivey, Ivey will be better. I just don’t see it completely coming together yet in OKC and they need to figure out how the pieces fit together while we don’t. Also, please don’t be disrespectful towards Stewart Bagley Livers, those players have great potential as well.

3. Houston. I love Green, I think he’s got enough immaturity to be great enough to be a Top 10 player in the league. I believe he’s as good as Cade lol I believe in Green because I just do same with Mobley. I like Barnes but he won’t be as great as those 3. I love Jabari Smith to the maximum as well. He will be Rashard Lewis good and I really like Sengun. Sengun reminds of me Pau Gasol or Marc or Diaw. These guys are gold players man, solid starter. Houston still need work on drafting, they’re not done and that’s why they’re third. Otherwise they have great potential because of Green and Smith’s shooting. They need a point guard. KPJ is on his way out imo.

4. Orlando. They’ve been tanking and getting the best talent in the league year in and year out. Let me mention some players that have fallen on Orlando’s laps and they haven’t kept them for whatever reason. Tobias Harris. Gordon. Shaq. Vucevic. The list goes on man. Their problem might be ownership and if not then it’s GM or coaching. I think they’re drafting really well so it’s not the GM. It’s gotta be the coaching because these players aren’t working well together but on paper they’re pretty great. I hope Paolo does well for them with Wagner.

5. Pacers. Obvious reasons. They’re very early in the rebuild process still. No solidified core yet. We’ll see what happens with Turner.

[Obe1ball]

Green and Jabari are an extremely nice duo , but I’m still tickled pink with Cade and Ivey . We def need to add a stretch 4 to the our core , maybe that happens via draft or trade, but I’ll take our core over Houston’s.

The biggest reason imo is Cade>>>green. Green is Uber talented, but I’ve seen them square off in summer league , and the game in Houston this year , Cade is greens daddy . Green can’t deal with cades size or length , and cade is def in greens head . At the end of the Houston came cade was defending green and shut him down in the 4th quarter , it was fantastic … now we need to find that pf and hope Ivey pans out .

I really want to see Stew raining 3's in the SL and carry over what he showed over his last 8 games, last season. He definitely can guard the position.

[MotownMadness]

As of right now OKC is at the top with us hovering around 2 or 3 with Houston.

Getting to see this year how much last years draft picks show a development in their potential can greatly change things though for all teams.

Everyone is just so young

[Shooter1]

If J Williams in OKC turns out to be something they can have 4 really good guards.

[7r5ur]

Gotta give it a few months into the year because so much depends on how guys from this draft look. It will swing dramatically based on that.

On paper, I like OKC. Then Houston. Then Detroit. Then Orlando.

Not entirely sold on Jalen Green being the guy to steady a team with the ball in his hands but I like their mix of players otherwise.

[DocRI]

My two cents, which are worth less than a penny — I don’t think you can include future draft picks as part of a “young core” comparison, because they’re all as of yet unfulfilled potential. I think including picks makes it a conversation about which teams have the brightest future; when I think of a team’s core, I think of who’s there, in place, right now, and how they fit together.

As such, I rank it —

1) Pistons (yes, mostly because of Cade; I think he’s the single best player on any of these teams)

2) Thunder

3) Rockets

4) Magic

5) Pacers


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