The Ringer's article tries to guess the All-Stars rosters 5 years from now

[GSWFan1994]

Link.

They tried the same thing back in 2018... got 10 of 24 right.

Obviously it's a hard task, some players can come out of the blue and nobody would guess. Out of the more established players and/or recent high picks, lack of work ethic and injuries can take a toll on the prognosis, too.

Here are the rosters for the 2028 All-Star game, ranked by age "range" (in 5 year blocks):

Stephen Curry (39)

Bam Adebayo (30)
Devin Booker (31)
Nikola Jokic (32)
Giannis Antetokounmpo (33)
Joel Embiid (33)

Paolo Banchero (25)
Josh Giddey (25)
LaMelo Ball (26)
Anthony Edwards (26)
Evan Mobley (26)
Franz Wagner (26)
Tyrese Haliburton (27)
Luka Doncic (28)
Darius Garland (28)
Ja Morant (28)
Desmond Bane (29)
Jayson Tatum (29)

Cameron Boozer (20)
Scoot Henderson (23)
Bronny James (23)
Dyson Daniels (24)
Shaedon Sharpe (24)
Victor Wembanyama (24)

PS: another flaw in this article that it's very easy to notice is that they simply don't care about positions, they are just picking the best players with no regard for backcourt and frontcourt positions.

Enjoy.

[KokoKaizer]

Cameron Boozer ?

[Tor_Raps]

Do people really think Wagner/Giddey will be better than Barnes longterm? I'm not saying it's ridiculous to think that but just curious on people's opinion here.

[zimpy27]

Where's LeBron?

[UcanUwill]

I dont like these threads, because the fun part is not these type of articles predicting literal future, but articles from the past predicting future that is now present, so we can always laugh how terrible it was. What I say, someone bump this thread in 5 years, and it becomes a fun thread.

[GSWFan1994]

Cameron Boozer ?

Carlos Boozer's (ex-Utah, Chicago) son. 15 years old, 6'8'' (I think he's taller). Top player from 2025 class.

Watch on YouTube

He's on the left. The guy on the right is his twin brother (Cayden).

Yes, they are twins. I still don't understand how one is the mini-me version of the other, despite being twins...

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Cameron Boozer ?

Carlos Boozer's son, currently the top ranked player in his grade, he's 6'9" 220lbs and 15 years old.

Watch on YouTube

[GSWFan1994]

Do people really think Wagner/Giddey will be better than Barnes longterm? I'm not saying it's ridiculous to think that but just curious on people's opinion here.

Yes, very questionable to put it simply.

If Barnes isn't All-Star caliber 5 years from now, let's say something went very wrong.

[GSWFan1994]

Where's LeBron?

Probably an All-Star replacement for his son.

Or an All-Star in the WNBA, where he will play along his daughter.

[ItsDanger]

I like Daniels but to pick him over Barnes is funny. Bronny James? That would be suspicious

[GSWFan1994]

I dont like these threads, because the fun part is not these type of articles predicting literal future, but articles from the past predicting future that is now present, so we can always laugh how terrible it was. What I say, someone bump this thread in 5 years, and it becomes a fun thread.

If you read the article, you'd see that another The Ringer writer tried to do that back in 2018... here's the link if you want to check, he got 10 of 24 players right (could be way higher if you take injuries into account).

[azcatz11]

Can we stop with this bronny James nonsense? I’ve lost a ton of respect for the ringer when they’re doing this for clicks

[UcanUwill]

I dont like these threads, because the fun part is not these type of articles predicting literal future, but articles from the past predicting future that is now present, so we can always laugh how terrible it was. What I say, someone bump this thread in 5 years, and it becomes a fun thread.

If you read the article, you'd see that another The Ringer writer tried to do that back in 2018... here's the link if you want to check, he got 10 of 24 players right (could be way higher if you take injuries into account).

To be fair, these lists are always lame, cause the formula is always the same it seems, 18ish players who are already all stars and arent super old + 3ish young rookie type hype players + 5ish most hyped prospects. But in reality, in 5 years, probably some Adriatic junior league guy we yet to hear about, will be lighting NBA on fire.

I am not trying to criticize your thread, its interesting enough to share, but its a bit lame. But its good reminder what players went really off road, like Oladipo and off course Ben Simmons.

[GSWFan1994]

I like Daniels but to pick him over Barnes is funny. Bronny James? That would be suspicious

Yes, that's my thought as well. Like him as a player, but he would have to take a good leap to be All-Star caliber (top 30/35 IMO)... now to be a certifiable All-Star is another leap.

And that's not even taking into account guys who already certifiable All-Stars RIGHT NOW and are not old and don't have injury history, like Donovan Mitchell... do you think Daniels will be better than a then 31-year old Mitchell 5 years from now?

[Duke4life831]

Haha Bronny James is only on there for clicks. Bronny James isnt the #1 overall recruit in his class, he's not top 10, he's not a 5 star, and so on. I think predicting Cameron Boozer is a stretch, but at least with Boozer he is viewed as pretty much a phenom prospect. Im pretty sure if you were to ask all the scouts and guys who follow high school basketball, if you had to put money on who would be 2 current high schoolers that will be an all star in the next 5 years. It would Cameron Boozer and Cooper Flagg. 2 Sophomores who most already consider regardless of class, those are the two best players in high school basketball. But even then that is still projecting like crazy. Remember when Emoni Bates was viewed as the next best high school guy, dude is forgotten about playing at a low end college and wont be a 1st round pick. Now Flagg and Boozer dont have the same kind of glaring flaws Bates had, but still hard to predict that far out.

But ya long story short, Bronny's name is tossed in there just for clicks. No one views him as essentially a top 2 high school prospect in all of high school right now.

[UcanUwill]

Haha Bronny James is only on there for clicks. Bronny James isnt the #1 overall recruit in his class, he's not top 10, he's not a 5 star, and so on. I think predicting Cameron Boozer is a stretch, but at least with Boozer he is viewed as pretty much a phenom prospect. Im pretty sure if you were to ask all the scouts and guys who follow high school basketball, if you had to put money on who would be 2 current high schoolers that will be an all star in the next 5 years. It would Cameron Boozer and Cooper Flagg. 2 Sophomores who most already consider regardless of class, those are the two best players in high school basketball. But even then that is still projecting like crazy. Remember when Emoni Bates was viewed as the next best high school guy, dude is forgotten about playing at a low end college and wont be a 1st round pick. Now Flagg and Boozer dont have the same kind of glaring flaws Bates had, but still hard to predict that far out.

But ya long story short, Bronny's name is tossed in there just for clicks. No one views him as essentially a top 2 high school prospect in all of high school right now.

Cooper is amazing, but is his ceiling reach all star levels?

[Jadoogar]

I like Daniels but to pick him over Barnes is funny. Bronny James? That would be suspicious

Yes, that's my thought as well. Like him as a player, but he would have to take a good leap to be All-Star caliber (top 30/35 IMO)... now to be a certifiable All-Star is another leap.

And that's not even taking into account guys who already certifiable All-Stars RIGHT NOW and are not old and don't have injury history, like Donovan Mitchell... do you think Daniels will be better than a then 31-year old Mitchell 5 years from now?

The article broke the predictions into age blocks based on recent trends so Dyson Daniels wasn't competing with Mitchell.

Mitchell would be in the group with Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Jokic, Giannis, Embiid. I don't think it's unfair to think these guys will be better than Mitchell.

[ciueli]

Just to recap, the ten they got right in 2018:

Kyrie Irving
Donovan Mitchell
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kevin Durant
Jayson Tatum
Joel Embiid
Stephen Curry
Luka Dončić
Nikola Jokić
LeBron James

The 14 they got wrong in 2018:

R.J. Barrett
Deandre Ayton
Michael Porter Jr.
Brandon Ingram
Jamal Murray
Devin Booker
Ben Simmons
Kristaps Porzingis
Karl-Anthony Towns
Bradley Beal
Anthony Davis
Victor Oladipo
Kawhi Leonard
James Harden

The 14 (plus injury replacements) they missed on in 2018:

Jaylen Brown
DeMar DeRozan
Tyrese Haliburton
Jrue Holiday
Julius Randle
Bam Adebayo
Pascal Siakam
Zion Williamson
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Damian Lillard
Ja Morant
Paul George
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Lauri Markkanen
Domantas Sabonis
Anthony Edwards
De'Aaron Fox

[Duke4life831]

Haha Bronny James is only on there for clicks. Bronny James isnt the #1 overall recruit in his class, he's not top 10, he's not a 5 star, and so on. I think predicting Cameron Boozer is a stretch, but at least with Boozer he is viewed as pretty much a phenom prospect. Im pretty sure if you were to ask all the scouts and guys who follow high school basketball, if you had to put money on who would be 2 current high schoolers that will be an all star in the next 5 years. It would Cameron Boozer and Cooper Flagg. 2 Sophomores who most already consider regardless of class, those are the two best players in high school basketball. But even then that is still projecting like crazy. Remember when Emoni Bates was viewed as the next best high school guy, dude is forgotten about playing at a low end college and wont be a 1st round pick. Now Flagg and Boozer dont have the same kind of glaring flaws Bates had, but still hard to predict that far out.

But ya long story short, Bronny's name is tossed in there just for clicks. No one views him as essentially a top 2 high school prospect in all of high school right now.

Cooper is amazing, but is his ceiling reach all star levels?

I would expect so. As a sophomore he is a long 6'8 who can shoot, dribble and pass and is also an elite defender. Even if the dude doesnt grow another inch he still has fantastic size for his skill set. He looks like a young AK47 with a very high level offensive skill set.

[Sofia]

I hope Boozer puts shoe polish on his head in tribute to his dad