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

[Jadoogar]

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

Surprisingly good. You could argue the bolded are still playing at an allstar level and just missed due to injury. Most of the others are still good players as well. The only real "misses" were:
Ben Simmons - historic melt down
Oladipo - steep decline with injuries
MPJ/RJ Barrett/Ayton - haven't quite reached that level yet

[lambchop]

Bronny James? C'mon now that's just wack. I have no issue with predictions that he'll make the NBA or even that he will rightfully be a starter on the Cavs in 2030 with LBJ also being a starter and carrying them to the finals. But simply predicting him as an all star seems farfetched at this point.

[Xatticus]

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.

Well... that's a loaded question because you lumped them together.

Giddey or Barnes? It could go either way.

Wagner? Yes. I most definitely believe that Wagner is going to be a better player than Barnes in the long-term.

[zshawn10]

No Green nor Sengun nor Shai or Mitchell. This is absurd

[GSWFan1994]

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

Get acquainted, every single major media outlet will do this from now on... until he's retired

[GSWFan1994]

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.

That's ok, no offense taken, I know you're only in it for the conversation... cheers

[GSWFan1994]

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.

I know, I understood the logic.

However, I think they are trying to see a pattern when there isn't one.

There's a difference between a trend and a pattern, IMO.

[GSWFan1994]

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

Do you know that the baldness genes come from the mother?

Yes, this is not a joke...

[GSWFan1994]

Bronny James? C'mon now that's just wack. I have no issue with predictions that he'll make the NBA or even that he will rightfully be a starter on the Cavs in 2030 with LBJ also being a starter and carrying them to the finals. But simply predicting him as an all star seems farfetched at this point.

Even more far-fetched is him being a top-24 player at age 23...

[Kalamazoo317]

Cade disrespect is real. NBA better watch out next year when he’s back in action.

[VanWest82]

Bronny James has gotten so much flak for being his dad's son and getting underservedly listed in these meaningless lists that it kind of makes me want to root for him. I hope he does make NBA and get into an all star game just to shut some people up.

[Jkam31]

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

Dude shouldn’t even be in there McDonald’s all American game and they have him on here

[Saints14]

Daniel’s and Giddey wouldn’t have been my picks but I respect that the author went on a bit of a limb with them instead of just picking all of the most obvious guys. I think Sengun is a pretty strong choice too

[Jkam31]

Bronny James has gotten so much flak for being his dad's son and getting underservedly listed in these meaningless lists that it kind of makes me want to root for him. I hope he does make NBA and get into an all star game just to shut some people up.

You have a better chance hitting the powerball twice than that happening mind boggling to put him there that was unnecessary

[HotelVitale]

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.

Hard dude to please huh? You asked for something specific because you thought the article was lame, GSW provided it, then you said that was lame too.

I actually think the article is serving its exact purpose. It's taking its task seriously enough for the most part, but also forces itself to guess on HS players (which the writers absolutely know is a fool's errand) and rookies to make for some fun speculation and not take itself too seriously. That's sort of the Ringer's thing: the analysis is usually well-informed and smart enough, but it's also trying to be fun and engaging too and not just robotically provide the most precise and accurate take possible. Not always what I want but sometimes hits the spot.

[UcanUwill]

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.

Hard dude to please huh? You asked for something specific because you thought the article was lame, GSW provided it, then you said that was lame too.

I actually think the article is serving its exact purpose. It's taking its task seriously enough for the most part, but also forces itself to guess on HS players (which the writers absolutely know is a fool's errand) and rookies to make for some fun speculation and not take itself too seriously. That's sort of the Ringer's thing: the analysis is usually well-informed and smart enough, but it's also trying to be fun and engaging too and not just robotically provide the most precise and accurate take possible. Not always what I want but sometimes hits the spot.

yeah, sorry, I figured I was a Carron here, or whatever people say, to be honest, I just came back home from mental house, so just in advance, I am not very sane haha. It's 3 am here, can't sleep at all, I could turn celebrity game to watch amateurs I never heard about play ball, but I fear they would lock me back in.

[Pelly24]

This was a funny list, don't take it too seriously

[Optimus_Steel]

Bronny will be at the game, as a fan....

[buzzkilloton]

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.

Wagner and Giddey have both improved in their 2nd seasons. Barnes has been about the same guy. I think all are good young players but could see any of the 3 being the best depending on who makes what skill jumps.

For me today I take the youngest of them Giddey 1st. Barnes 2nd and Wagner 3rd.

No slight to anyone you cant go wrong here.

[FluLikeSymptoms]

Ringer pandering to their HS fan base, nothing wrong with that.