Bleacher Report top 23 NBA players under 23

[dakomish23]

This list shows how strong that 2018 draft class was. Almost half the list

[BNM]

This list is absolutely awful so I feel it's not even worth commenting on but Zach Collins Zach Collins Zach Collins.

We have a lot of nice young talent in the league though... Most ever maybe?

I'm totally fine with Zach Collins and Anfernee Simons both being "honorable mentions". Both have shown flashes, but you need to do more than that to make this list. This will be the season they both get the opportunity to show they belong on this list. Both will qualify for the list next year, and the year after that. Their time will (hopefully) come.

[StojkoVrankovic]

Tatum only gets in that list because he tells everyone how good he's going to be in future.
He's all self-hype and empty promises, and in reality he's just a Harrison Barnes, or worse
Booker is twice as good as Tatum.

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

[Stillwater]

Adebayo is better than Markkanen. Advanced stats show it and so does his team's record.

C'mon man, I love Bam just as much as any Heat fan, but he isn't better than Lauri right now.

Bam is better than Lauri. You're just focusing solely on PPG and the fact that Lauri is 7 feet tall. This is the Wiggins argument all over again.

Is there any Heat player you think is not better than everyone else?

[Ben Simmons]

Tatum only gets in that list because he tells everyone how good he's going to be in future.
He's all self-hype and empty promises, and in reality he's just a Harrison Barnes, or worse
Booker is twice as good as Tatum.

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

That's all in the past

[Feel_the_Heat15]

C'mon man, I love Bam just as much as any Heat fan, but he isn't better than Lauri right now.

Bam is better than Lauri. You're just focusing solely on PPG and the fact that Lauri is 7 feet tall. This is the Wiggins argument all over again.

Is there any Heat player you think is not better than everyone else?

That's a loaded question.

Explain to me why Markkanen is better than Adebayo.

[gipper08]

No one on this list can be a number one on a championship team. I doubt a trio ( with them being 1-3 option/ each maxed out) of Luka, Zion, Fox could win a title in five years.

In 15 years only AD and Dwight has been a great cornerstone among # 1 picks. If Zion can’t shoot then the refs will determine his future (charge/flop).

The next two drafts are weak as well. People will say the league has never been more talented yet I would say it has never had less talent under 23 ((1980 0n)

[LipSkinMatter]

What a joke of a list. Markkanen 17? Rofl

Guess defense doesn't matter since Robinson is at the bottom and Booker is 5th. Awful.

[rate_]

I like Bam over Markkanen personally.

[NY 567]

Tatum over Booker is a joke, and there are also 8 or 9 guys ranked below him that have a case over him as well.

[NY 567]

Tatum only gets in that list because he tells everyone how good he's going to be in future.
He's all self-hype and empty promises, and in reality he's just a Harrison Barnes, or worse
Booker is twice as good as Tatum.

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

I have a feeling that you'll be still be referencing his outlier rookie playoff performance in a decade when he's 31 and just coming off a season where he averaged 15.8 ppg with a .551 TS%.

[bigjay23]

Putting any one who hasn’t played a single nba game above these players is a joke...


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[TheFinishSniper]

I like Bam over Markkanen personally.

If Bulls had Bam over Markkanen and they considered him part of the core I would consider quiting my fandom. And for example Bam could never done what Markkanen already did with Finland (lvl talent) at Eurobasket. Just skill wise to be even in same f stratosphere as not just players but talent wise.

[DarkXaero]

No Jarrett Allen

[StojkoVrankovic]

Tatum only gets in that list because he tells everyone how good he's going to be in future.
He's all self-hype and empty promises, and in reality he's just a Harrison Barnes, or worse
Booker is twice as good as Tatum.

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

I have a feeling that you'll be still be referencing his outlier rookie playoff performance in a decade when he's 31 and just coming off a season where he averaged 15.8 ppg with a .551 TS%.

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[Feel_the_Heat15]

I like Bam over Markkanen personally.

If Bulls had Bam over Markkanen and they considered him part of the core I would consider quiting my fandom. And for example Bam could never done what Markkanen already did with Finland (lvl talent) at Eurobasket. Just skill wise to be even in same f stratosphere as not just players but talent wise.

Markkanen could almost never do what Adebayo does defensively at the NBA level. Even when faced with FACTS that show that Adebayo is a better player than Markkanen, you refuse to acknowledge that Markkanen is the inferior player.

Better rebounder, shot-blocker, passer and a more efficient shooter. Only things Markkanen does better than Adebayo is shoot 3s and lose.

[NY 567]

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

I have a feeling that you'll be still be referencing his outlier rookie playoff performance in a decade when he's 31 and just coming off a season where he averaged 15.8 ppg with a .551 TS%.

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Oh, I'll be bookmarking this thread, don't you worry about it.

[JN61]

Markkanen 17th? Just no. All we know he might as well be better than Williamson. At least he has played in NBA.

[TheFinishSniper]

I like Bam over Markkanen personally.

If Bulls had Bam over Markkanen and they considered him part of the core I would consider quiting my fandom. And for example Bam could never done what Markkanen already did with Finland (lvl talent) at Eurobasket. Just skill wise to be even in same f stratosphere as not just players but talent wise.

Markkanen could almost never do what Adebayo does defensively at the NBA level. Even when faced with FACTS that show that Adebayo is a better player than Markkanen, you refuse to acknowledge that Markkanen is the inferior player.

Better rebounder, shot-blocker, passer and a more efficient shooter. Only things Markkanen does better than Adebayo is shoot 3s and lose.

This always reminds me on Magic fans when argue that Isaac is better than Lauri. And yet every time Bulls play Magic, Lauri torches not just Isaac but complete Magic. Same goes when Celtics and Tatum come to town. But good luck with Bam the franchise player.

[Bird4Three]

Tatum only gets in that list because he tells everyone how good he's going to be in future.
He's all self-hype and empty promises, and in reality he's just a Harrison Barnes, or worse
Booker is twice as good as Tatum.

So about that self-hype and empty promises......

He dropped 23.6 ppg against your team in the playoffs as a 19 year old rookie.

He’d be singing his praises if Tatum had gone to the Sixers instead of the highway robbery that happened courtesy of Ainge and co. How’d Fultz work out?