Best young cores

[BornReady#6]

What are some of the best young cores in the NBA today? Which teams do you think in 3-4 years will be contenders if they stick with their youth?(I did 25 and under.)

Edited for consensus:

#1ThunderWe all know that drafting has really done these guys good, and being the youngest team in the league, they are a model for all small market teams.
Westbrook, Maynor
Harden, Cook
Durant
Green,
Ibaka, Aldrich

#2ClippersEveryone seems to be jumping on the Clippers band wagon, and there is plenty of room. The question always remains though, what will Mr. Sterling do? We have seen the Clippers in this position plenty, plenty, plenty of times, where they amass a great core of young guys, and then for some reason they are all gone by free agency, injuries or crazy trades.
Bledsoe, Willie Warren
Gordon,
Al-Farouq Aminu,
Griffen
Jordan,


#3?Pacers:As a team we are doing well getting guys in every position, if we can develop these guys, we should be contenders for years in the East
DC, AJ
Brush, Lance
George
Tyler, McBob
Roy

Wizards:With a few more lottery picks, and some playing time the wiz are making moves to build a contender also.
Wall
Young
Yi
Blatche, Seraphin
McGee


Raptors: This team seems to lose every all star they get, but through it all they have picked up some good young players, now they just need time and some more picks.
Bayless
DeRozan, Weems
Klieza, Wright
Ed Davis, Amir Johnson
Bargnani


Rockets This team really has a ton of talent, but like every year, they fail to win against the way better teams in the west, and they always have injury problems. On a good note, they have picked up some really good young talent to play behind their older guys.
Brooks, Lowry, Ish Smith
Lee, Twill,
Budinger,
Patterson, Hill


GrizzliesThis team has done great on the drafting side, but only Rudy Gay has really panned out to his full potential, with Conley and Gasol showing some good game also, but none-the-less it hasn't transfered into many wins.
Conley, Vasquez
Mayo, Henry,
Gay, Young, Carol
Arthur,
Gasol, Thabeet, Hadadi



TWolves:So much talent, so little direction. This is one of those teams we will look back at, after these players have gone on to other teams and succeeded, and think what a waste.
Rubio, Flynn, Telfair
Wes Johnson, Webster, Ellington
Beasley, Brewer, Hayward,
Love, Tolliver
Darko, Pekovic, Kosta


Warriors:Just like always the Warriors are a talented team that seems to always just waste it.
Curry, Lin, Law
Ellis, Williams,
Dorrell Wright, Udoh
Brandan Wright,
Biedrins


Kings: They remind me of the wizards of the west, they are silently rebuilding, and will be a great team in due time.
Evans
Taylor
Casspi, Greene
Thompson, Jackson
Cousins, Whiteside

[pacer4ever]

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Thunder followed by the Clippers

[Trophy]

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What's the frown for?

[MyFavMartin]

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I think we saw one last night: Holiday, Evans, and Speights. Meeks is potentially a very good 6th man/Ben Gordon-type (offensive spark).

[Unclebuck]

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Whenver I look at this type of thing I only look at quality. Don't really care too much about players 4-6 on the lists above. Only care about 1-3

The combo of Westbrook and Durrant are by far the best on that list, in fact they deserve to be compared with some of the best combos in the NBA - such as Lebron and Wade - that is how good they already are.

I would put the Clippers second.

[DrFife]

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Whenver I look at this type of thing I only look at quality. Don't really care too much about players 4-6 on the lists above. Only care about 1-3

The combo of Westbrook and Durrant are by far the best on that list, in fact they deserve to be compared with some of the best combos in the NBA - such as Lebron and Wade - that is how good they already are.

I would put the Clippers second.

Interesting comment. I agree with the Thunder-then-Clippers vote, but my statistical analysis from a couple years ago suggested that adding the 4th player (but not the 5th) to consideration in predicting regular season records was (marginally) worthwhile.

[graphic-er]

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I'd also add Evans, Cousins, Casspi in Sacto as a good young core.

[pacer4ever]

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I'd also add Evans, Cousins, Casspi in Sacto as a good young core.

GS also

[sportfireman]

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Thunder followed by Clippers. Pacers aren't too far behind.... we just need the right motivator.

[pacer4ever]

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Twolves should be on here



Beasly,Love,Flynn,Wes, Rubio

[Justin Tyme]

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What are some of the best young cores in the NBA today? Which teams do you think in 3-4 years will be contenders if they stick with their youth?(I did 25 and under.)

Pacersof course)As a team we are doing well getting guys in every position, if we can develop these guys, we should be contenders for years in the East
DC, AJ
Brush, Lance
George
Tyler, McBob
Roy

Wizards:With a few more lottery picks, and some playing time the wiz are making moves to build a contender also.
Wall
Young
Yi
Blatche, Seraphin
McGee


Raptors: This team seems to lose every all star they get, but through it all they have picked up some good young players, now they just need time and some more picks.
Bayless
DeRozan, Weems
Klieza, Wright
Ed Davis, Amir Johnson
Bargnani


Rockets This team really has a ton of talent, but like every year, they fail to win against the way better teams in the west, and they always have injury problems. On a good note, they have picked up some really good young talent to play behind their older guys.
Brooks, Lowry, Ish Smith
Lee, Twill,
Budinger,
Patterson, Hill


GrizzliesThis team has done great on the drafting side, but only Rudy Gay has really panned out to his full potential, with Conley and Gasol showing some good game also, but none-the-less it hasn't transfered into many wins.
Conley, Vasquez
Mayo, Henry,
Gay, Young, Carol
Arthur,
Thabeet, Hadadi


ThunderWe all know that drafting has really done these guys good, and being the youngest team in the league, they are a model for all small market teams.
Westbrook, Maynor
Harden, Cook
Durant
Green,
Ibaka, Aldrich

ClippersEveryone seems to be jumping on the Clippers band wagon, and there is plenty of room. The question always remains though, what will Mr. Sterling do? We have seen the Clippers in this position plenty, plenty, plenty of times, where they amass a great core of young guys, and then for some reason they are all gone by free agency, injuries or crazy trades.
Bledsoe, Willie Warren
Gordon,
Al-Farouq Aminu,
Griffen
Jordan,

Why did you leave out Marc Gasol? I like Memphis with Gay, Gasol, Mayo, and Conley. They have a very young and inexperienced bench. The owner should have kept his nose out of drafting Thabeet at #2 when there was much better talent available to choose. Practically, every player drafted after Thabeet is a better player than Thabeet. A case could be made that a dozen 2nd round picks are better. What a waste of a #2 pick in a good draft!!

[Pacergeek]

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I like the Grizzlies. Conley has really improved this season, and Gay is becoming a star.

[cdash]

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I like the Grizzlies. Conley has really improved this season, and Gay is becoming a star.

Yeah, I do too. Gay is already a star.

I know PG is a little smaller than Rudy, but I think that is a good comparison for where George could eventually be someday. We can only hope.

[DrFife]

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Yeah, I do too. Gay is already a star.

I know PG is a little smaller than Rudy, but I think that is a good comparison for where George could eventually be someday. We can only hope.

Gay has the wingspan of a condor and can jump out of the gym, but PGeorge has hops too and is about the same size otherwise:

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rudy-Gay-34/

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Paul-George-5688/

[seattlerainer]

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hahah so PG is wayy better than Gay 4 sho