The NBA offseason approaches and has already arrived for 26 of the league’s 30 teams. With the offseason comes rumors, mock drafts, vague social media posts, and all sorts of other things that get people going. Another staple of the offseason is different lists, tiers, and rankings; ways to sort teams and players and ways to build narratives and create discourse and engagement.
On Wednesday new list that they are calling their “Next Generation Rankings”. It’s essentially a list of the top 25 players in the league under 25 years old. The criteria were based on five elements; current performance, future performance, getting the people going, intangibles, and foundational qualities.
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