It's becoming a trend around the league—teams assigning mentors to their young, most promising players.
The Milwaukee Bucks were the latest to call one up. Word is they've hired Hall of Fame point guard Gary Payton to be Giannis Antetokounmpo's "special advisor" (Per Kostas Koukousis of Sport24.gr, translated by SB Nation's Brew Hoop).
The Utah Jazz plan to bring in retired Turkish big man Mehmet Okur to mentor young center Enes Kanter, per Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune.
We went ahead and matched up possible mentors with young players they each could help.
There were no restrictions in choosing mentors—they didn't have to coach or be employed by the team, though we picked ones with ties to their assignment's organization.
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