To paraphrase 18th-century American activist Paul Revere: The NBA youth are coming! The NBA youth are coming!
When we last buttered bread together, we rapped about next season's breakout candidates—players about to "transition from budding prospect or project to household name." This exercise is similar to that one but on a longer-term scale.
Instead of singling out those on the cusp of relative domination, we're on the hunt for burgeoning stocks that need a little more time to marinate. These players have star potential, but they won't necessarily actualize it next season. It could take another year or two before they are standing as finished products.
Reasoning for their more gradual rise varies. They could be working back from an injury, assuming a completely different role, playing alongside a bunch of new teammates, working off an overstated initial rise or simply following an organic line of development.
Incoming rookies are the only players off limits—they're too fresh to be included. Everyone else is fair game.
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