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23 and younger: The top of the NBA’s bright future

By Trey Flynn

BEIJING - AUGUST 4: LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers plays basketball with young Chinese players during the Nike 2005 Battlegrounds event August 4, 2005 in Beijing, China. James is on a two-day visit to Beijing as part of his 2005 Asia tour, which will make stops in Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong, as a cross-cultural exchange between LeBron and young kids in Asia. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)
BEIJING - AUGUST 4: LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers plays basketball with young Chinese players during the Nike 2005 Battlegrounds event August 4, 2005 in Beijing, China. James is on a two-day visit to Beijing as part of his 2005 Asia tour, which will make stops in Tokyo, Beijing and Hong Kong, as a cross-cultural exchange between LeBron and young kids in Asia. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images) /
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BOSTON, MA – DECEMBER 2: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during the first half at TD Garden on December 2, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – DECEMBER 2: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during the first half at TD Garden on December 2, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

6. Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns

Here come the haters. No, Devin Booker isn’t on this list because he put up 70 points in a game. Although, that was amazing.

Devin Booker is roughly averaging twenty-five points per game this year, and he recently turned 21. Incredible. Yes, does he need to do more for his team in terms of … everything else besides scoring?

Of course, but the upside and ceiling for Booker is way too high for me to leave him out of the top 10. Plus, he’s on the Suns, he’s arguably the best player there since Steve Nash.

Player comp here would be Tracy McGrady as the ceiling and Jason Richardson as the floor. Not bad at all.

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