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

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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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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 31: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts in the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets during their game at Barclays Center on January 31, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 31: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts in the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets during their game at Barclays Center on January 31, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

2. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers

Joel Embiid would be higher if he wasn’t eating burgers before games. All jokes aside, this guy’s twitter game is first on any list.

If he hadn’t been bitten by the injury bug when coming into the league this guy would be giving Giannis some real problems for that number one spot.

I wouldn’t worry about it too much if I was Joel, the sky is literally the limit for this big man.

Embiid is the first center since Shaquille O’Neal that makes his team better without being a fantastic passer on the stat sheet (neither O’Neal or Embiid get love for their passing, very underrated).

Also Joel and Shaq’s personality can really take the stress off heated situations (or possibly heighten them? Too soon to tell).

Philadelphia has a game changer on their roster for the first time in a long time (shout out, Allen Iverson).

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