NBA: Ranking the 20 best players under the age of 23

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

12. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 22, Oklahoma City Thunder

Like a few other players on this list, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would probably get more love if he played for a team other than Oklahoma City Thunder. Nevertheless, SGA is still extremely productive in the circumstance that he finds himself in at this point in his career.

SGA is a budding star and is coming off a season in which he averaged 24 points, six assists, and five rebounds per game on 51 percent shooting from the field and 42 percent shooting from 3-point range. It’s a shame that the Thunder are as bad as they are because these are star-power numbers that SGA put up this past season.

I’m interested to see if he can continue to take steps as a future star in the next few seasons.