US media commented on top ten NBA players in 5 years: Flag squeezes into the list, Antetokounmpo only ranked 10th

The NBA playoffs in 24-25 are in full swing. Although it is difficult to confirm who the final winner is, it is certain that the final NBA championship winner must be a young man who has only recently emerged. Because the four teams that reached the division finals are all young soldiers with an average age of under 30 years old. In this regard, some US media can't help but predict that these young talents will completely grow up in five years and the situation in the entire NBA league. Among them, the predictions made by some niche media in order to attract the audience's attention are basically controversial. Today, the author will share with you whether similar rankings are based on.

10. Giannis Antetokounmpo

This media predicts that the top 10 player in the NBA league in five years should be Giannis Antetokounmpo. How to say this prediction is controversial, but it also has some rationality. The controversial point is that Giannis Antetokounmpo will be 36 years old in five years. For a sports power forward, this age is completely "older". If you maintain your condition poorly, it will be easy to plummet compared to now. However, the current service has more scientific maintenance methods, and the athletic lifespan of NBA players has generally improved. The most iconic ones are still in the service Kevin Durant, 36-year-old Stephen Curry, and 40-year-old LeBron James. They all have very good competitive levels. So if Giannis Antetokounmpo can keep his form until five years later, like these three, he will indeed be able to gain a place in the top ten in the NBA.

9. Jason Tatum

This media predicts that the top 9 player in the NBA in 5 years is Jason Tatum. As the NBA championship winner in the 23-24 season, Jason Tatum, who averaged 28.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, has always been the top 5 in the NBA star selection in the past year. Although he has not won high-level honors such as regular season MVP and FMVP, if his condition can be maintained normally, he will never fall to 9th in five years. After all, he is only 27 years old now, and he is in his peak five years later. It's unreasonable to rank him so low.

8. Cooper Flag

As for the media's forecast of the top 8 player in five years, it is very outrageous. It is Cooper Flag who has not yet entered the NBA league. Yes, you read that right, they actually put a recruit who has not played in the NBA on the list. You should know that the NBA league confrontation cannot be easily controlled with good talent. Many super newcomers who are as good as fish in college will basically be the same as everyone else when they arrive in the NBA league, and only a few of them have achieved success. The most typical one in recent years is Zion Williams. How crazy he was when he participated in the NBA draft, and how disappointing he is now. I'm afraid everyone would never have thought that he was so "fragile", so from this we can see that this media is not particularly professional.

7. Paul Bankairo

This media predicts that the top seven player in the league will be Paul Bankairo, the boss of the current Magic. As the young boss who is about the same age as he reached the final this year and has good competitiveness, Paul Bankairo, who averages 25.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, is indeed reasonable to say that he can rank in the top 10 of the NBA in five years, but the controversial one is that he actually ranks above Jason Tatum. You should know that this year's playoffs Celtics have just eliminated Paul Bankairo's Magic. He has never beaten Jason Tatum now. How can he be sure to defeat him who is still in his peak five years later?

6.Cad Cunningham

This media predicts that the top six player in the league will be the boss of the active Pistons - Cade Cunningham. Like Paul Bankairo, Cad Cunningham is also the boss of a youth team, and this year's playoff trajectory is almost the same as that. They were both eliminated by another super youth team in the first round. However, one thing Cad Cunningham is better than Paul Bankairo, that is, he brought the last single core team in the league last year to the sixth place in the Eastern Conference this year. His team-leading ability has been proven, and it is understandable that he is ranked one higher than him.

5. Nikola Jokic

This media predicts that the top 5 player in the league will be Nikola Jokic. As a 30-year-old "Zhongdeng", it is not an exaggeration to call the first player in the active NBA. After all, he has won the regular season MVP three times in the past four seasons, one NBA championship and one FMVP. At the same time, he averaged 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game. However, he encountered similar problems with Giannis Antetokounmpo, whether he could maintain a good competitive state in five years. But to be honest, according to Nikola Jokic's playing style, it would be too easy for him to maintain a good competitive level. So it's even a little low to put it here.

4.Shay Gilgers-Alexander

The media predicts that the fourth player in the top five years is Sheay Gilgers-Alexander, who just scored the NBA championship. I'm afraid there is no need to say much about this player, everyone knows that he shouldn't rank so low. After all, he is the new regular season MVP this year, a superstar who led the team to the NBA championship. He will not go further in 5 years. As long as he maintains this state, he will not slip out of the top 3 on the list.

3.Luka Doncic

This media predicts that the third player in the NBA league will be Luca Doncic. Normally, although Luca Doncic, who is in his peak period, is a little bit bad this season, everyone knows that his playing style will not decline much even if he declines. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to be ranked among the top three in the league in five years, but he should not be above Alexander. At least from now on, these young players are one step behind Alexander and should be behind him.

2. Anthony Edwards

This media predicts that the second-largest player in the NBA league will be even more unreasonable in five years. As for why they said this, because they actually put Anthony Edwards, who had just been eliminated by Shay Gilgers-Alexander, here. Although Anthony Edwards' playing ball has dropped, his own data and personal honors are not as good as Alexander, but he is one level lower than him. Therefore, it is hard to say that Edwards can rank second place.

1. Victor Vinbanyama

The media predicts that the first player in the NBA in five years is Victor Vinbanyama of the Spurs. Like Cooper Flag above, this media is purely sensationalism and does not deny that Victor Vinban Yama is very talented and his data is also very good. However, he has not led the team to the playoffs for two consecutive years in the NBA league, which is difficult to prove his ability to lead the team. Although he may lead the team to compete for the championship five years later, before he won the championship, other young talents such as Shay Gilgers-Alexander and Anthony Edwards had already won the championship and could not rank here.