The NBA is rich with young talent as each draft class produces phenomenal players.
For rebuilding teams such as the Oklahoma City Thunder, that is definitely the case. They acquired several high-lottery picks in the last couple of draft classes.
For The Win’s Bryan Kalbrosky decided to go against the grain a bit and ranked the 23 best players in the league who are 23 years old or younger.
Traditional young star rankings usually include players who are a bit older, but with most players already on their second contract by the time they’re 25 years old, it was important to put a reasonable cutoff age for players that are solely on their rookie deals still.
As one can imagine, the Thunder had multiple entries on this list. Let’s take a look at which Thunder players made the cut.