Inspired by the under 25 thread, if we had a competition of teams made up by two-year increments in age. So...
19-20: LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Coby White, Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes
21-22: Ja Morant, Luka Doncic, Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, RJ Barrett
23-24: Trae Young, Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Bam Adebayo, De'Aaron Fox
25-26: Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Zach LaVine, Karl-Anthony Towns
27-28: Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Fred VanVleet
29-30: Kyrie Irving, Khris Middleton, Malcolm Brogdon, Rudy Gobert, Tobias Harris
31-32: Paul George, Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan, James Harden, Nikola Vucevic
33-34: Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Mike Conley, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook
35-36: Kyle Lowry, Al Horford, Chris Paul, LaMarcus Aldridge, Jeff Green
37+: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Andre Iguodala, Joe Johnson, Udonis Haslem
Feel free to nitpick these rosters, but that would be a fun tournament. Obviously LeBron is LeBron, and Carmelo and Iguodala are still useful NBA players, but the old guys would get smoked. I think the 19-20 team would also get smoked. But it would be fun to see some of those other squads go at it. Crazy matchups though - Team 27-28 has huge size, but would have no fun chasing Team 23-24 around. On the other hand, Team 23-24 would struggle big time with Team 27-28's size.
Not sure which team would win in a tournament though. I'm guessing Team 25-26, but who knows. How would they be seeded?
19-20: LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Coby White, Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes
21-22: Ja Morant, Luka Doncic, Darius Garland, Tyler Herro, RJ Barrett
23-24: Trae Young, Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Bam Adebayo, De'Aaron Fox
25-26: Donovan Mitchell, Devin Booker, Nikola Jokic, Zach LaVine, Karl-Anthony Towns
27-28: Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Fred VanVleet
29-30: Kyrie Irving, Khris Middleton, Malcolm Brogdon, Rudy Gobert, Tobias Harris
31-32: Paul George, Damian Lillard, DeMar DeRozan, James Harden, Nikola Vucevic
33-34: Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Mike Conley, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook
35-36: Kyle Lowry, Al Horford, Chris Paul, LaMarcus Aldridge, Jeff Green
37+: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Andre Iguodala, Joe Johnson, Udonis Haslem
Feel free to nitpick these rosters, but that would be a fun tournament. Obviously LeBron is LeBron, and Carmelo and Iguodala are still useful NBA players, but the old guys would get smoked. I think the 19-20 team would also get smoked. But it would be fun to see some of those other squads go at it. Crazy matchups though - Team 27-28 has huge size, but would have no fun chasing Team 23-24 around. On the other hand, Team 23-24 would struggle big time with Team 27-28's size.
Not sure which team would win in a tournament though. I'm guessing Team 25-26, but who knows. How would they be seeded?
