NBA Young Core Rankings 2025

We reacted to the 2022 NBA Draft Rookie Contract Extensions right after the deadline passed. Then we drafted three teams each that we are excited to watch on league pass this season. Enjoy. Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our predictions for the final standings in the East, every play in and playoff matchup, who wins each series and finally, who wins the whole conference. Enjoy. Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Up top we talked about the latest Shams Giannis Knicks trade report and Giannis comments about the report at Bucks training camp. Then our annual tradition of picking every single major NBA award (MVP, Rookie of the Year, DPOY etc.) for this upcoming NBA season returned. Enjoy. Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our first ever top 100 NBA players list! This episode was a bit of a mess to start so we apologize in advance for the issues. In the first portion of this episode Sam didnt have his list due to a technical issue. Trill forgot to rank Jaylen Brown - he would be 21 on my list - so bump everyone down behind him one spot. I edited the first portion as well as I could and we get our shit together for the last 1.5 hours of the episode. Enjoy. We will back for the Patreon episode later in the week. Get access to that episode and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall Come see us LIVE in Philly: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Expansion Draft segment begins at 20:05. Up top we talk about Fred VanVleet's injury and how it could impact the Rockets season. Also we discuss why a trade is harder than you think. Enjoy. Get bonus content + discord access here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall Become a YKB room member here: https://www.youtube.com/@youknowball/membership Watch NBA games with us here this season: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Trill is back from surgery. Kawhi and the Clippers scandal just keeps getting worse because Pablo Torre is continuing to pile on more information. After that we drafted 10 NBA figures (mostly players) who are at a crossroads in their careers entering next season. Enjoy. Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Unlocked from the YKB Patreon. No new YKB this week due to Trill being out for surgery. Enjoy. Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The first Bill Simmons Over / Under predictions podcast post Russillo era at the Ringer. We talked about Russillo leaving to form his own Barstool funded company. We also assume Zach Lowe and House will be joining Bill for this podcast in place of Russillo so we had some commentary from them in there too. Also obviously the main part of this episode which is our own over under predictions. Enjoy. The Western Conference over / under predictions will be on the YKB Patreon Wednesday night. Sign up here for access to that episode: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall You can also access this episode on our YouTube via a room membership: https://www.youtube.com/@youknowball/membership Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We revisited the birth of modern slop, Lebron's Decision and the 2010 NBA offseason. Enjoy. Become a YKB YouTube Room Member here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwGfmzcQrhTQYugP0jmoZA/join Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We ranked all 30 NBA teams based on their current young cores (25 & under) going into the 2025-2026 NBA season. Enjoy. Become a YKB YouTube room member https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwGfmzcQrhTQYugP0jmoZA/join Get weekly YKB bonus content and more here: https://www.patreon.com/c/YouKnowBall   Get YKB Mardi Gras tickets here: https://app.opendate.io/e/you-know-ball-mardi-gras-extravaganza-february-16-2026-632598   Get YKB live in Philly tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/60147207/you-know-ball-live-podcast-philadelphia-silk-city   YKB Twitch streams coming soon here: https://www.twitch.tv/youknowballpod   Watch NBA games with us this season here: https://www.playback.tv/youknowball Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.