In 2019 several teams with exciting young cores dazzled but finished in the NBA lottery. Those results may have been disappointing, but they allowed franchises to add to their roster and give fans an exciting future to ponder. Last season the Nets, Nuggets and 76ers' playoff runs were headlined by players still figuring out the NBA. The season before, it was the Celtics’ group that took the league by storm. This year offers another group of talents hoping to take that next step.
Here, we take a look at five young cores hoping to take a leap out of the lottery in the next few years.