Designating an official “watch list” of talented young players is an arbitrary task unto itself. Assessing long-term potential is an imperfect task, and there’s always an abundance of intriguing prospects dotting NBA rosters. Since we’re doing this, the buck has to stop somewhere. So we’ve decided to limit this list to 12 players who for one reason or another most deserve your attention this season.
In determining which players fell onto this watch list and which fell to the list of legitimate snubs, I drew some lines based on age and performance sample. For example, bubble darlings Michael Porter Jr.