Young players can provide you with a lot of hope for the future, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll win a lot of games. Case in point: the Timberwolves. They have a direction now, with coach Tom Thibodeau, and they have a trio of young players to build around, in Zach LaVine, Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, and yet: they are 19-33, good for 13th in the West.
The Raptors have a lot of young players too (some might say too many), but they are driven by the veteran excellence of DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry.