Young stars don’t lead their teams to championships; even Michael Jordan didn’t win a ring until his seventh season. That means LeBron is just now coming of age, and it will be a while yet for John Wall.
In today’s NBA, the power forward position is somewhat in flux. But Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, and Tim Duncan still have plenty in common—even if they each play their role a little bit differently.
Highly-touted player, drafted high directly out of high school to a perennially-struggling team in a small market hungry for a championship. That’s LeBron James, right? Or is it Kevin Garnett?