That Ben Simmons segment got progressively more hilarious as it went on. "And you can bet Philadelphia has this kid in the gym shooting the basketball around the clock" is just incredible

This article missed a lot but it’s still hella impressive to predict Trae and Luka so be this high on the list even before their rookie seasons

Shoutout to the Wizards for having three Top 20 guys on their roster right now!

Pleaseeee do your own predictions for five years from now with the TTW guys. Maybe in the off season. Would be so fun to watch back. It’s crazy how unpredictable the NBA really is

If you look back on it, it’s crazy how Ben Simmons went from having the highest potential, highest ceiling out of any young star in the league 5 years ago to now being one of the biggest bums in the league 😂, crazy how fast and sudden his falloff was.

Lebron, Curry, and Durant being left off is criminal

Who else is waiting for the Brooklyn Nets series?

I think people underestimate the longevity of certain stars. Take Bron, KD, Curry, Lillard, Butler, kyrie, harden, butler, PG13, Kawhi, etc.: these guys were all stars around the time this was written and are still mostly top 20 guys. It’s not easy to take over those already at the top!

I know it’s hard to make lists like this but not having Steph or Kd in the top 20 is egregious. Even if it was 5 years in the future.

I was so high on Aaron Gordon this year as well. He'd improved consistently every year and looked like after that year he'd finally take the major jump with his shooting and athleticism coming together, but he's stayed about the same.

Gotta remember, I’m 2018, the idea of someone being 34+ years old and still being a top 20 player was crazy. Now, it’s common place

FINALLY someone acknowledging that the Grizz slid coincides with Adams being hurt. Thank you!!!

they really underestimated all the vets we have that still play at a top 20 level such as dame, kyrie, harden, pg, jimmy, kd, steph, bron and maybe kawhi? this era of basketball we’ve had is really special

Even last season, us Kings fans were saying that we should trade Harrison Barnes for Ben Simmons for the star power. Apparently the Nets wanted a lot more for Ben than we were willing to give up. Fast forward one year and they're looking to salary dump his contract. Oh how the turns table! Btw, that game you were watching was INSANE. Loved seeing Kyrie vs De-Aaron in the 4th and OT. I don't know if my heart could take a Kings-Mavs 7 game series

I mean Ben still got time….. 😂

You should do a rebuilding challenge where if you trade for somebody, you're not allowed to trade them away. Ever trade is important because you can't flip anybody, you can only lose them for nothing if they weren't a part of the original roster

Nothing like watching a Kenny vid as soon as you wake up.

Having Jokic at 11 is a great call by them. Based on everything we know about basketball, that SHOULD be his absolute ceiling. But the man has just defied the laws of logic, nature, physics, athleticism, thermodynamics, whatever laws you can think of, to become the best player in the NBA. At least in my opinion. I can see arguments for Giannis too. Maybe Doncic. But Jokic is the truth.

Crazy that he predicted Jaylen Brown would be top 20 when he was only averaging 14 a game with Boston.

According to this dude, Steven Adams was going to be averaging 18, 13, and 1.5-2 blocks a game in 2023 😂😂

I’m fried asf cracking up at the Ben Simmons part😂😂😂This man Kenny is hilarious

100%, I think you should do predictions like this Kenny.

I feel like lists like this always overestimate how much turnover there is going to be in the best players in the world. Obviously it wouldnt be too fun to just list everyone who was good then, but Durant, Steph, Lebron, Harden, Dame, Butler, and PG were all-nba that year, it's weird to assume they would all fall off

Would love to see more of these

I love these prediction videos

I love the reaction to the Ben Simmons part. When Kenny said he would do one of these, I thought he was going to make his own top 20 list for 2028.

Aaron Gordon is averaging 17/7/3 on a ridiculous 63.3% eFG. He has the 33rd best PER and the 32nd best BPM this year on the #1 team in the west. He's definitely a top 40 player, maybe a top 30 this year.

I thought kenny was a industry plant like how is he everywhere now I see Bruh got bout 27 channels excluding the pod 👏🏾👏🏾 real motivation ngl consistency is scary

hey kenny, i would appreciate more if you could zoom in the page when do that kind of articles. great video bro ❤️

Hey Kenny, I've been a supporter for awhile now and have thought of a ton of video ideas, but for some reason never build up the courage to comment them. This video gave me an idea for another possible fun vid. I think you should make your own list of 10-20 players you think will be the top players in the league in 5 years or so. Let me know what you think, and thank you so much for putting out great content almost everyday in at least one of your channels to keep us all entertained throughout the day. I'm always excited for your new uploads and I know so many others are as well. I hope you realize the impact you have on your supporters. Have a great one Kenny. -Jack

When is gonna be next episode of Brooklyn Nets. But you The Goat

after the nba season is over Through The Wire needs to do a top 25 prediction for the next 5 years

Those predictions were pretty good for the most part. Bold to put Jokic, luka, and Trae do high

Kenny reading the Ben Simmons description had me crying 😭😭 we all thought that too about Ben that’s the craziest part

I would love to see you do this in the offseason, then we can look back in 2028 and see how good they were

With the way LeBron was going during the 2018 season, its crazy to predict that he'd be out of the top 20, even more so being retired. Everybody knew he was gonna play well into his 40s

KennyToo vids hit diff

You gotta make a top 20 5 years from now so we can see how many W's you would have

Y’all gotta make one of these on the pod, including players who aren’t in the league yet

Gonna need that new nets video soon

Kenny, you got to do one of these man. Who cares if it’s wrong honestly-it would be a lot of fun to look back at it 5 years down the line.

We wanna see you do one of these

Kenny please make your own top 20 in 5 years list, just for the hell of it

Honestly the biggest problem with this article is that almost all theses guys are 28 or younger when an NBA players prime usually 26-32 (roughly).

This could be a cool KOT4Q vid. Adjust 2k overalls so these are actually the top 20 players

Kenny is the Michael Jordan of KZfaq

10:19 "this was written in 2008" Kenny's good for one of those Kerfuffle's per video.

As a Wizards fan I wish this list would have been accurate we’d be loaded 😂

Dude I swear this list just expected every player over 28 to suddenly be terrible😂

That Porzingis pick was crazy looking back from this year

lol i can understand leaving out bron because who coulda predicted he'd still be elite but i feel like everyone knew in 2018 that steph and kd would still be balling in 2023

kenny you the 🐐

I watched the tip dunk too!!!🎉🎉

Lol as a Kiwi just seeing Adams mentioned in something like that is pretty cool. Too bad his ceiling wasn't just a little bit higher.

Bron, Curry, KD, Kai, Kawhi being off is crazy

This list just tells me we had a lot of next-ups that didn't bloom like we thought they would.

The list looked like it was like the best of the under-25 players in the league today in five years. LeBron, KD, Steph, Kyrie etc. Are all missing. But in all honesty the league is so talented right now that you could take any roster in the league and there is at least one player on it who you could argue belongs on this list... The depth of the entire league is so crazy... Literally half the teams think they got a shot at the title and there are no clear cut favorites to win it all.

the writer took like 7 straight Ws

You should make a video predicting what it will be in 5 years

Steven adams has been my favorite player years. Nice to see others giving him some recognition. The problem with Steven is he is so selfless on the court. He could definitely have better stats, but he plays for the team, not himself.

luv u kenny 💟

When Kenny does one of these I am curious on how high he will put Wembemyama

Giannis looking crazy in that thumbnail I'm ngl

There’s almost no one on this list that is in their 30s now and that’s where he went wrong

Getting number 1 right was a good pull for the author

We need episode 2

u should go back to old 2k rebuild videos to see how did the game predict the 2023 year or just hop in old games and simulate

I honestly feel like mpj could make this list if he could stay healthy. A 6’ 8” forward who can shoot the lights out and drive really well on a team like the nuggets could go far.

Did u ever react to TTW Clips of your own predictions?

1-10 was alot better than 11-20 that upper end of the top 10 was kinda accurate for 5 ish years

Lonzo and Kuzma was wild even at the time 😂😂😂 Kristaps doesnt even make sense

why was every player a younger player? did they really think older stars in 2018 like steph, kd, russ, harden etc would really fall off that quick?

We need a current top 20 from you

“Ben Simmons is one jump shot away.” Why do I feel like I’ve been hearing that exact phrase for like 5 years?

If you exclude players drafted after 2018, and players that are now 34 and over (historically there’s a drop off there but evidently guys like curry and KD are hooping) then this list is p decent

I recommend watching so we can get Kenny's watch hrs up but here's the list if you want to save time 1. Giannis Antetokounmpo 2. Ben Simmons 3. Jayson Tatum 4. Donovan Mitchell 5. Luka Doncic 6. Joel Embiid 7. Anthony Davis 8. Devin Booker 9. Kristaps Porzingis 10. Lonzo Ball 11. Nikola Jokic 12. Karl-Anthony Towns 13. DeAndre Ayton 14. Michael Porter Jr. 15. Kyle Kuzma 16. Bradley Beal 17. Trae Young 18. Jaylen Brown 19. Steven Adams 20. Aaron Gordon

I feel like some of those missed by ignoring injuries, like mpj, porzings and lonzo. All injury prone players before the list was made

Porzingis is balling his year, he's not 9 not even 20 but arguably top 30 rejuvenated himself in Washington

They could have went safe and put KD, Lebron, Steph and kyrie in but have to give props for going for some actual predictions

Bro completely forgot about Steph, kd, Kyre and my boy Dame

I had Simmons and embied winning a chip back then how wrong I was 😅

The LeBron statement is crazy lmao it's insane how good he is still

Top players in the NBA in 2028 predictions: 1. 2k's version of Luka Doncic 2. Victor Wembanyama 3. 43-year-old Lebron James still hooping

make your list kenny!

Pls post the next nets franchise episode

Adams had he been utilized by Billy Donovan more he would’ve been the top center of the class below Joel and Jokic

Jokic if forsure the best center in the league

all we wanted was the nets series

Your turn to predict

No Steph, no LeBron, no KD, no kawhi, no pg, no kyrie, all top 20 players. I know it was 5 years ago but damn this list was a huge L

Imagine putting Aaron Gordon over a 30 year old Kyrie Irving

Great list. Aside from the two first, Eric Gordon and Steven Adams. Lmfao.

You could do “ I predicted the top nba players in 5 years”

Kenny can never remember that Bradley Beal hasn’t won a scoring title

Karl Anthony towns should be a top 12 player but for some reason he just doesn't have that dog in him. I still think he's underrated though

“Please bro just let him work on his jumper in the off-season please bro he’ll be like lebron cmon bro he’s up next bro”

I suspect by the name that the author is Brazilian. That's actually pretty cool

Please make one

Dudes really thought guys like Bron, KD, and Steph would just disappear.

Make a Prediction Video and schedule release it in 5yrs.