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Best NBA, college, high school basketball players by age 14-40

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LeBron James became the NBA's only active 40-year-old on Monday, and just the 32nd in league history. As a result, we thought:

Who is the best player at every age in men's basketball right now?

We set out to determine just that. Mirroring the NFL's countdown over the summer, we enlisted the help of NBA senior writer Tim Bontemps, draft expert Jonathan Givony and recruiting expert Paul Biancardi to name the best players from age 14 all the way through age 40. (Biancardi handled ages 14-16, Givony picked for 17-19 and Bontemps did 20-40.