As part of an annual poll conducted by Hoopshype, 15 league executives were asked to rank their top five players 25 or under to build a team around. Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green was ranked eleventh in the poll, tied with Detroit's Cade Cunningham who was selected one spot ahead of Green in the 2021 NBA Draft. Dallas' Luka Doncic, not surprisingly, was the unanimous top choice.
Other notables included Cleveland's Evan Mobley at No. 4, New Orleans' Zion Williamson at No. 6, and Toronto's Scottie Barnes at No.