We're already a quarter of the way into the NBA season and so it's a good time to take stock of how the league's young players are performing. In order to do that, we're going to look at the last four draft classes and assess, not necessarily who the best players are to date, but who is ahead of schedule and behind schedule, relative to expectations heading into the season.

2022 NBA Draft class

Ahead of schedule: Jalen Duren , Detroit Pistons

First, a disclaimer, Duren has not been quite as good recently as he was during Detroit's 13-game win streak. Still, the totality of what he's done so far has put him in contention for the league's Most Improved Player. In back-to-back losses at Boston and against Orlando he averaged 14 points and four turnovers against just 1.5 assists, but

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