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#NBArank Rising Stars: Nos. 41-50

Who are the brightest young stars in the NBA? We're counting them down on ESPN.com.

And who's No. 1? Should it be Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingis, Joel Embiid or another rising star?

We asked our experts to rate the league's best players under 25 years old, and we're rolling out our top 50 over the next 10 days, leading up to the Rising Stars Challenge during All-Star Weekend.

If you want to get involved in the discussion, #NBArank is the Twitter hashtag. You also can follow along @ESPNNBA and on Facebook.

On to the countdown!

#NBArank Rising Stars: 41-50


41. Malcolm Brogdon

Stats & Info: Leads 2016 draft class in PPG (9.2) and APG (4.2) this season.


42. Jaylen Brown

Stats & Info: Brown (20 years, 95 days) is the third-youngest Celtics player to score 20 points in a game in the past 50 seasons. Only Gerald Green and Antoine Walker achieved that mark sooner in Boston during that span.


43. Emmanuel Mudiay

Stats & Info: After shooting 67 percent from the free throw line as a rookie, Mudiay has upped that to 77.5 percent entering Feb. 6. The 10.5 percentage point increase from last season to this season is the largest increase among any of the 69 players who have attempted as many free throws as Mudiay has this season (142).


44. Jahlil Okafor

Stats & Info: Okafor has the fourth-highest PPG (15.1) and third-highest FG% (.510 -- minimum 500 FGM) among players selected in the 2015 draft class. He has second-most points scored by a 76er since being drafted (1,315).


45. Cody Zeller

Stats & Info: Zeller has increased his scoring, FG percentage, rebounding and blocks per game in each of his four seasons. He has the fourth-highest net rating among players selected in the 2013 draft (12.7).


46. Marquese Chriss

Stats & Info: Chriss' 44 starts this season are the second most among the 2016 draft class.


47. Gary Harris

Stats & Info: Harris has made 51.5 percent of his 2-point FGs during his three-year career, third best among players 6-foot-4 or shorter in that time behind Steph Curry (54.6 percent) and Goran Dragic (52.8 percent).


48. TJ Warren

Stats & Info: Warren has nine 20-point games this season (had three in his first two years combined), posting career highs in PPG (13.1), RPG (3.9), APG (1.0) and steals (1.2) this season.


49. Larry Nance Jr.

Stats & Info: For the second straight season, Nance ranks among the top 25 power forwards in Defensive Real Plus-Minus. His 1.2 steals per game lead all frontcourt players who have not started any games this season.


50. Bismack Biyombo

Stats & Info: Biyombo is one of just 10 players to average one block per game each of the past six seasons. He is by far the youngest of that group, including four years younger than DeAndre Jordan, who is the second youngest of the group.


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