3-4 surprising players who might just make their first NBA All-Star game

These three young bucks will appear in their first All-Star Game in 2020 -- and two of them are no older than 21 years old.

The NBA's youth movement may have never been more chock full of talented 20-somethings than in 2019-20. While we can expect the usual names to make the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago (LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo), one of the more interesting subplots is the fresh faces representing their teams over the weekend.

Pascal Siakam

Like previous Most Improved Player winners, Toronto Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam did not earn an All-Star selection during the season he won the end-of-year award. It's important to note that All-Stars are often a combination of first-half performance and a continuation of past year's performance.

Siakam will be an All-Star in 2020, however. After winning MIP and, of course, a title with the Raptors in June, the 25-year-old Cameroon native has only picked up his performance in the wake of Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard's departure from “Jurassic Park.” Siakam is averaging 25.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game while shooting 45.7% from the field, 39.2% from 3-point range, and 81.3% from the free throw line as of Friday, December 20th.

The 6-foot-9 fluid forward is a beast on both ends of the court and successor to Leonard who will earn tons of votes from fans in Canada (along with the deserving nod that comes behind the rising stardom).

Luka Doncic

Another year-end award winner from the 2018-19 season, Dallas Mavericks wing Luka Doncic has exploded onto the season following a breakthrough rookie campaign to look like the real-deal, face-of-the-franchise in Texas. Doncic will be the star the Mavs build around for the next decade-plus, it looks like, and watching him play is nothing short of an experience.

The Slovenian export at 20 years young is averaging 29.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 8.9 assists per game while shooting 48.1% from the floor.

Doncic's play is inspiring for what looks like a new crop of athletic wings who can lead offenses instead of the traditional floor general role point guards possess. The former third overall pick from the 2018 NBA Draft has an incredible step-back jump shot along with a snaking ability to lure defenders and send precision passes to open teammates.

There's no way Doncic doesn't make the cut in his second season in the states, and it'll likely start a long streak of All-Star selections, too.

Trae Young

…And the flip side of the now-famous draft night trade is Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young, who is a revelation as well. Young and Doncic, of course, were traded for one another two summers ago, which saw Dallas give up a pick to move up and take Doncic while the Hawks were more than pleased to select the Oklahoma standout, Young, at No. 5.

While that trade will be dangled over the respective teams' paths for years to come, Young is no slouch and could be the next great perimeter shooter following Stephen Curry's rise out in the Bay.

Young, 21, averages 28.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 8.5 assists per game, shooting 44.3% from the field and 37.2% from deep. He's an excellent orchestrator of the Hawks' offense…which is noticeably devoid of high-end talent surrounding the second-year guard, but Young is blameless in that pursuit.