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NB·X
RANKINGS
China's youth basketball talent. Ranked right.
U11 to U19. Boys and girls. Nationally. The first ranking system built to be read, challenged, and proven.
U11 至 U19 · 男子与女子 · 全国范围
What is NB·X
A ranking is only as good as the method behind it.
Anyone can post a list. NB·X is a system, a national scouting standard that evaluates the country's best young players the same way, by the same five measures, season after season.
No hype. No pay-to-play. No anonymous opinions. Just evidence, and the conviction to stand behind it.
The Standard
We rank with conviction. We revise without ego.
Every player is found through tournament play, regional scouts, coach nominations, and verified film, then scored independently before our committee ever meets. The NB·X Evaluation Committee, a panel of professional scouts, reconciles every score and calibrates across regions, so a ★★★★ in Shandong means exactly what a ★★★★ means in Guangdong.
Five stars. A 0–100 grade. A named decision behind every ranking.
How We Evaluate
Five dimensions. Every player. Every age.
Production
What they do in real games, against real competition, in their real role.
Tools
Size, length, frame, athleticism, and where the body is going, not just where it is.
Skill & IQ
The shooting, the handle, the footwork, the feel. The part you can't fake.
Competition
Who they did it against, and on what stage. Beating ranked peers moves you. Padding stats doesn't.
Projection
The honest read on the ceiling. This is the forecast, and we grade ourselves on it later.
Younger players are weighted toward tools and projection. Older players toward production and competition. Because a 12-year-old and an 18-year-old are not the same bet.
A Living System
The list breathes.
NB·X updates across the season, not once a year. Players rise. Players fall. Unknowns become elite on the strength of what they show on the floor. Every update tells you what changed and why, because the reasoning is the product.
Held Accountable
We publish our misses.
A ranking that never gets checked isn't a ranking, it's a guess. NB·X tracks every ranked player against what happens next: national teams, all-tournament honors, CUBAL, the pros, overseas and college pathways. When we're right, the record shows it. When we're wrong, we say so.
Most won't do that. We will.
Integrity
You cannot buy a spot.
Not with money. Not with followers. Not with a sponsor's name. Rankings are walled off from everything commercial. The only way onto the list is to be one of the best, and the only way up is to prove it.
Respect for the Players
These are kids. We never forget that.
NB·X is about development, potential, and what a young player can become. We protect their privacy, we build our communities against bullying, and we tell their stories with respect. Always.