Live stream: The 20 best male ballers at Basketball Australia U18 & Kevin Coombs Nationals Championships

There is the son of an NBL legend, the brother of an NBA breakout star and a giant 217cm monster who towers over his rivals. These are the 20 future stars of Australian basketball.

The best young male ballers in the nation are ready to go head-to-head on the courts of Brisbane to declare who is the best state in the country.

The Basketball Australia Under-18 National Championships have arrived.

Victoria Metro will be out to defend its Under-18s crown, while Queensland South will feel like it has unfinished business after last year’s favourite finished without a medal.

But it is the individuals as much as the teams that make this year’s tournament enticing, with the son of an NBL legend, the brother of a break-out NBA star and a 217cm monster all champing at the bit to explode in the tournament.

News Corp Australia basketball writer Michael Randall has pored over the data and the footage, and found the top 20 boys you need to watch at the nationals.