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What the NBA's biggest stars looked like when their careers started

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  • Many of the NBA's biggest stars have grown up right before our eyes.
  • It is easy to forget just how young they were and looked when they entered the NBA.
  • We gathered some then-and-now photos for many of the NBA's biggest stars.

It's easy to forget how far some of the league's biggest stars have come.

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LeBron James has dominated the NBA for 16 years now and is on his 16th team. Stephen Curry, once an undersized, baby-faced guard, is now 30, a seasoned veteran for the Warriors. James Harden once wasn't so...beard-y.

Take a look at photos of the NBA's biggest stars when their careers began and today.

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