I was late to the party because I was doing a lot of work.
Anyway, the NBA Playoffs have been one-sided to the higher-seeded teams that sport a couple of stars around or below 25 years old.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 25 years old, and probably one of the "elder" statesmen at the Oklahoma City Thunder locker room. OKC just swept the New Orleans Pelicans to usher their first second-round playoff game since the days of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, and Steven Adams.
Anthony Edwards is just 22 years old. It's hard to get this factoid because he played like a tenured superstar in their series against Kevin Durant and the rest of the Minnesota Timberwolves. By leading the Wolves to a series win, they could replicate the feat made by their 2003-04 versions.
And I know Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are 29 and 27 years old, respectively. With that said, can we really say that they are established vets, especially compared to the playoff experience of LeBron James and Anthony Davis? The Denver Nuggets are gunning for their second consecutive title, and in nine playoff games, the Los Angeles Lakers were able to muster a mere solitary win.
This is to think that if the Dallas Mavericks won over the LA Clippers, the 25-year-old Luka Doncic could join the conversation.