We review the stars aged 25 or younger who will fight to be in the irreplaceable places in the NBA.
We are just a few days away from the start of the playoffs, the best moment of the NBA season. And on that journey, several stars aged 25 or younger will fight for a place among the League’s irreplaceables.
Luka Doncic (left), of the Dallas Mavericks; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (center), of the Oklahoma City Thunder; and Anthony Edwards. of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Agencies
The Game of Thrones is underway in the best league in the world.
Its time to play.
LUKA DONCIC (DALLAS MAVERICKS)
A serious candidate for MVP, Luka will pursue an impossible goal starting in April: take the Mavericks to a privileged position in the postseason, being one of the teams that undoubtedly fly under the radar for most analysts. Doncic is the beauty of the game, the art of countercyclical basketball on the perimeter: he plays and makes people play. A sporty aleph born in Slovenia. Now, he has a serious partner: Kyrie Irving. Dallas is not the best team today, we all know that. But they are playing better in recent weeks. Better. Here is the magic of this beautiful story: Can Doncic break all the odds and make the wonderful happen?
SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER (OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER)
What a great player the Canadian point guard is. Mainly responsible for OKC being a candidate to fight everything. Shai is versatility, explosion and dynamism. He is serious, has points in his hands and also always provokes growth in his immediate environment. The improved and professional version of I Morant, the leader of the young army that wants to make a splash at the traditional basketball table. Peter Pan with a happy memory to be able to fly. The dream of Sam Presti, obtuse collector of draft picks, may find his early prize this season. He has a team, he has talent and he has a star. We will follow it very closely.
ANTHONY EDWARDS (MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES)
Isn’t Karl Anthony-Towns here? No problem. Anthony Edwards He is the sporting reincarnation of Michael Jordan. Exaggerated? Surely, but that does not mean that he is the owner of the most spectacular plays in the entire NBA. The Timberwolves have had an amazing regular season and he is largely responsible for this happening. Winning character, excellent talent, definitive determination. Edwards is the great appearance of the League in recent times. And what we have seen so far is far from the ceiling. Better said, it is just the prologue to a book that promises to be amazing.
PAOLO BANCHERO (ORLANDO MAGIC)
The number 1 draft pick of 2022 is the main face of a team that stopped being the laughing stock of the East to put itself in serious positions to compete in the postseason. The Magic belongs to the army of young, explosive, revulsive and also, of course, fun teams. In this list of U25 stars we could have also put the German Franz Wagner, but we finally opted for the American (Italian?) power forward for his consistency, determination and primary role in the paint-perimeter game combo. Can Orlando deliver a knockout blow this postseason? Can Banchero stop being an expectation and become a serious reality? The fruit still appears to be green, but the playoffs are the perfect place to test it. Sometimes the hypothesis and the conclusion fail to shake hands. This, of course, is a witness case that confirms that premise.
TYRESE MAXEY (PHILADELPHIA 76ERS)
The favor he did for this team James Harden It is difficult to calculate. La Barba went to the LA Clippers and opened space for Tyrese Maxey become an NBA star. The Clippers point guard took charge of the team in the absence of Joel Embiid and boy did he do it well. The most interesting thing about his game is his speed and resistance as the minutes pass. Maxey is spicy, dangerous and can’t get enough. He has a winning character and could be the pinch of salt that was missing from the ‘other’ Los Angeles team’s recipe to complete a perfect basketball banquet. It will be the first time that Tyrese faces a postseason as a protagonist. The only way to see if he can swim in these deep waters is to dive into the water and follow his progress. He has all the conditions to achieve it.
TYRESE HALIBURTON (INDIANA PACERS)
Haliburton’s season started as MVP, but he enters the postseason on the downside. His level dropped a lot after the All-Star. In any case, he is still a danger and one of the big reasons why the Pacers are in a direct playoff position today. Haliburton has horrible shooting mechanics, but on an inspired night he can cause disaster for any defense. Beyond this, he has pace, he doesn’t lose balls and he is one of the best assists in the NBA. In short, and on balance, he went from more to less, but in the postseason he can be reborn again. If he does a fair-to-excellent job, no one will remember the end of the regular season. It is his chance to make a definitive leap in his career.
ZION WILLIAMSON (NEW ORLEANS PELICANS)
What we have been waiting for for years has happened: A healthy season of Zion Williamson! This powerhouse of nature, this power forward who oscillates between overweight and insane athleticism, will have his chance to become an NBA superstar in these playoffs. The Pelicans spent the entire regular series out of the big lights, and still did not say goodbye to the chance of a direct postseason berth. A timely stumble by the Suns and a joy from New Orleans, and they will be classified there. Williamson deserves a definitive takeoff of his career, because he has everything to be dominant. Along with CJ McCollum and Brandon Ingram They make up the Big Three of this franchise, but we have to be honest: the different one is, without a doubt, Zion. I am convinced that we have not yet seen the best of this player in the NBA. This edition of the playoffs will serve to demonstrate it.
2024-04-08 21:03:20
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