SAN FRANCISCO — These NBA playoffs have been about the next generation.
LeBron James, 37, is at home, tweeting through his boredom. Kevin Durant, 33, was swept in the first round. (He always finds time for social media.) James Harden’s hard living on and off the court has zapped him of his superpowers at 32 and played a huge role in the Sixers’ second-round playoff exit.
This has become the spring of the young guns: 23-year-old Luka Doncic, 24-year-old Jason Tatum, 25-year-old Devin Booker and the well-established Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is just 27.
