Young Players in the NBA Playoffs
Upside and Motor —
Henry Abbott over at TrueHoop had a particularly interesting post regarding young players in the NBA playoffs. In this year's playoffs so far, players 23 or younger are playing 21% of the minutes. Now, you might say that number will come down as the younger teams get kicked out of the playoffs. And that could happen. But even last year -- a playoffs won by the aging San Antonio Spurs -- the number was 18%, the highest it had been since 1980...If this year's 21% number holds up, it will be the third-highest in the history of the league. Even ...
Notes From Courtside: Young Teams Are Making Their Mark
FanHouse —
... in the West, and you've seen it by the Hawks and Sixers giving the Celtics and Pistons fits in the East. It's not just an anomaly, either; Henry Abbott of TrueHoop checked the numbers and discovered that players 23 years old and younger have accounted for 21% of the minutes played so far, by far the league's highest tally since the late 1970's. ...
