The 2023-24 NBA season is down to four final teams. In the Eastern Conference, the No. 1 Boston Celtics will face the No. 6 Indiana Pacers, while in the West it will be a matchup between the No. 5 Dallas Mavericks and the No. 3 Minnesota Timberwolves.
The NBA’s traditional superstars are no longer in play for a championship, with LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler and others already eliminated.
Instead, the playoffs have been dominated by new blood, with young stars like Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards and Luka Doncic proving they are ready to take over the sport at the highest level.
Below are each team’s conference finals rosters, broken down by where they played before joining the NBA. The SEC has the most players still in the hunt for a championship with 12, including Edwards and a trio from the Kentucky Wildcats.
(Note: Conference affiliation is based on when the player was in college, not the program’s current conference)
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Arizona (3): Josh Green, Benn Mathurin, TJ McConnell
California: Jaylen Brown
Colorado: Derrick Blanco
Oregon: Payton Pritchard
Stanford: Dwight Powell
UCLA (2): Kyle Anderson, Jrue Vacation
Washington: Jaden McDaniels
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Duke (4): Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively, Wendell Moore Jr, Jayson Tatum
State of North Carolina: T.J. Warren
Syracuse: Oshae Brissett
Virginia: Sam Hauser
Virginia Tech: Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Stela Forest: James Johnson
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Baylor: Kendall Brown
Iowa State (2): Tyrese Haliburton, Mount Morris
Kansas (2): Markieff Morris and Svi Mykhailiuk
Texas: Myles Turner
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Creighton: David McDermott
Marquette: Olivier-Maxence Prosper
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A10: Obi Toppin (Dayton)
CAA (2): Josh Minott (Memphis), Jarace Walker (Houston)
MVC: Ben Sheppard (Belmont)
CMM (2): Derrick Jones Jr (UNLV), Neemias Queta (Utah State)
WAC: Pascal Siakam (New Mexico State)
CMI: Andres Nembhard (Gonzaga)
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