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The 2023-24 NBA season is down to four final teams. In the Eastern Conference the No. 1 seed Boston Celtics will take on the No. 6 seed Indiana Pacers, while in the west it’s a matchup of No. 5 Dallas Mavericks vs. No. 3 Minnesota Timberwolves.
The traditional NBA 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 is a look at the rosters for each team in the conference finals, broken up by where they played prior to joining the NBA. The SEC has the most players still in the hunt for a championship with 12, including Edwards and a trio of 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
Cal: Jaylen Brown
Colorado: Derrick White
Oregon: Payton Pritchard
Stanford: Dwight Powell
UCLA (2): Kyle Anderson, Jrue Holiday
Washington: Jaden McDaniels
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Duke (4): Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively, Wendell Moore Jr, Jayson Tatum
NC State: TJ Warren
Syracuse: Oshae Brissett
Virginia: Sam Hauser
Virginia Tech: Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Wake Forest: James Johnson
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Baylor: Kendall Brown
Iowa State (2): Tyrese Haliburton, Monte Morris
Kansas (2): Markieff Morris, Svi Mykhailiuk
Texas: Myles Turner
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Creighton: Doug McDermott
Marquette: Olivier-Maxence Prosper
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A10: Obi Toppin (Dayton)
AAC (2): Josh Minott (Memphis), Jarace Walker (Houston)
MVC: Ben Sheppard (Belmont)
MWC (2): Derrick Jones Jr (UNLV), Neemias Queta (Utah State)
WAC: Pascal Siakam (New Mexico State)
WCC: Andrew Nembhard (Gonzaga)
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