Of course not. Those kids would be national sports heroes, to say nothing of morphing into advertising icons overnight. But the point is moot because no teenage male has yet to be good enough to crack the ranks of the top tennis players. Until that happens, certain parties will believe it is a national crisis for anyone who could be stopped on the Garden State Parkway by New Jersey state troopers for no apparent reason to be making millions of dollars in professional sports. Talent, as we've seen time and time again, isn't enough to make a successful professional in any sport.
Talent opens the door, but without maturity and responsibility, that door slams shut in a big hurry.
Those qualities have nothing to do with age. They have nothing to do with gender. They have to do with individual character. And so will a good number of veterans. If the NBA is in decline because rookies don't know the fundamentals of the game, then teach them.