An NBA season is a marathon. Plus the two-month playoff, it will be a super marathon.
For older teams, they face greater challenges than younger teams. Under the test of high-intensity games (especially the playoffs), they may fall halfway and withdraw from the Championship competition.
Of course, experience is also a necessary condition for winning the championship. In the process of team building, the general managers must find a good balance between experience and age in order to let the team enter and keep in the championship stage.
In the current league, some teams have broken this balance and their window of competition is closing.
1. Lakers
The Lakers signed several players during the off-season this year, observing the motivation behind them, at least partly to make the team younger.
Lonnie Walker, Troy Brown and Thomas cloth lions are no more than 25 years old.
This is completely different from their strategy last year. Last season, the players chosen by the team were Anthony, Ariza, bezmore, Ellington, Howard, Jordan and Rondo.
The best and most important player in the Lakers is James. He will be 38 years old in December this year, and he has played an average of 55.8 games per season since he joined the team in 18 years.
Since 18 years ago, when James was on the court, the Lakers had a net victory of 4.4 points per 100 rounds, and when he was not on the court, the team had a net negative opponent of 3.2 points per 100 rounds. If LBJ’s health does not improve compared with last season, the Lakers may miss the playoffs again.
Apart from James, the 29-year-old heavy eyebrows are theoretically at the peak, but he is easily injured (the Lakers have played 46 games per season on average so far). When he was close to 30 years old, it was a bit wishful thinking to expect him to tear off the label of glass man completely.
Wei Shao will be 34 years old in November this year, and he will still be a member of the Lakers in the new season Yogueta. Then the Lakers have another player who used to rely heavily on sports ability and now has some difficulties.
2. Clippers
If the Clippers can keep healthy, they will be one of the strong competitors of the Championship.
But NBA consumes more body than most jobs in the world, and the two best Clippers, Leonard and George, have a history of serious injuries. When you are over 30 years old, the word durable will be farther and farther away from you.
Mini truck, 31 years old, he missed all the matches in the 21-22 season because of the tear of the anterior cross ligament. George is 32 years old. He only played 31 games last season.
Other players in the inventory team are not a group of young people fighting side by side with Kacho.
Morris, Batum, Reggie Jackson, John Wall and cowington are all important members of the Clippers rotation team, all of whom are over 30 years old.
3. Basketable nets
After Durant withdrew the transaction application, the crisis was lifted basketable nets, but their future was not bright from now on. Durant, the two leaders of the team, will be 34 years old by the end of this month and Owen will be 30 years old.
For Durant, the Achilles tendon injury was already three years ago, but after his return, his attendance rate was not particularly ideal under the troubles of some injuries. He played 35 games in the 20-21 season, he played 55 games last season. We can’t say with confidence that his attendance rate will be guaranteed in the future.
As for Owen, his attendance rate was a problem before the storm last season. From the 17-18 season to the 20-21 season, he played an average of 50.3 games per season. From his entry into the league to the 20-21 season, he played less than 60 games per season on average. And now, as he moves past the age of 30, time will begin to leave traces of aging on him.
Of course, basketball is not a two-person sport, but in addition to duo, there are still some players in the basketable Nets squad who have passed the peak period.
Mills, big Morris, little curry and Joe Harris are all over 30 years old. Royce-O’Neal and TJ-Warren are both 29 years old.
4. Heat
Butler is not only a 33-year-old player, he is a 33-year-old player who has played under sibodu for 5 years. Since joining the Heat in 19 years, he has played an average of 55.7 games per season.
Butler didn’t show any signs of decline when he could play. But old time will eventually catch up with him at a certain point in time, probably in the 22-23 season.
In addition, Butler is not the only player in the heat array who has a history of more than 30 years and twists and turns.
Lowry, 36, played 63 games last season, and the field goal percentage in the game was 29.1%. One of his potential backcourt partners, Oladipo, is 30 years old and has played 24 games per season on average in the last four seasons.
Of course, there are many young talents who can support the above three people in the heat array. Adebayor is already an all-star. He was elected as the 6th person of the year last season Croal, but they have not yet reached the best in Butler, Lowry, two of the Audi three people or all went downhill to shoulder the team.
5. Sun
The sun probably shouldn’t be here, because this article takes stock of teams that are closing during the championship window, not players. But Paul is old, and he is so important to the sun, so we also include the Sun.
Paul played 2139 minutes last season, which was his report card when he was 36. In the league, the average playing time of 36-year-old players in the season is 1132.8 minutes.
Paul may still be able to maintain a high standard in the new season, but he may no longer be the St Paul. His age and injury history (an average of 63.7 games per season in the past six seasons) show that he may decline.
Although the sun has more than Mingzheng players in the peak period or close to the peak period, such as Booker, Ayton, Mical bridges and Cameron Johnson, Paul is the brain of the team, he is the one who upgraded the sun to the championship team.
Since joining the Sun, when Paul is present, the net efficiency of the sun will increase by 3.7 points. If Paul runs out of oil in the tank, the sun may withdraw from the Championship.
By Andy Bailey
Translator: Tielin
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