re: Team age/Roster construction

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They are all 25 and 26. That's young, if you think that that's old why don't you take a look at the Spurs core players.

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It is a weak comeback to throw HOF players our to dispute a point. You might as well throw in Jordan, Kobe and L. James too. Those kind of guys aren't the norm. Comparing Duncan to R. Anderson and expecting comparable results just doesn't make sense. But if we did, you'd see that Duncan peaked around 24, his 2-3rd seasons in the league. Every year since then has been a little less. He's 7ft and skilled, so he can play forever probably. But that doesn't change than he has been in decline for over a decade.

Now, let's take a Pelicans player you call young, E. Gordon. He is only 26 years old. Which in your mind is still pretty young. Except the average age of an NBA player is 26. Also, he is in his 8th season. He has had an untold number of injuries and is a shell of the athlete he used to be. Also, his stats have declined for 5 straight seasons, from his personal bests in his 3rd season (see a trend there?). To expect him to become better now or expect improvement is just silly. He will decline from here on out and probably be out of the league before he is 30. How is that young?