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Team age/Roster construction
Posted on 11/7/15 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 11/7/15 at 12:00 pm
I found this page that supposedly captures all the teams' ages for this season 15-16 (LINK ). A couple of interesting/disturbing things I saw..
- Average NO team age is 27.4. That would put us as the 12th oldest team in the league (GS is younger at 27.3).
- Only one player on the roster that was drafted (I know about Poindexter, but he doesn't count). Only team in the league. Every other team in the league has at least 3 (other than Dallas that only has 2).
Not on the page, but something I just saw. NO is the only team in the league to only have one player under the age of 25 (LINK ). If you go up to 26, all you can add is Holiday. So that is 2 players under the age of 26. Which, once again, only team in the league. For some perspective, we just played the Hawks. They had 5 players under the age of 25 (S. Mack is 25, if you go up to 26).
It's just a really strange rebuild, when you end up really kind of old and have no young prospects to speak of..
- Average NO team age is 27.4. That would put us as the 12th oldest team in the league (GS is younger at 27.3).
- Only one player on the roster that was drafted (I know about Poindexter, but he doesn't count). Only team in the league. Every other team in the league has at least 3 (other than Dallas that only has 2).
Not on the page, but something I just saw. NO is the only team in the league to only have one player under the age of 25 (LINK ). If you go up to 26, all you can add is Holiday. So that is 2 players under the age of 26. Which, once again, only team in the league. For some perspective, we just played the Hawks. They had 5 players under the age of 25 (S. Mack is 25, if you go up to 26).
It's just a really strange rebuild, when you end up really kind of old and have no young prospects to speak of..
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Posted on 11/7/15 at 12:20 pm to brmark70816
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It's just a really strange rebuild, when you end up really kind of old and have no young prospects to speak of..
Dell Demps is a fricking genius.
Posted on 11/7/15 at 12:47 pm to brmark70816
Weren't we one of the youngest like a year or two ago?
To me, 12th oldest means this team is full of players in their prime. When dell signed them they were just getting in their prime. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter if a player is in his prime if he's always hurt
To me, 12th oldest means this team is full of players in their prime. When dell signed them they were just getting in their prime. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter if a player is in his prime if he's always hurt
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 11/7/15 at 1:06 pm to brmark70816
I liked Dell's idea for the rebuild around AD.
But I'm getting close to the point where I say it just didn't work out.
But I'm getting close to the point where I say it just didn't work out.
Posted on 11/7/15 at 1:16 pm to brmark70816
I think Demps has done a good job of replacing the cheap depth you get out of the young draft picks with reclamation projects like Roberts/Babbitt/Cunningham/Ajinca. The problem with that strategy is there is no future in it. You don't have the long term contractual control so if they get good you can't keep them cheaply enough or trade them (see Brian Roberts). I'm not sure if we're done trading picks, we still need another starter, so I could see trading the pick for a 2 way starting SF, but short of that I think we're finally at the point where who we can draft may be more valuable than who we can trade the pick for.
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