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re: Team age/Roster construction
Posted on 11/7/15 at 4:12 pm to Jon1798
Posted on 11/7/15 at 4:12 pm to Jon1798
Yep perk is close to a decade older than withey
End of bench guys that never( barring a situation like this)play like perk/douglas/gee who are 29/31 respectively greatly skew the numbers. If you replaced the last 2 with guys like BDJ and another developmental guy in the 22-24 age range that number is around 25.5.
Also guys like Gordon/Anderson could be moved for picks/younger guys.
End of bench guys that never( barring a situation like this)play like perk/douglas/gee who are 29/31 respectively greatly skew the numbers. If you replaced the last 2 with guys like BDJ and another developmental guy in the 22-24 age range that number is around 25.5.
Also guys like Gordon/Anderson could be moved for picks/younger guys.
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Posted on 11/7/15 at 5:40 pm to LosLobos111
The average age thing has always been a bit of a lark to me. The core guys, excepting Davis, are in year 7 or 8 now. Even 2 years ago at 24, they were veterans entering relative stasis rather than young guys with potential for accelerated growth. That doesn't make the idea of young vets a "bad" idea. That was the very point of the move- young guys ready to play higher level ball now and can develop continuity over time.
The flaw in the plan- and every plan has pitfalls- is trading young, cheap depth (draft picks/Rolo/Vasquez) for NBA ready players. The team has been thin and the unfortunate amount of injuries (especially to Holiday) has badly exposed this flaw. Like ATL says, they're relying on reclamation projects rather than a younger guy they developed maybe ready to take on a bigger role. Again, it doesn't mean the plan is "bad" or that they should have done something different. Just that luck (and perhaps poor injury prevention/management) has not been with the team the past few years.
EDIT: Arguably, the plan has worked. The Pels are fairly on schedule. Biblical injuries have derailed that path to start this season though.
The flaw in the plan- and every plan has pitfalls- is trading young, cheap depth (draft picks/Rolo/Vasquez) for NBA ready players. The team has been thin and the unfortunate amount of injuries (especially to Holiday) has badly exposed this flaw. Like ATL says, they're relying on reclamation projects rather than a younger guy they developed maybe ready to take on a bigger role. Again, it doesn't mean the plan is "bad" or that they should have done something different. Just that luck (and perhaps poor injury prevention/management) has not been with the team the past few years.
EDIT: Arguably, the plan has worked. The Pels are fairly on schedule. Biblical injuries have derailed that path to start this season though.
This post was edited on 11/7/15 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 11/7/15 at 5:46 pm to LosLobos111
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Yep perk is close to a decade older than withey
No.. he's not. He's currently 5 years older, but going to be 6 in a couple of days. So, no where near a decade.
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End of bench guys that never( barring a situation like this)play like perk/douglas/gee who are 29/31 respectively greatly skew the numbers. If you replaced the last 2 with guys like BDJ and another developmental guy in the 22-24 age range that number is around 25.5
No, math just doesn't work that way. Plus this doesn't address a huge issue. The fact that the team hasn't scouted, drafted, signed or developed a player since Davis. That's 4 years ago, 3 straight summers. No franchise can sustain that. No team operates that way. Youth is needed. It's cheap and it motivates everybody. There is no teaching happening in practice now. Where is the growth going to come from?
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Also guys like Gordon/Anderson could be moved for picks/younger guys.
Bull shite. None of those guys have been involved in a serious trade rumor in 4 years. Every team in the league will have monster cap space this summer. Who is trying to gain space? 1st rounders have huge value now. I just don't see that happening at all.
Posted on 11/7/15 at 9:57 pm to LosLobos111
Not adding any rookies in 3 years doesn't help with the age average either.
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