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Wow! Its a good thing I opened this thread, because I never wouldve known this stuff otherwise even though we've all been seeing it every day for the past 3 months.
Parker is the lone bright spot in terms of age, but after that its deep and dark in that old black hole. They have to be the oldest starting lineup in the league. Basketball is a young mans game!
Age:
Tony Parker- 24
Manu Ginobili-29, turns it on july 28
Bruce Bowen-35
Robert Horry-36, turns it on august 25
Tim Duncan-30
Average age of starting lineup-30.8 yrs old
Bench is a little better.
PG: Beno Udrih-24
SG: Michael Finley-33, Brent Barry-34
SF: Erik Williams-34 turns it on july 24
PF: Fabricio Oberto-31, Matt Bonner-26, Robertas Javtokas-26
C: Sean Marks-31
Avg Bench Age-29.875 yrs old
Usually your bench is made up of one or two vets and a bunch of young players with upside, as you can see here the spurs are slightly above average in terms of bench age.
The bottom line is that this club as currently constructed is going to realize that the window for another championship is closing rapidly. The spurs need to add some dynamic young talent to this aging roster. Another point, if Tim Duncan where to be injured at this point without Nazr or Rasho the spurs will play so small its scary!
RC and Pop must know alot more than the rest of us! Hoping and praying the spurs aren't slowly shutting down their run at competiveness. I shutter to think were this team is after the 2008 season! Yikes! Enjoy it while you can.
Last edited by wolf754life; 07-11-2006 at 01:05 PM.
Wow! Its a good thing I opened this thread, because I never wouldve known this stuff otherwise even though we've all been seeing it every day for the past 3 months.
Where's Finely? That should push the bench age average over 30.
sean marks might not be back
My bad on Finley, it does increase the age to 29.875, the point is the spurs are old and rich in experience, but young on energy. Don't get me wrong they will still win 55 + games the next two years, but its after that.
Ian Mahimmi (wrong spelling i'm sure) will help, but after that there really is no help. Are they going to build around tony and ian for the next decade? And if the spurs are struggling in 2010, will parker want to stick around, after tim retires?
Scary questions, I try not to think about it, but it eventually happens to all teams.
No way Horry is starting
Thank You, Captain Obvious
That is certainly one of the issues that has worried me for the past couple of years. For those that remember, the Spurs had the oldest roster in the league last year, whereas they had no less than 5 guys (Barry, Finley, VanExel, Horry and Bowen) who were 33 years of age or older.
A continuing process of adding the latest, over-the-hill, "veteran-of-the-year"-types is not a viable philosophy for staying compe ive for the long-term.
Of course NVE has retired (Thank God!), but the point being is the Spurs need to balance out this roster with more younger, athletic, cheaper players that can develop as nucleus for the future. All the top teams in the West (DAL, PHX, LAC, SAC) have a good mix of younger, developing talent to go along with their superstars and veteran talent.
Having players stashed in Europe and other international areas is fine, but there is nothing like having a small core of at least one or two young players that are getting precious experience at the NBA level.
I echo the sentiment. The Spurs need young dynamic talent now, not tomorrow. This team as currently cons uted will barely get by, and the added wear and tear on some of these old tires will surely come to an ugly end.
The first sign will be if Manu can keep his frail self healthy, and TD has overcome his foot problems. If neither is accomplished, all U can do is keep hope alive.
There may be an extraordinarily high number of "Believe" threads next season. Stay tuned.
If you watched even one game of the Semifinals, you shouldn't be worried about Tim's "foot problems".
Wow, I didn't know Bowen was that old. He certainly doesn't play like it.
I know. I thought he was like only 30 or 31 but 35?! No kidding that this team needs to get some young and fresh legs out on the court.
spurs did not lose because of their age
No draft picks and No free agent signings thus far will certainly help you guys out
Wade - 24
Shaq - 34
J Wil - 31
Haslem - 26
Walker - 30
Ave age - 29
Bench
Posey - 29
Payton - 38
Anderson - 33
Zo - 36
D Anderson - 34
Kapono - 25
Doleac - 29
Ave age - 32
Age matters... why?
I thought that we talking about the Spurs not the Heat.
With Tim's age and recent history of increasing injuries, you should be very worried about him getting injured, especially foot problems.
Let's wait and see what the rest of the offseason moves bring. Horry won't start, Marks is almost certainly gone, any combination of Barry, Williams, and Oberto could be traded, and we might sign a summer league kid or two.
damn... jason williams is already 31 ... i remember when he was young and getting comparison to pistol pete.
Take Horry out of that starting lineup! Right now there's really a ZERO there, so that lowers the average age of the starters to 23.6
They are the youngest I believeTake Horry out of that starting lineup! Right now there's really a ZERO there, so that lowers the average age of the starters to 23.6
hmmmm.. so if we just played 5-4 we'd have one of the youngest teams in the league... interesting.
They would be running fastbreaks both sides
agreed. I would think he was 32/33.
Hopefully he;s stil lgot some good years in him.
I would think that his body would be able to take at least a couple of more seasons of near dpoy performances. His game doesn't rely on explosiveness... so that's not the problem... even when he degrades from dpoy level to just a good defender, he still might have his uses.
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