The Kids Who Crashed the NBA's Party

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    I wonder what NOHs effective age was last year.
     
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    I'll try to find this info, but according to this article their effective age was higher than 26.4 since they won 56 games.
     
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    The Wall Street Journal, eh? Very nice.
     
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    "The youngest since 1980 to win at least 50 games."

    That is the amazing stat of the day.
     
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    I'm curious about the "since 1980" qualifier. Does that mean there were younger teams to win 50 games before 1980, or is that just as far back as they went?

    I tend to think it's the latter. Back in the "old days" players generally played at least 3 and usually 4 years of college ball prior to entering the NBA draft. That alone raises the average age of NBA players.

    I'm not sure when the "hardship" exception went into effect, but prior to that, Players were not allowed to enter the NBA draft until their class had graduated from college (which is why Wilt played for the Globetrotters for a season before starting his NBA career. I know when Julius Erving declared for the draft in 1971 he had to get the hardship exception to be eligible for the NBA draft.

    Just as a general data point, prior to 1980, it was rare for the NBA rookie of the year to be younger than 22 (it was more common in the ABA as they didn't have the same rules about drafting college kids before their class graduated). If you look at recent ROY winners, Brandon Roy was considered an "old" rookie when he won the award at 22. The last ROY winner older than 22 was Derick Coleman in 1991. Prior to that year, there had only been a single ROY winner under the age of 21 (20-year old Adrian Dantley in 1977). Since 1991, there have been a total of 8 ROY winners that were 19 or 20.

    So, the NBA, in general, has gotten younger since 1980. I'd be curious to know if the Blazers are THE youngest team EVER to win 50 games.

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    What was the age of the Blazers team that won the championship? I know that team was pretty young too.
     
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    That's why I love Google News. ;)
     
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    Who was a more hyped youth movement in its time?

    The 2009 Portland Trail Blazers (54-28)
    Batum (20), Bayless (20), Oden (21), Rodriguez (22), Webster (22), Aldridge (23), Fernandez (23), Roy (24), Outlaw (24), Frye (25), Blake (28), Przybilla (29)

    or...

    The 2005 Chicago Bulls (47-35)
    Deng (19), Gordon (21), Curry (22), Chandler (22), Duhon (22), Hinrich (24), Nocioni (25), Pargo (25), Griffin (30), Harrington (31), Piatkowski (34), Davis (36)?
     
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    Found this:

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    Pretty mamazing to see such a young team in 53-54. Althought their record was pretty bad.
     
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