Andre Miller is older than Raef (by 2 months). All of our young guys will be a year older. We also got rid of 32-year old Michael Ruffin and 25-year old Shavlik Randolph, likely replacing them with 22-year old Jeff Pendergraph and 22-year Dante Cunningham. Gone also are 26-year old Channing Frye and 23-year old Sergio Rodriguez. We still have a few roster spots open, but as of today, here's who we have and their current ages: Andre Miller - 33 Joel Przybilla - 29* Steve Blake - 29 Brandon Roy - 25 Travis Outlaw - 24* Rudy Fernandez - 24 LaMarcus Aldridge - 24 Martell Webster - 22 Dante Cunningham - 22 Jeff Pendergraph - 22 Greg Oden - 21 Jerryd Bayless - 20* Nicolas Batum - 20 Average ~24.2 Pryzbilla, Outlaw and Bayless all have birthdays between now and the start of the season. Webster and Batum have December birthdays, and Oden has a January birthday. So, by mid-season, the players currently (and expected to be) on our roster will be: Andre Miller - 33 Joel Przybilla - 30 Steve Blake - 29 Brandon Roy - 25 Travis Outlaw - 25 Rudy Fernandez - 24 LaMarcus Aldridge - 24 Martell Webster - 23 Dante Cunningham - 22 Jeff Pendergraph - 22 Greg Oden - 22 Jerryd Bayless - 21 Nicolas Batum - 21 Average ~24.7 BNM
I think we will still come in as second youngest. If not, then definately in the top 5....or bottom 5 if you will.
I think age is less important/accurate, compared to experience. How do we sit in terms of individuals' games played?
You've got me curious, so I'm working on it. At present, the 11 non-rookies on our roster have played in a combined 3,006 regular season games. Interestingly, that's also the cumulative sum for Boston's 3 oldest players (Allen, Garnett, and Wallace). Also, not surprisingly, Memphis' roster has played about 1/2 as many games as ours.
So as it turns out, the teams with the lowest salaries are also those with the least game experience. MEM: 1,585 games, 8 players, avg 198 games each OKC: 2,481 games, 11 players, avg 226 SAC: 2,510 games, 10 players, avg 251 POR: 3,006 games, 11 players, avg 273 On the flip side, there are 6 teams with over 5,000 games combined experience: PHX: 5,126 games, 13 players NOH: 5,364 games, 12 players LAL: 5,486 games, 13 players BOS: 5,750 games, 11 players SAS: 5,976 games, 13 players DAL: 7,915 games, 15 players Also, NY is the only team in the top 10 in average experience which didn't make the playoffs last year. Portland and Miami are the only teams in the bottom 10 which did.
