Yep. Peak performance is typically between ages 25 - 28. It looks like Dame may have peaked at 29 - Here's a look at Simons' PER chart so far - At age 22, Simons had a PER of 15.2. Dame at that age had a PER of 16.4. Comparing anyone to Dame is a tough comp. Dame is in a league of his own in my opinion. Watching the highlights of Sharpe so far, I'm excited, but he hasn't even played a regular season game. Before I anoint anyone the next leader of this team, I'd like to see at least a solid season or 2 out of them on a team that's not tanking.
the graph for Dame seems deceptive. For one thing, the dive at 31 is almost certainly because of an injury, not because of his age. It's an outlier that because of placement is really deceptive Dame was better at 30 than he was at 28 or 27. And he had a much bigger drop from 27 to 28 than he did from 29 to 30. For all we know, if he would have been healthy last season we might have seen the same upward variance from 30 to 31 we saw from 28 to 29. obviously, Dame is aging, but I think that graph may very well be misrepresenting the situation by showing a huge decline that wasn't due to aging. That's not to say there isn't decline as players age...that's obviously true. By the way, you might want to plot Steve Nash's PER; he may be an outlier though. Chauncey had his best PER at 31; and his PER at 33 was better than 7 of his first 8 seasons. Bird's best PER was when he was 31, and that's when his back was bothering him as far as Dame at 22 vs Simons at 22, keep in mind that was Dame's 1st season while it was Ant's 4th season. Obviously there was a big difference in roles, but Simons had played 2600 NBA minutes before he was 22; Dame had played none
personally, I doubt his best years are ahead of him, although he may be super-Dame this season. However, I'm thinking his decline will likely be fairly gradual over the next 3 years or so. Portland need to ramp down his minutes to the 32-33 range, at most
With "decline" comes wisdom. And that is why I believe Dame could win a title for us at the end of this contract.
After his first game you give him more touches, more playing time and tell him to be more aggressive/active on both ends of the court. This dude is going to be a superstar!!!
Listening to @BonesJones talk about him during the BlazersUprise postgame show, I misheard "Shaedon Shark", and I think a shark-related nickname might be appropriate. He's a killer.
He needs AT LEAST 15 minutes a game, and I hope we find way to keep his minutes up once GPII comes back.
There’s exceptions to every rule. but I think Lillard’s played much more minutes and had to carry his team on his back over the years. Whereas, Curry has had All Stars and Hall of Famers next to him.
My question now is when is this Sharpe and Simon’s team and we can let Lillard stay back and play the less minutes/mentor role. I’m not talking significantly less minutes. Just not 40+ a night
A little thing came up on the telecast last night saying Sharpe’s birthdate. 2003! I have underwear still in my rotation that I bought around 2003
It's a decent point. At this point though Lillard has had almost a year off. Trying to reduce his effectiveness because of use he had 3-4 years ago probably isn't an issue. I have never bought into that mindset? Sure i had injuries throughout my years playing sports but those years staying healthy and in shape helped me way more than the bumps and bruises hurt me now.
