With all the talk about the resurgence of a dominating Shaq, I thought it was time to put together an all 35 and over team. I was a little surprised when I started researching to find only 17 active players over 35, and that's including Marcus Camby who is a week away from his 35th birthday. Six of the players who are actually active come from the Spurs and Suns, and they're all good players. Ok, so onto the team:
C- Shaq, age 37 Suns
PF- Marcus Camby, age 35 on March 22 Clips
SF- Grant Hill, age 36 Suns
SG- Jason Kidd, age 35 Mavs
PG- Steve Nash, age 35 Suns
Sixth man- Michael Finley, age 36 Spurs
Bench- Kurt Thomas, age 36 Spurs
Bench- Bruce Bowen, age 37 Spurs
Bench- Brent Barry, age 37 Rockets
Bench- Dikembe Mutombo, age 42 Rockets
I struggled some putting Kidd and Nash in the starting lineup together, but I couldn't start Finley over Kidd and I was putting Nash over Kidd. I also moved Camby to PF because I couldn't start Kurt Thomas. He's playing well this year, but just doesn't seem like a solid starter. So this is over half of the players in the NBA that are over 35. Most of the others are players that had decent careers, but that aren't contributing anymore, like Juwan Howard, Eric Snow, Bobby Jackson and Kevin Ollie. There will be some good, active additions to this team next fall, like Rasheed Wallace. But this is it for now, not too bad a team, but one that would probably fight injuries and fatigue quite often.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Its amazing the quality of players that have hit a ripe ol age of 35. i still remember when Marcus Camby was playing for a NCAA Championship with UMASS. That seems like an eternity from now. But unfortunately for the old men in the group. I think that LEBRON! Could take all of them at the same time. Im not even a cavs fan and I think he is the best there is, but thats for another debate. RIGHT!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny you should mention that, I debate the MVP candidates today
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