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Originally Posted by Stranger
I think you are seriously over-rating the age at which basketball players can be truly at the top of the game. Can you name the last player besides MJ to lead a team to a championship past age 32? Magic won his last Championship at 29. Bird won his at 30. Hakeem won one at 32. Kareem won several late, but he had Magic. Shaq was 30 when he won his last Finals MVP.
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Magic last won at 29 because his team got worse. He balled until he retired (early at that) and carried LA to the Finals at 31. Stockton & Malone were 34 and 33 when they got to their first Finals (losing to MJ). They barely beat my Rockets in 6 on a buzzer beater, and our big 3 at the time were 34, 34 and 33. Hakeem and Drexler were both 32 when they won it together. Older stars can get it done if they are in good health, and KG and Pierce really haven't had many injury issues.
[/quote]And don't forget how thin that Celtics team is going to be. With max salaries for Allen, KG, and Pierce they are only going to be carrying minimum-type guys on the bench. That means a lot of minutes throughout the season for aging guys.[/QUOTE]
Yeah they will be super thin, but how deep do you really have to be in the East? They have 3 stars and just need role players to hit open shots and play defense. Were the Cavs really a deep team?