In my early predictions article, the majority of commenter's felt I overstated my expectations for this year’s upcoming Boston Celtics team.
Age and its associated drop-off were the mains reason people thought the C’s would not reach the NBA finals again (Miami’s talent being the other main reason).
On paper it may appear to be a valid concern, but as history will show us below, the 2011 Celtics, while above the median age, are not a bunch of dinosaurs roaming the NBA in search of another championship.
They are still the ‘Big 3’ and not the ‘Big Triassic’.
Below are the championship winning teams from the past 20 years, ordered from oldest average age to youngest:
YEAR TEAM PLYRS AGE
AVG AGE
1996 CHI 15 446
29.73333
1999 LAL 14 415
29.64286
2003 DET 15 443
29.53333
1998 CHI 17 501
29.47059
2007 SAS 16 471
29.43750
2011 BOS 15 428
28.53333
2008 BOS 15 427
28.46667
2005
SAS 17 483
28.41176
2004 SAS 17 481
28.29412
ALL ALL 310 8752
28.23226
1997 CHI 16 451
28.18750
1992 CHI 16 451 ...
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Article written by Andrew Bock
Are the Boston Celtics Too Old To Win Another Championship?
September 28th, 2010 by Andrew Bock Leave a reply »
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