January 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors
People often talk about who the oldest and youngest teams in the NBA are by calculating the average age of the players. But very few people actually talk about the more accurate statistic which is the average age of the players when accounting for minutes played. In other words, which team has the oldest players that play the bulk of the minutes in a game. Or conversely the youngest, playing the bulk of the minutes. Check out this amazing graphic that adjusts for minutes played to give you a more accurate idea of how old or young the teams on the floor really are…
[Graphic via Hoopism.com]
