The Bucks have the NBA’s oldest opening night roster this season, per a 2022/23 roster survey published by the league on Tuesday.
According to the NBA’s data, the average age of a Milwaukee player is 29.47 years old, with 36-year-olds George Hill and Wesley Matthews and 35-year-old Joe Ingles among the veterans contributing to that league-high average. The Heat (average age of 28.13 years old), Suns (28.05), Clippers (27.98), and Mavericks (27.89) have the next-oldest rosters, according to the NBA.
On the other end of the spectrum, no team has a younger roster than the Thunder, whose current group includes just one player older than 27 (Mike Muscala, who is 31). The average age of a Thunder player is just 23.14 years old, putting them ahead of fellow rebuilding teams like the Rockets (23.58), Spurs (23.84), and Magic (23.94). Interestingly, the Grizzlies (24.27) are the league’s fifth-youngest team, despite coming off a 56-win season.
Here are a few other tidbits of note from the NBA’s roster survey for the 2022/23 season:
- The Bucks and Thunder are also the most and least experienced NBA teams, respectively. The average Milwaukee player has 7.24 years of NBA service, while the average Oklahoma City player has just 1.94. That puts the Bucks comfortably ahead of the Clippers (6.56) and Celtics (5.82), while the Thunder are well behind the Rockets (2.29) and Magic (3.00).
- Kentucky (27) and Duke (25) have the most players currently in the NBA of any college program. No other school has more than 12 (UCLA).
- The average NBA player stands at 6-foot-6.74, weighs 217.62 pounds, and is 26.01 years old. The league identifies Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (6-foot-6.5, 220 pounds, and 26 years old) as the player who most closely resembles the league’s “composite” player in terms of height, weight, and age.
- There are 13 sets of brothers currently in the NBA, including three Antetokounmpos (Giannis Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, and Kostas Antetokounmpo) and three Holidays (Jrue Holiday, Justin Holiday, and Aaron Holiday).
- The league’s survey also includes some data on the youngest and oldest players, which we previously outlined here.
Which city/state/region is pumping out the most talent tho? LA? North Carolina? The Balkans?
Presti building something in OKC similar to what they had with KD, Russ, Harden, Ibaka & JGreen… Tre Mann was incredible last night. They got incredible length to go along with their youth too. And they’ll be adding Chet as well as another elite youngster next season. I’m far from sold on Dieng tho. No idea why they gave up so much to get him
Like any 19 year old project player he has strengths and weaknesses. He’s 6’9″ with guard like passing skills but he needs to put on some weight, work on his shot and develop consistency on D.
What do you see as his best case scenario? I feel like they see Giannis type potential in him but I haven’t seen that yet. Tbh I see way more Boris Diaw than Giannis but he could end up somewhere in bw. If he does that’s not bad at all but I’m not sure it’s worth all they gave up
They were 3 lottery protected picks for a guaranteed lottery pick. At some point OKC has to consolidate. I hate to comp young players but somewhere between Giannis and Diaw? Kind of like Siakim? I think the Thunder would be happy with that.
Lol I mean Siakam is much, much closer to Giannis than he is to Diaw. Yea I agree OKC would be ecstatic if Dieng turns into Siakam & that would def be worth those 3 mid-late 1sts. But that’s what I’m saying, I don’t see him reaching that level of greatness at all. Obv he has time to improve & he may become a great NBA player but I’m very skeptical… I do agree that the picks okc traded being lotto protected does make a difference tho. Still that’s 3 1sts tho. I feel like their consolidation trade, using their surplus of 1sts shoulda been used to bring in a vet moreso than yet another rookie. Esp when they had the 12 pick alr. I mean did they really need to add 4 rookies to this team?
I kinda forgot Jrue, Justin and Aaron were brothers… I thought there were just three dudes names Holiday in the NBA haha that’s cool, and rare though that a family has 3 kids that have the talent to play in the NBA, let alone 2 families at the same time.
(I also think Giannias’ younger brother Alexis (I think) could maybe also get some time like Kostas somewhere next year or the year after)
Or maybe Liangelo ball will get out of the g league.
if only mo and franz had a brother hanz. hanz and franz mo pump you up.
Hey Dillon you are average as heck -( his employer the NBA )