No doubt about it, the Bucks roster is old. But, that's kind of deceiving. Here's a breakdown of why I say it. I'll start with a listing by age.
Dragic - 36
Matthews - 36
Lopez - 35
Ingles - 35
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Holiday - 32
Crowder - 32
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Leonard - 31
Middleton - 31
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Thanasis - 30
Connaughton - 30
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Portis - 28
Giannis - 28
Allen - 27
Carter - 27
Wigginton - 25
Green - 23
Beauchamp - 22
If you remove the players over 32 from the roster, the average age is down to 28.15. The only player who really is that important in that upper age group is Lopez, and he certainly doesn't play like he's anywhere close to hanging 'em up.
Now, look at the average age of the NBA rosters. You'll see that the teams who are highly competitive, are not in that lower 50% based on age. The competitive teams are in the 27.0 average age on up.
This is why I say that the problem is more about conditioning and coaching, than anything else. There's talent out there, it's just not being utilized. Being good on defense is fine, as long as you can still score enough to win, but when you exhaust yourself running around the court more than necessary on defense, to prove a point, you don't have anything left in the tank to run the offense. That's also one of the reasons I can't understand why the Bucks put up so many quick 3s when they cross the line to offense. They don't give themselves enough rest before they're back on defense again. We need to understand, it takes more out of you playing defense than it does offense. It's the same thing as football. You need to move more, because you're reacting to the opposition.
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