For historical reference: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird only played 13 NBA seasons

Since 2012: The Oklahoma City Thunder have made the NBA Finals more times than the Los Angeles Lakers The Oklahoma City Thunder have had more MVPs than the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors combined Small markets cant thrive?

Before Anthony Edwards showed up to the Minnesota Timberwolves these were the seasons they missed the NBA playoffs in a 15 year period 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020

2019 All-Star break I was in the gym working out with Thomas Bryant No matter the stage of his career he’s always put the work in

At 23 Derrick Rose made his last All-Star Game  At 24 Carmelo Anthony made his only conference finals  At 25 Gilbert Arenas made his last All-Star Game At 28 Dwight Howard made his last All-Star Game Longevity is taken for granted in 2025

Kyle Lowry rookie season 5.6 PPG Kyle Lowry at 27 0 All-Stars 0 Finals appearances Kyle Lowry at 36 6x All-Star NBA Champ 2x Finals trips Franchise legend It’s not how you start ..

The 2010 NBA Draft had Paul George John Wall Boogie Cousins Gordon Hayward Lance Stephenson The guy who won college player of the year? Evan Turner

Deron Williams  2008: 18.8 PPG 10.5 APG 2009: 19.4 PPG 10.7 APG 2010: 18.7 PPG 10.5 APG  2011: 20.1 PPG 10.3 APG 2012: 21.0 PPG 8.7 APG At a time when scoring was a lot lower in the NBA ...

Draymond Green rookie season: 2.9 PPG Draymond Green in all 4 of his NBA Championship seasons 2015- 11.7 PPG 2017- 10.2 PPG 2018- 11.0 PPG 2022- 7.5 PPG Top 75 player ever A LOT more to basketball than just scoring ..

Trae Young last 4 years 2022: 28.4 PPG 9.7 APG 2023: 26.2 PPG 10.2 APG 2024: 25.7 PPG 10.8 APG 2025: 24.1 PPG 11.6 APG The ATLANTA HAWKS should be the #1 team trying to get Kevin Durant East is wide open ….

Devin Hester is one of those mid 2000s players that I hope doesn’t get forgotten about