As the highest temple of basketball, the competitiveness of the NBA needless to say, every year there will be many outstanding young players to pursue their dreams and strive to step onto the NBA stage, and there are also players who are missing when they fight, some because of injuries, some because of personal strength, and age. After all, in such a high-intensity arena of age, after the decline in form it is difficult to have your place, of course, there are a few players with their self-discipline and talent, experience, at the end of their careers still have excellent performance, in the offensive or defensive end of the team to help.
When it comes to veterans, many people will think of James, Chris Paul this season, the 37-year-old James is still the lakers' star, averaging 26.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game; the 36-year-old Paul has brought changes to the Suns, and this season's Suns have been at the forefront of the league, Paul is indispensable, and he can average 14.6 points, 4 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game in terms of personal data. These two are still the core of their respective teams. Of course, in addition to them, there are several veteran players in the league who still become the rotation players of the team with their performances.
Fifth place: Millsap 36 years old
This season's Nets base salary signing Millsap once caused a hot discussion, to know that last season Millsap averaged 9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate was also 34.3%, with a good low-post offense and outside projection, in order to chase the championship dream he chose to join the Nets. But after joining the Nets, he didn't do well, averaging just 3.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 11.2 minutes per game and shooting as low as 35.5 percent from the field, which is clearly not his level. Millsap is currently suspended for triggering a health and safety agreement and hopes to be able to get back in form to help the team when he returns.
Fourth place: Howard is 36 years old
After a season of Howard's return to the Lakers, I believe many fans still remember the picture of tears when Howard talked about returning to the Lakers. As a traditional center, Howard, who is at the end of his career, can still help the Lakers on the inside.
In order to better maintain competitive form, Howard has been controlling his weight in recent seasons and has lost a lot of weight. It also allows him to perform well on the inside of the rebounding protection and the end of the basket. Howard can often stage wonderful dunks so far this season, although he averages only 5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, but his shooting rate has reached 62.5%, and his rebounding rate is 17.2%, ranking 11th in the league, and it is worth mentioning that Howard has shot 75% of three-point shooting this season, and has shot 6 three-pointers in total.
Third place: PJ Tucker
In addition to the team's big three, Tucker, who joined the Bucks, also contributed to the Championship last season. Tucker averaged 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game after joining the Bucks, and the regular stats did not reflect his role, he helped the team not on the offensive end, he used his ability and experience to help the team on the defensive end.
In the playoffs against the Heat, his restrictions on Butler are amazing, bearing in mind that Butler averaged 21.5 + 6.9 per game in the regular season, but in the playoffs he was limited to only 14.5 + 7.5 per game. Against the Nets, his defense against Durant also helped the team. Tucker, who joined the Heat this season, not only helped the team on the defensive end, but also had a certain amount of ball possession on the offensive end, averaging 7.6 points, 5.7 boards and 2.1 assists per game, and shooting 45.6% from three-point range.
Second place: Anthony 37 years old
Selected with the third pick in the first round in 2003, Anthony began his career. His career has received numerous accolades including 1 scoring champion, 10 All-Stars, best second team, and best third team. With its rich offensive means on the offensive end, it is known as the "offensive kaleidoscope".
Invited to join the Lakers this season, he has helped the team with his performance on the offensive end and has hit key balls many times, averaging 13.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 27.6 minutes so far this season, shooting 43% from the field and 41.3% from three-point range (the highest in the past 11 seasons). Can Guago realize his dream this season?
First place: Aldridge 36 years old
Joining the Nets last season was forced to retire due to physical reasons, and Aldridge's retirement made many people feel sorry. Aldridge's return to the NBA stage this season has made many fans cheer, and he once again put on the Nets' shirt after defeating the illness, helping the team with unsolvable mid-range shooting on the offensive end, averaging 14 points and 5.7 rebounds in 23.6 minutes so far this season, while shooting 36.7% from three-point range.
As the schedule progresses, they will still give a wonderful and fierce game, and what we need to do is to cherish their every game, after all, these old boys' games are to watch one less game.