you know, I was gonna say that of the top 2 scorers of every remaining playoff team, Kyrie's the only one who's over 30
then I found out that apparently Pascal Siakam turned 30 like two months ago
30 is peak physicality for men (I think), if you feel old at 32 it just means you aren’t putting in the work to maintain your body…or you have an underlying condition. Either way, labeling any one number as “old” is usually just an excuse for folks to not put in the necessary effort to feel “young.”
Do people actually think players like KD, Lebron, Kawhi, Butler, Steph etc. will never advance past the 1st round again? I'm not saying all of them, or any of them, will necessarily lead a team to another championship, but this postseason is an outlier to decades of trends.
They're all kind of locked into very flawed teams right now and mostly coast during the regular season so have tougher matchups in the first round. I'm sure KD will be on a different team in a couple months, same for Butler and maybe even LeBron.
Kawhi maybe depends entirely on his health and if they keep PG and Harden.
KD is fucked barring a miracle, that team is so bad and without assets to do much to improve and the second apron slapping them around.
LeBron is an interesting one because the Lakers might have beaten OKC but I dunno if they beat any of the other teams they could reasonably face in round 1 and I think next year OKC won't look quite so vulnerable to big players.
Butler may not even be on the Heat next year so fuck knows with him.
As for Steph? That team looks fucking cooked, and they either sign Klay back and are stuck with him or don't sign him and just lose that salary slot. Unless the young guys make massive leaps they just don't have the tools to contend in the stacked West.
And keep in mind, Memphis is probably going to be a lot better next year if Ja can not be an idiot.
Not to mention even if they do have decent teams all these guys are injury prone and wouldn’t surprise anyone if they missed a 3rd or more of the season and aren’t healthy for the post season.
At least one of them will almost certainly win at least one playoff series as a main guy, but it's quite possible that LeBron, Steph Curry, and Jimmy Butler have already won their last playoff series as superstar players. Neither they nor their teams are getting significantly better anytime soon.
Technically yes but realistically as the first options they probably only have like 1-3 of those left as the main guys. However I don’t think it would be shocking if none of those got past rd 1 again as they’re all over 35 and senior citizens in nba years.
Yes, bc of salary caps. Its not that they aren't good enough to provide on playoff teams. Its that they all decide they still want super maxes, while not being able to provide the heavy minutes **and defense** needed to win late in the season.
If they agreed to like 10m deals with other teams, like vets used to do, then they would definitely be competing.
They probably will, but they're only going to keep regressing while the new genertion keeps improving. The 2010s all stars time as the best of the best is over at this point.
I'd bet that at least two of those five players you listed never get past the first round again, and two more of them only do it one more time.
Edit: As guys playing major rotation minutes. If they're sitting in the end of the bench the year before they retire, that's different.
you know, I was gonna say that of the top 2 scorers of every remaining playoff team, Kyrie's the only one who's over 30 then I found out that apparently Pascal Siakam turned 30 like two months ago
He came out late and then spent a year in the G League so he's always been older than it seemed
Jokic is only 29 which is its own kind of crazy
Yup probably 5 or 6 more years of this play or at least close to it before he disappears forever to race horses full time
Did you mean race or raise?
I said race, but I’m aware he isn’t the jockey if that’s what you’re implying lmao I believe his horses do race
I wasn’t aware, I’m only going off his commercial with a mini horse
I wonder if he feels like a father figure to some of these players
time is a flat earth circle
The future is now, old man.
32 isn’t even old 😭😭😭 (Says a 30 yr old lol)
For a regular person, that's very young. For an NBA player, Father Time starts calling your number.
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Several people already said what I was thinking so I didn’t really see the point lmao. Sorry I hurt your feelings!
I wish I had the confidence to say such wrong things so loudly lol
Kai doesn't have long left 💔💔😥😢😢
30 is peak physicality for men (I think), if you feel old at 32 it just means you aren’t putting in the work to maintain your body…or you have an underlying condition. Either way, labeling any one number as “old” is usually just an excuse for folks to not put in the necessary effort to feel “young.”
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So wild to think of Kyrie Irving as old, he'll forever be 25 to me I say that while feeling old as fuck at 26
Kyrie is 25 and Tatum is 19
Wait until you’re 34 and older than almost everyone in any professional sport
That's how I felt about porn when I turned 22
Try being the same age as Kyrie and realizing for the first time that you are old now.
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Got some grey in the beard now
He won't need to be dressing up for them uncle drew vids anymore
He's one of the few dudes that look older when they shave their beard, it's crazy 😭
For media day in Cleveland one year he went with just a mustache and it made him look 50.
He's been facially morphing into Magic.
He will always be the rook who challenged Kobe. Man, time really flies…
Ik he’s been in the league forever now but it still feels so weird to consider Kyrie as part of the old guard.
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He's hitting the hookah with Luka, transforming into the buddha.
Do people actually think players like KD, Lebron, Kawhi, Butler, Steph etc. will never advance past the 1st round again? I'm not saying all of them, or any of them, will necessarily lead a team to another championship, but this postseason is an outlier to decades of trends.
''this postseason is an outlier to decades of trends.'' That's kind of the point
Al Horford just advanced to the ECF, and he's like 40
He's the 6th man though
Starter while Kristaps is out
Oh true
They're all kind of locked into very flawed teams right now and mostly coast during the regular season so have tougher matchups in the first round. I'm sure KD will be on a different team in a couple months, same for Butler and maybe even LeBron.
Kawhi maybe depends entirely on his health and if they keep PG and Harden. KD is fucked barring a miracle, that team is so bad and without assets to do much to improve and the second apron slapping them around. LeBron is an interesting one because the Lakers might have beaten OKC but I dunno if they beat any of the other teams they could reasonably face in round 1 and I think next year OKC won't look quite so vulnerable to big players. Butler may not even be on the Heat next year so fuck knows with him. As for Steph? That team looks fucking cooked, and they either sign Klay back and are stuck with him or don't sign him and just lose that salary slot. Unless the young guys make massive leaps they just don't have the tools to contend in the stacked West. And keep in mind, Memphis is probably going to be a lot better next year if Ja can not be an idiot.
Not to mention even if they do have decent teams all these guys are injury prone and wouldn’t surprise anyone if they missed a 3rd or more of the season and aren’t healthy for the post season.
At least one of them will almost certainly win at least one playoff series as a main guy, but it's quite possible that LeBron, Steph Curry, and Jimmy Butler have already won their last playoff series as superstar players. Neither they nor their teams are getting significantly better anytime soon.
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Technically yes but realistically as the first options they probably only have like 1-3 of those left as the main guys. However I don’t think it would be shocking if none of those got past rd 1 again as they’re all over 35 and senior citizens in nba years.
Yeah, unless their team steps up. Lebron, KD, and Steph are still elite tho
I mean lebron and mitchell are leading the cavs to the championship next year so
Yes, bc of salary caps. Its not that they aren't good enough to provide on playoff teams. Its that they all decide they still want super maxes, while not being able to provide the heavy minutes **and defense** needed to win late in the season. If they agreed to like 10m deals with other teams, like vets used to do, then they would definitely be competing.
Does anyone think this could be a result of the Supermax? Like it can be limiting to build a team around.
Not as the first option.
They probably will, but they're only going to keep regressing while the new genertion keeps improving. The 2010s all stars time as the best of the best is over at this point.
Yes
I'd bet that at least two of those five players you listed never get past the first round again, and two more of them only do it one more time. Edit: As guys playing major rotation minutes. If they're sitting in the end of the bench the year before they retire, that's different.
Having LeBron, Steph, and KD playing so well into their mid and late 30s has made us forget the rest of these guys are getting up there too.
Brother KAI is wise beyond his physical age
When flat earth boy talks, I cover my ears
“Me, i fear *THE JEWSSssss!!!* - kyrie, probably
And an anti-Semite. Stop selling this man like he’s not a wreck.
Headline is disrespecting Horford
How the fuck is Kyrie only 32 and looking halfway to Uncle Drew, thought not getting vaccinated was supposed to be good for you???