Comments on: Are You Experienced? (Part II)

By: merl

merl — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:26:00 +0000

Karl Malone and Gary Payton too.

By: BIG Iverson

BIG Iverson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:39:22 +0000

Wow, this blog puzzled me! But it's really great!

By: Gerrit

Gerrit — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:42:07 +0000

A whole lotta Karl Malone on that list.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:01:27 +0000

Yeah, I noticed that too. My guess is that it's because the only types of players available to expansion teams early in their existence are either rookies/young players or, since (generally speaking) inexperience is negatively correlated with playing ability, mediocre players that were made available via the expansion draft. Because of things like the Larry Bird exception and a desire to win championships, good veterans rarely end up on expansion teams -- everyone on the roster is either young or a veteran who has something wrong with them.

By: MCT

MCT — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:44:36 +0000

A quick obeservation: a lot of the teams on the "least experienced" lists are expansion teams in their first few years in the league.

By: Jason J

Jason J — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:08:51 +0000

The most experienced by games played has some pretty strong teams on it once again, a few finalists and conference finalists, and the Bulls make the list as the only champs again (though it's the '98 team instead of the '97 team here).