Veteran basketball players help win championships, and what they lack in physical tools they make up for in their knowledge of the game. They not only provide scrappy play but they are also viewed as mentors to younger players as they’ve been situation tested.
Over the past five years, the team that won the championship had an average age of 28.4 years old. The average age of the team with the worst record in the past five years was 24.3 years old. In fact, nine out of the past ten teams that won the championship had an average age older than the league average.