average age by minutes played

[Further]

So I decided to take a look at the average age by minutes played between the Blazers (technically the second youngest team) and the Warriors (technically the youngest team). I did not use exact ages to the day, just to the year, so if player X is 23 and a day, and player Z is 23 and 364 days, they were both considered 23 in my calculations.

Blazers average age - 23.865547
Warriors average age - 25.08755638

It takes me about 10 minutes per team to figure this out, so I don't really want to do it for every team. But, if there is a specific team that you think should also be assessed, let me know.

 

[drexlersdad]

when you say minutes played is that everbody?

maybe the hawks?

 

[B-Roy]

I think San Antonio. We all know they're old, but it'd be nice to see the gap between them and the Blazers.

 

[Further]

when you say minutes played is that everbody?

yes, thats everybody. I took the minutes played by all players. Actually, I took minutes played by player x and divided that by total minutes. Took that and multiplied it by the age of player x. Then I summed up that stat for all the players to come up with a final average age by minutes played.

I'll do Atl for you, results soon.

 

[Further]

maybe the hawks?

Hawks average age by minutes played is 26.12425518

 

[Denny Crane]

Chicago Bulls

Ben Gordon is 25
Hinrich is 28

Beyond those two, it's got to be a lot of minutes for really young guys like Rose (20?), Deng (23), Noah (23), Thomas (22), Gray (24), Sefalosha (24)

 

[Masbee]

So I decided to take a look at the average age by minutes played between the Blazers (technically the second youngest team) and the Warriors (technically the youngest team). I did not use exact ages to the day, just to the year, so if player X is 23 and a day, and player Z is 23 and 364 days, they were both considered 23 in my calculations.

Blazers average age - 23.865547
Warriors average age - 25.08755638

It takes me about 10 minutes per team to figure this out, so I don't really want to do it for every team. But, if there is a specific team that you think should also be assessed, let me know.

I knew that if a calculation of this sort were made we would win the "youngest team" award, but I had no idea the gap is so huge.

Dang we are a young team.

 

[Further]

Chicago Bulls

Ben Gordon is 25
Hinrich is 28

Beyond those two, it's got to be a lot of minutes for really young guys like Rose (20?), Deng (23), Noah (23), Thomas (22), Gray (24), Sefalosha (24)

You are right that the Bulls play a young group. Average age by minutes played - 25.11917563

 

[Sug]

The Lakers...Just for fun...and when you have some time to waste

 

[drexlersdad]

You are right that the Bulls play a young group. Average age by minutes played - 25.11917563

lindsey hunter and larry hughes really bring up their average i guess. and drew gooden.

 

[BengalDuck]

I mentioned doing this in the other thread, but it would be interesting to me to do games played (career) * minutes. It'd be difficult because games played changes after every game (although you can ignore it, like with age/days), but it seems like there should be downloadable spreadsheets that someone really dedicated could get to work..
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[Further]

lindsey hunter and larry hughes really bring up their average i guess. and drew gooden.

there were a few, but Nocioni is 29 and has played 1168 minutes, really bringing up the age, along with some of the ones you listed.

 

[Natebishop3]

We all know we are the youngest team in the league (sans LaFrentz) and that's what really makes our record so amazing. Guys like Roy, Aldridge, Rudy and even Batum play so far above their age, it boggles the mind.

 

[Entity]

That's a much better estimate than just averaging up ages straight up. It's like using points per 100 possessions rather than just points per game.