Comments on: Who’s Old and Who’s Not in the NBA http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/ The season's over. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hannes http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-37196 Hannes Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:41:32 +0000 http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/#comment-37196 What would be much more interesting, because of all the things you told: "Now, I understand that simply looking at a given franchise’s average roster age doesn’t paint the entire canvas." sum of (Player age*averageminutes of this player) divided by sum of average minutes. Gives you the age of the average player who is actually playing on the field. Sorry for wise-cracking, did too much mathematics today... What would be much more interesting, because of all the things you told:
“Now, I understand that simply looking at a given franchise’s average roster age doesn’t paint the entire canvas.”
sum of (Player age*averageminutes of this player) divided by sum of average minutes.
Gives you the age of the average player who is actually playing on the field.
Sorry for wise-cracking, did too much mathematics today…

]]> By: Brian Spencer http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-37033 Brian Spencer Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:06:49 +0000 http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/#comment-37033 Requests are almost always honored when you put a little something in the tip jar... Requests are almost always honored when you put a little something in the tip jar…

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-36960 Jeremy Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:44:45 +0000 http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/#comment-36960 Man, that's depressing to see the Wolves and Celtics right next to each other. Hey - can you do the same thing with all 30 starting lineups? I think that'd be interesting too. Man, that’s depressing to see the Wolves and Celtics right next to each other.

Hey – can you do the same thing with all 30 starting lineups? I think that’d be interesting too.

]]> By: Jeff W http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/comment-page-1/#comment-36927 Jeff W Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:26:37 +0000 http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/12/10/whos-old-and-whos-not-in-the-nba/#comment-36927 Good info. Here's an idea for whoever's willing to do it: get the average age of, not the entire roster of each team, but its top ten players. Good info.

Here’s an idea for whoever’s willing to do it: get the average age of, not the entire roster of each team, but its top ten players.

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