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10 Oldest Players in the NBA Heading Into the 2017-2018 Season
This season’s list of 10 oldest NBA players (if they don’t get cut before the season starts) includes two players from the San Antonio Spurs (not surprising), and only four players remaining who were born in the 1980’s: Vince Carter, Manu Ginobili, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry.
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10 Oldest Players in the NBA
Another year goes by, and the oldest players in the NBA keep changing, with the previous geezers retiring. In the latest “top” 10 of old guys playing in the league in 2016-2017, there are 7 remaining players who were born in the 1970’s, a disappearing breed. This includes former teammates Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry, while the Los Angeles Clippers are the only team with two reps here: Paul Pierce and Jamal Crawford.
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Grizzlies Over Spurs – Buzzer Beaters, Triple Overtime and Best Game of the Season
The Memphis Grizzlies just beat their two main contenders for the top spot in the Western conference on back to back nights. It took a triple overtime game in one filled with buzzer beaters from both sides to beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-116 in a night that looked like it wasn’t going to end.
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Grizzlies Beat Warriors – All Streaks Come to an End
The Golden State Warriors remain on top of the standings in the Western conference, but their winning streak of 16 games is over, losing 105-98 to the Memphis Grizzlies behind a great game from Marc Gasol and coming off the bench, the never ending Vince Carter.
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Dallas Mavericks – All the Right Moves
The Dallas Mavericks couldn’t get anything going against the San Antonio Spurs in the regular season, but come the playoffs and everything is different. They’ve taken a 2-1 lead with a 109-108 win, closing the victory with a game-winning 3-pointer from Vince Carter right after Manu Ginobili thought he had everything wrapped up for his own team.
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10 Oldest Players in the 2014 NBA Playoffs
Older teams are usually more successful when it comes to winning NBA titles, so there’s no surprise quite a few teams in the NBA playoffs have two or more veterans among the top 10 oldest players in the postseason, with the Brooklyn Nets, Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs each represented by two players on this list.
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Dallas Mavericks – Playoffs Not Getting Away
For the Dallas Mavericks, no slip up is affordable in the race to make the Western conference playoffs and they took a big step towards it with a 113-107 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, led by Dirk Nowitzki in an excellent performance, while their opponents find it difficult to keep players healthy, be it luck or something completely different.