As we said, LeBron James is in the 21st year of the NBA and is the oldest player in the league. Four-time champion, Finals MVP and regular season MVP, James is also the all-time leading scorer. Karl-Anthony Towns (8 seasons - Minnesota Timberwolves) Devin Booker (8 seasons - Phoenix Suns) Myles Turner (8 seasons - Indiana Pacers). In the 17th year, the five-time All-Star is still looking for his first NBA championship ring after converting He's a two-time NCAA champion in college.
Speaking of NBA legends, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also played 20 seasons, 14 with the Los Angeles Lakers and six with the Milwaukee Bucks. Now in his 18th season in the NBA, Lowry is doing everything he can to help the Philadelphia 76ers go as far as possible in the playoffs. Throughout NBA history, there have been more than 4,500 players and the average length of a career is about 4.5 years. Taj Gibson, one of the oldest players in the NBA today, has toured the league in recent years and has now landed with the Detroit Pistons.
We have a first here with Matthews, who has finished his fifteenth season in the NBA, playing for the eighth different team in his career. Being first in the overall draft comes with a lot of pressure and, unfortunately for these NBA players, it was just too difficult to handle. However, there are always exceptions, and there have been a handful of players who have stayed in the NBA for a long time, competing at the highest level for 15 or even 20 seasons, which is absolutely admirable. He is now one of the oldest players in the NBA and, with the departure of Pascal Siakam, Johnson earned a full-time contract instead of playing on 10-day contracts.
He always adapted to his role and fulfilled, and that's why he stayed in the NBA for 20 years despite being an average player at best. Some players may not be thrilled to be on a list of the oldest active players in the NBA, but Garrett Temple is probably just happy to be able to keep playing the game he loves. Robert Parish, a member of the NBA Hall of Famer, made his debut in the 1976-77 season with the Golden State Warriors, and then played 14 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning three rings. The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Jamal Crawford in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft, but on the same day of the draft, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls, where he played its first four seasons.
He has played for 11 different NBA teams and even went abroad to play in Italy for a while, but now the versatile point guard is closing his career with the Toronto Raptors, which is his twelfth team.
