LeBron James was the oldest this season. LeBron James is the oldest player in the NBA today. King James is no longer the unstoppable force he once was, but the 19-time NBA All-Star still averaged 25.7 points per game in his 21st season. Many believe that LBJ wants to play until his son, Bronny James, I made it to the NBA.
It doesn't seem like a ridiculous idea right now. John Stockton spent his entire professional basketball career, which lasted 19 years, as a point guard for the Utah Jazz. Stockton holds the NBA record for most assists (15.80) and steals (3.26) and is considered one of the best point guards of all time. Herb Williams played in the NBA for 18 years and is the seventh-oldest player in history.
Williams was selected in the first round of the Indiana Pacers draft in 1981, but he didn't necessarily have a notable career. At the end of his playing career, Williams had 11,944 points, 6,509 rebounds and 1,605 blocks. While Herb Williams may not have set any NBA records, he still holds some college career records with the Ohio States Buckeyes, including the most field goals scored in his career (834 in 114 games), the second most rebounds (1.11) and the second most blocked shots (32). Cousy retired as a player in 1963, but went on to coach Boston College and, eventually, the Cincinnati Royals.
In 1970, Cousy returned, at 41, as a Royals player at the end of the season, in an effort to increase ticket sales: ticket sales increased 77 percent. Bob Cousy was the first president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), which was established in 1954. The NBPA is the oldest union of the four major sports leagues in North America (MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL). Dikembe Mutombo is a former NBA player best known for being one of the best blockers and defensive players of all time and has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award four times. He is also one of the oldest people to play in the NBA. Mutombo's career lasted 18 years and he played for the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets.
Carter has played basketball since he was a child and began his professional career when he was the fifth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, who traded Carter to the Toronto Raptors. So far in his career, Carter has played for several NBA teams, including the New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings. In addition to his longevity, Carter is widely considered to be the best dunker in basketball history. Robert Parish was first drafted into the NBA in 1976 after graduating from college and played for 21 consecutive years.
Parish is the third oldest player in NBA history and has a record of 1611 regular season games during his career. Willis only played five games with the Mavericks at the end of the regular season. Thanks to his long career, Willis is one of 15 players in NBA history to have scored more than 16,000 points and 11,000 rebounds in his career. Kevin Willis shares the record for most seasons played in the NBA with Robert Parish, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter and Dirk Nowitzki.
The Pistons won the 2004 finals and Miličić became the youngest player to win the NBA championship, just five days shy of his 19th birthday at the time. In this role, Mutombo travels across the Middle East, Asia and Africa to grow and celebrate basketball through numerous international NBA events, including Basketball Without Borders. Bob Cousy is the sixth oldest person to play in the NBA and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. As one of the oldest players in the NBA, Paul will retire as one of the distributors in basketball history, but getting his first ring by joining the Warriors didn't work out as everyone expected.
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. We have Matthews here for the first time, who has concluded his 15th season in the NBA, playing for the eighth different team in his career. The youngest player to play in the NBA was Andrew Bynum, who played his first game just six days after his 18th birthday. In year 17, the five-time All-Star is still looking for his first NBA championship ring after becoming a two-time NCAA champion at the university.
