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I have had big arguments about this with some of my friends. I say it is at 33 and that can be proven easily by a look at 33 year olds on the TL. Others claim it is at 32 but I have never seen any evidence to support this claim.

33!

Silly that in the NBA lots of players are peaking but here they are rapidly becoming worthless rubbish.

Depends on the training the player got while young. I got a 34 y/o SG that has only dropped in Stamina and got him at 32. Salary hasn't even dropped sharply. 33 for most thought.

I had a PF the past 6-7 seasons that started losing some skills at 32, maybe 2-3 pops over the course of the season (not stamina), and he's really taken off downwards once he hit 33-34.

And to be fair, I don't think you'll find many NBA players peaking around that age. They won't drop off as fast as BB players might, but they're not on exclusive paths. We also have the benefit of BuzzerBeater injuries not ruining/ending players' careers.

My question is do they all start to drop in skills at that age? i have a player who is 34 and he's yet to drop in anything. AND my trainer doesn't have career extension. its weird, but i'm not going to complain ;)

Weekly salary: $ 20 090
Role: draws a paycheck
(BuzzerBeta)

DMI: 71400
Age: 34
Height: 5'10" / 178 cm
Potential: allstar *
Game Shape: average
Jump Shot: wondrous Jump Range: proficient
Outside Def.: proficient Handling: strong
Driving: sensational Passing: strong
Inside Shot: mediocre Inside Def.: mediocre
Rebounding: average Shot Blocking: awful
Stamina: mediocre Free Throw: tremendous

Experience: proficient

Last edited by mhjr22 at 2/26/2012 1:14:50 PM

That's the nature of bb players. In real life most players do start to "drop" skills around 30's, but they are not rubbish. It's just that there're always some younger, stronger, and faster rookies joining the league every season.

Last edited by Eagle at 2/26/2012 2:42:00 PM

Yes. And you're lucky :)

NBA players don't peak at 32, but, quite the opposite, they do in BuzzerBeater because of experience gains. It is the final year they can maintain their skills but have the advantage of more experience than previous seasons.

I would think a 35 year old player in BB would be very valuable with his advanced experience even with a few drops, but it is pretty rare that good teams have these players because they are clearly not a wise long term investment (they depreciate quickly). I would think merchandising boosts for players that have been on your team for a while (and still produce) would help offset this. Especially if we could see the breakdown by player for merchandise (maybe with a "Jerseys Sold" or "Bobbleheads Sold" statistic). Would be more difficult to sell that 34 year old if he was selling 30k worth of bobble heads and jerseys per week himself.

It would also be great if skills dropped at varying levels (quickness based skills like outside defense and driving hit the worse but muscle memory/experience based skills like shooting and passing not affected as much, for example). Most NBA players actually improve their shooting over their careers and maintain it well into their late 30s or longer (still pretty sure Kerr could beat most players in a 3 pt shootout). Outside defense is by far the most important skill in this game, unlike the NBA where a player like Nash can keep playing due to his court vision and shooting efficiency into his late 30s even though he is not quite as quick on the defensive end as he once was. That type of player will lose you games quickly in BB.

Excellent post! I agree that it was innaccurate of me to say they peak at 32 but what I would contend is that a lot of the great ones are still at their peak at 32 and while perhaps things like footspeed are going down other things like JS and JR are still going up as you said. Kareen, Magic, Bird, Jordan, Stockton, Malone, Bryant, Allen, Nowitski, Kidd, Nash, and dozens of others at age 32 were far from washed up and still amongst the best.

Easy to cite examples of the opposite Kenyon Martin, Jermaine O'Neal but it is the same for young guys like Greg Oden and Brandon Roy. Real life injuries wreck players forever.

I just had a search on the TL for players aged 34 or more with a $70,000 or higher salary. There are none!

Last edited by yodabig at 2/27/2012 3:17:10 PM