The NBA’s second-oldest player called it a career earlier this offseason, as longtime Spurs guard Manu Ginobili announced his retirement. Meanwhile, the third-oldest player in the league – veteran guard Jason Terry – remains unsigned, and while he has expressed repeated interest in returning for a 20th NBA season, it’s not clear if or when he’ll get that opportunity.
Although Ginobili has retired and Terry is without an NBA home, the league’s oldest player – 41-year-old Vince Carter – keeps on trucking, having officially signed with the Hawks last month. Here’s the full list of the 10 oldest players currently on NBA rosters, led by Carter:
- Vince Carter, Hawks (born 1/26/1977)
- Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks (born 6/19/1978)
- Udonis Haslem, Heat (born 6/9/1980)
- Pau Gasol, Spurs (born 7/6/1980)
- Kyle Korver, Cavaliers (born 3/17/1981)
- Zach Randolph, Kings (born 7/16/1981)
- Jose Calderon, Pistons (born 9/28/1981)
- Dwyane Wade, Heat (born 1/17/1982)
- Tony Parker, Hornets (born 5/17/1982)
- Nene, Rockets (born 9/13/1982)
On the other end of the spectrum, all 10 of the youngest players on NBA rosters were selected in the 2018 draft, which doesn’t come as a real surprise. Many undrafted free agents have gone right from college to an NBA roster within the last few months, but the youngest of this year’s rookies are the ones who left school after their freshman years — and most of those early entrants were strong enough prospects to be drafted.
Here are the 10 youngest players currently on NBA rosters:
- Isaac Bonga, Lakers (born 11/8/1999)
- Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies (born 9/15/1999)
- Kevin Knox, Knicks (born 8/11/1999)
- Troy Brown, Wizards (born 7/28/1999)
- Anfernee Simons, Trail Blazers (born 6/8/1999)
- Zhaire Smith, Sixers (born 6/4/1999)
- Dzanan Musa, Nets (born 5/8/1999)
- Wendell Carter, Bulls (born 4/16/1999)
- Marvin Bagley III, Kings (born 3/14/1999)
- Luka Doncic, Mavericks (born 2/28/1999)
Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
I was born in 1998 and the past few years in sports have definitely started putting me in the “feeling old” category
I was also born in 1998 and feel the exact same way
You are just starting. You are a lot closer to the youngest category than when you should start feeling old. Now when your birthday starts showing up in the oldest category, or worse is older than everyone in the oldest category like me (by 3 months), THEN you can start feeling old.
I still can’t believe anyone born in the 1990s can get a drivers license.
The feeling just keeps getting bigger and bigger. The grey hair. Then hairs. Then grunting every time you stand up out of the recliner. Then you say “kids these days” for the first time. You say “they call this music??”
Why feeling old? The new special-snowflake rules for tackling quarterbacks? Basketball stars recruiting each other? Flag-slagging?
Stem cells will give us new body parts and organs before we know it. Peter Wayland got rid of 98% of cancer in 2023 based on the Prometheus prologue. Then A.I shortly after. The ESPN trade machine was only the beginning.
Seems like livers would be easy to grow in a lab. We should be able to switch them out by now, half-price with a liposuction.
They really forgot Jamal Crawford lol
He wasn’t on a roster when this post was published!