Player Survey 2003: Experience
Posted Nov 6 2003 12:20PM
Which team has the most experience? Which team has the least? Which player has the longest active career in the NBA? How many years has he played? The annual NBA Player Survey compiles answers to these questions and more. Note: All averages were calculated using opening-night rosters (Oct. 28).
Raul Lopez and the Utah Jazz are the greenest team in the league.
2003-04 NBA PLAYER SURVEY AVERAGES
Team Experience 10 Years + Rookies Utah 2.50 0 3 Cleveland 3.13 0 2 Seattle 3.36 0 3 Memphis 3.40 1 3 Denver 3.47 1 3 Orlando 3.60 0 4 LA Clippers 3.73 2 2 Washington 4.07 2 2 Milwaukee 4.15 1 1 Boston 4.20 2 3 Miami 4.21 1 3 Houston 4.27 1 1 Phoenix 4.29 3 2 Atlanta 4.60 1 2 Chicago 5.00 4 2 Philadelphia 5.00 1 2 Toronto 5.07 1 1 Dallas 5.14 1 3 Indiana 5.20 2 1 San Antonio 5.40 3 1 Portland 5.46 2 1 New Jersey 5.60 4 1 Detroit 5.79 3 1 Golden State 5.80 5 1 Minnesota 5.92 3 2 New York 6.13 3 3 New Orleans 6.27 6 2 Sacramento 6.57 5 1 LA Lakers 6.87 6 2 DIVISION AVERAGES Midwest 4.28 10 16 Atlantic 4.70 13 18 Central 4.91 18 12 Pacific 5.16 23 12 CONFERENCE AVERAGES Western 4.72 33 28 Eastern 4.81 31 30 LEAGUE AVERAGE NBA 4.76 64 58
MOST EXPERIENCED PLAYERS
Player Team Years Kevin Willis San Antonio 19 Karl Malone LA Lakers 18 Scottie Pippen Chicago 16 Reggie Miller Indiana 16 Avery Johnson Golden State 15 Horace Grant LA Lakers 15 Clifford Robinson Golden State 14 Glen Rice LA Clippers 14 Olden Polynice LA Clippers 14 Doug Overton New Jersey 14 Vlade Divac Sacramento 14
LEAST EXPERIENCED PLAYERS
Player Team Years
Darko Milicic Detroit 0 Maciej Lampe New York 0 LeBron James Cleveland 0 Kendrick Perkins Boston 0 Travis Outlaw Portland 0 Ndudi Ebi Minnesota 0 Carmelo Anthony Denver 0 Chris Bosh Toronto 0 Zaza Pachulia Orlando 0 Aleksandar Pavlovic Utah 0
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