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It’s really neat how more and more plays are playing well later in there careers. LeBron, Steph, KD, DeMar, Harden, Kawhi, etc. are all older players (some of which have had major injuries) and are still playing great basketball. Great for the game and lots of fun to see.
Load management is prolonging careers I guess
It's more likely PEDS
Also insane advancements in modern medicine. In the 70’s and 80’s a torn ACL (much less an Achilles) meant your career was just over like 80%+ of the time
In the early 00’s even, an ACL was basically a death sentence, losing an entire calendar year of training and production. Shaun Livingston was a miracle when he came back in 07, and now they’re talking about Nick Chubb being the starting RB for the Browns week 1 next year.