Gladweagreeonthsfact

2284 | 18 hours ago

Lebron was like 8-9 years in when some of these guys got drafted

Xearoii

624 | 17 hours ago

Yeah 6 of these players. Jimmy, Kyrie, kawhi, klay, dray & dame

RoaringPity | Raptors

256 | 17 hours ago

imagine if they all announce retirement tour same yr as bron nd bronny?

paperbuddha

68 | 17 hours ago

I can see Butlery doing that.

victorspoilz | Celtics

47 | 14 hours ago

He should probably skip the Chicago, Minnesota, Philly, and maybe even Miami games.

Probably Boston, too.

Shit he should probably just leave quietly.

Chicityy | Bulls

38 | 13 hours ago

Chicago doesn’t have any hate for butler

theallenjohan | East

29 | 13 hours ago

Him taking Miami to 2 finals is probably the greatest Miami feat since Wade 2006 finals. He’s not skipping them.

Cantholdaggro

8 | 12 hours ago

Huh?

Xclusivsmoment | Heat

19 | 11 hours ago

Yeah LeBron was nothing noteworthy

MysteriousSeat5245 | Knicks

7 | 11 hours ago

So we’re forgetting the 4 straight finals and 2 chips that Bron led them to?

alf0nz0 | Celtics

4 | 6 hours ago

Hate what he’s done to my team in the playoffs, but gotta respect his game. He’d get his flowers in Boston.

CurryMVPGOAT30

17 | 6 hours ago

People really not appreciating the subtle Bronny addition

dfassna1 | Cavaliers

10 | 7 hours ago

Imagine Kyrie being lumped into the old guard with his father figure.

Undecided-

216 | 16 hours ago

Lebron was already a superstar veteran by the time Steph came into the league, and already seen as a top 2 player

imo this kind of longevity will never be replicated again

KennyKettermen | Timberwolves

114 | 15 hours ago

With the advancements in modern medicine it’s not crazy to think some of these guys can keep playing until they’re 245, 300 years old

Undecided-

36 | 14 hours ago

That’s true but the one thing aside from all that, that’s kept LeBron in the game is the fact that somehow, he’s never had a major injury that’s sidelined him for a significant amount of time. The amount of luck in that is equally as insane

DazednConfucioused

24 | 12 hours ago

I don’t think those are separate things. LeBron’s a genetic freak. That’s allowed him to stay at this level for this long and is also what prevented him from crazy injuries.

DazednConfucioused

10 | 12 hours ago

In sure some can but a big party LeBron’s longevity isn’t just about the recovery and avoiding injuries.

Not that many people have the mental drive to go for 20+ years at this level. Luca was one of the only players that cojkd realistically chase some of lebrons records and hes said that he doesnt plan to play for nearly long enough to do so.

At some point once you have 100+ mil, chips, mvps, many people choose to retire, and theres nothing wrong with that.

Ishdalar

8 | 10 hours ago

Most players probably don’t retire when there still hundreds of millions on the table and more mvps or titles.

But they do lift the foot from the gas, trainings become lighter, they stop taking care of themselves all the time and start enjoying other things that won’t help their longevity, that’s when injuries and worse performance come in, leading to retirement.

Reidle1001 | Supersonics

6 | 14 hours ago

ITS IN THE GENEVA CONVENTION

QuickRub7200

10 | 16 hours ago

year 19 would like to have a word

anonymous_lighting

9 | 15 hours ago

never say never

Undecided-

12 | 14 hours ago

True, but the chances imo are reaaaally slim. People really underrate how lucky he’s been to not have had major injuries. Feels like stars nowadays are bound to have a major injury one way or another

jotheold | Raptors

11 | 14 hours ago

also the pace the kids play these days before the hit the nba ruins their body, look how many young players have ankle/acl/mcl injuries these days

they over work to get to the NBA since its so competitive and everyone else is doing that

Xsy | Jazz

3 | 12 hours ago

I didn’t have the TV service to start watching the NBA consistently until ²⁰⁰⁹⁄₁₀. LeBron was already a dominant force when I started watching.

Since then, that entire Jazz roster is looong retired, and LeBron is still fucking going.

ucd_pete | GSW

2 | 11 hours ago

He was a superstar but I dunno if you can be called a veteran when you’re still on your rookie extension.

kapitan_buko | Lakers

51 | 15 hours ago

The rest are the old guard. LeBron is like a Lovecraftian old god/eldritch horror at this point. LeCthulhu

Gladweagreeonthsfact

9 | 15 hours ago

He played against guys from every draft class from 84-2027 (likely, 2026 at least). 1986 is the random exception.

briansd9

7 | 13 hours ago

The closest from 1986 retired two years before LeBron entered the league… one of them was Steph’s dad. Damn

HereIGoAgain_1x10 | Cavaliers

37 | 16 hours ago

Had a HoF career already and he might be the best player on this list still.

LakerBlue | Lakers

17 | 16 hours ago

I think Durant, Harden, and Curry are the only active ones on that list whose career I’d take over first stint CLE.

Edit: Also Kawhi. I was wrong to not include him.

zlaw32 | Clippers

19 | 15 hours ago

If you’re taking harden’s career, how are you not taking Kawhi? He won 2 rings, multiple finals mvp, first team all NBA. Hard to not take that

LakerBlue | Lakers

8 | 14 hours ago

I was on the fence for him due to his health struggles after the bubble but you are right; 2 rings, 2 FMVPs, 2 1st team All NBAs and 2 seconds, 2 DPOYs and 6 Defensive team selections (first and second combined) alone is a better career. My bad! I under thought it.

Lapponias | NBA

11 | 11 hours ago

Jimmy Butler’s breakout season was 2014-2015 when he won the MIP.

LeBron was then already BACK in Cleveland

ComfortableRecent775

2 | 6 hours ago

LeBron basically overlapped three eras: guys he watched as a kid, his own class, and dudes who grew up watching him.

cambridgepokemonKO

1568 | 18 hours ago

missed al horford and mike conley. probably some others

GoldenBoyRecords | Knicks

514 | 18 hours ago

Jrue Holiday for sure

InB4Clive | Knicks

425 | 17 hours ago

Kevin Love for sure

HereIGoAgain_1x10 | Cavaliers

165 | 15 hours ago

Dude sacrificed so many stats to go to Cleveland and be the 3rd wheel then stayed loyal to them after LeBron left for LA to try to help em rebuild while going through mental health struggles.

scottie_always_knew | 76ers

103 | 15 hours ago

Honestly became an unlikely Cleveland folk hero, the rough beginning, 4 finals appearances, a highlight stop in a game 7 win, and helping them transition to the next chapter all make that future jersey retiring ceremony justified

PositiveCoyote100

10 | 14 hours ago

I didn’t know he was still playing.

WeCantBothBeMe

5 | 14 hours ago

He should retire too

mattroom

28 | 14 hours ago

Shout out to Horford. I remember the push towards positionless basketball in the mid 2010s, and Horford was in the middle of it as, (very) arguably, the 60 win Hawks’ best player.

“He’s not really a center. He’s a basketball player who happens to be a center.” - Grantland 2015

“Billy Donovan, Horford’s coach at Florida, says Horford had that mind-set before college. Donovan watched Horford’s AAU team lose an elimination game in Las Vegas during one recruiting summer. After the game, Donovan spotted Horford weeping alone on the bleachers. “Anybody who cares that much about winning — I want that guy on my team,” Donovan says.”
“Nene is a good midrange shooter. Horford is a great one. In his best seasons, Horford has hit 50-plus percent of his long 2-point jumpers — Nowitzkian territory.”
”‘He kept me in check,” Joakim Noah says. ‘Al is a winner. The only reason he’s underappreciated is that he plays in Atlanta. Everyone in basketball circles knows he’s a top player.’”

He’s one of the few guys who can lay claim to a Kareem/Lebron like career arc, too.

gignac | HOU

6 | 5 hours ago

I miss good sports writing so much. Podcasts are just a lower form

JarJarsBallsackEyes | Rockets

24 | 17 hours ago

Taj Gibson erasure

WakingRage | Warriors

4 | 8 hours ago

He was overdue to retire 3 years ago ngl. He’s hanging on by a thread as a respected vet.

unknowingexpert69

12 | 15 hours ago

Steven Adams

th0rbj03rn | Germany

14 | 14 hours ago

While getting up there i don’t think that the 2013 Draft counts as the old guard. Because if we do, then there are guys like Giannis, Gobert, McCollum or Schroder, who just feel like the part of that next generation. By the time they got in the nba most of that old guard was already relatively established in the league.

unknowingexpert69

8 | 12 hours ago

McCollum and Schroder feel super old right now

th0rbj03rn | Germany

4 | 7 hours ago

Dennis is 32, so same age as Embiid. But yeah, cj is already 34 so getting up there. For me the old guard should be around the top 15 oldest/most experienced players, so 35+ years old and about 15 years of experience and not a group of all the players slightly out of their prime. The 2013 Draft is getting there, but to me they definitely feel like the start of the generation after the old guard. Give them 2-3 years and they will be the face of a new old guard.

Askesl | Nuggets

8 | 8 hours ago

Deandre Jordan

Normal-Weakness-364 | Canada

7 | 16 hours ago

i think it’s really only putting star level players.

Dylan7346 | Knicks

18 | 15 hours ago

Horford is a 5 time all star. I knew it was a couple but damn I didn’t know 5 till I looked it up

Normal-Weakness-364 | Canada

10 | 15 hours ago

him and klay having the same number of all-stars is a little surprising to me tbh

TheRealAbear | Pelicans

5 | 6 hours ago

AD if Dame is here

Pale-Dig-1336

2 | 4 hours ago

Jrue Holiday

Artemis-Amnesia26

2 | 2 hours ago

Rondo too. One of the last few true PG’s

ggggg49 | Supersonics

837 | 18 hours ago

Feel like Al horford should be on this list

latman | Nets

465 | 18 hours ago

Brook Lopez too

boyWHOcriedFSD

101 | 17 hours ago

Ya, he’s had an incredible career. Props to Brook for pivoting to add a 3-pointer. Massively extended his career.

Omnimark | Bucks

3 | an hour ago

And becoming a great rim protector. It’s funny how he was the offensive Lopez and Robin was seen as the defensive one, but by the time Brook won the ‘ship he was seen as one of the premier defenders in the league

ColdYellowGatorade

57 | 16 hours ago

Brooke Lopez started his career on the NJ Nets back at the Izod center in the meadowlands. Dude has been around for a long, long time.

hoopaholik91 | West

32 | 15 hours ago

Lopez twins at Stanford versus Love and Westbrook at UCLA was the last relevant Pac10/12 rivalry

Titronnica | SAS

6 | 15 hours ago

And is the franchise’s all time leading scorer to boot!

HighGuysImHere | Pistons

5 | 6 hours ago

I can remember the Lopez’s playing in the NCAA tourney when i was in high school, and as long as i still see Brook from time to time, I almost don’t feel old for a second.

4trackboy

3 | 12 hours ago

He was also a pure post player and people thought he was lacking defensively. NGL didn’t watch a lot NJ back then lol so idk if it was just a media narrative that the large and slow white dude can’t defend. Either way he transitioned perfectly into an entirely new era.

latman | Nets

2 | 3 hours ago

Nah that’s a myth. He was always an elite rim protector and he took a lot of 18 footers before he started taking threes. He could always shoot

ggggg49 | Supersonics

32 | 18 hours ago

I would agree. He’s in my personal top 5 all time favorite players.

mhedbergfan | Pelicans

12 | 17 hours ago

he’s in my top 5 for other people’s top 5 favorite players

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

83 | 18 hours ago

You can drop the feels, you right, he’s 40, he def should be here.

He played on that hella good Gator team wayyy back with friggin Joakim. Noah retired after 2020 season. Al’s a year younger I believe but now playing into ‘26-‘27.

Both drafted in ‘07, Al was the 3rd pick, Joakim 9th. They also had Corey Brewer w/pick #7 the same year. The Gator team was damn good. What a fun March that year was. My HS graduation year, too.

Alexcox95 | Heat

12 | 17 hours ago

I wish I was older back then bc I didn’t care as much at the time. Gainesville had to be crazy those couple of years with all the nattys

CaptainLawyerDude | Trail Blazers

4 | 5 hours ago

It was! I worked for UF in 2006 and 2007. My office was like a block from the basketball arena. Between the nattys, Tebow-mania, Donovan’s dalliance with Orlando, and the “don’t tase me, bro” viral video it was a wild time to be there.

Also, holy crap, that was 20 years ago! Now I feel decrepit.

Lets_Go_Blue__Jays

27 | 18 hours ago

Kyle Lowry on the recently retired side.

MajorMilkyway | Knicks

3 | 17 hours ago

Harrison Barnes too

GenerallyJam

397 | 18 hours ago

Imagine LeBron outlasts all these guys

Any-Question-3759

360 | 18 hours ago

KD gonna die before he retires.

If no team picks him up he just gonna show up one day and hope no one notices.

GenerallyJam

188 | 18 hours ago

Him not having a family might make him hoop till 45 ngl

GoldenBoyRecords | Knicks

119 | 17 hours ago

I would not be surprised if he plays until his mid 40s. I know ppl talk about Lebrons longevity but KD is still playing at an extremely high level.

GenerallyJam

71 | 17 hours ago

I think KD wants to climb the scoring leader board

Melodying | Spurs

48 | 17 hours ago

currently #5, can get past kobe next season, maybe past malone in ‘28, will probably need till ‘29 to get around or past kareem to #2. he’d be in his age 40 season.

LeBron has an ~10k point cushion on KD right now, + how much else he scores in Philly (I’d bet on KD outscoring him through the next 2 seasons, barring injury)

if he truly doesn’t want to do anything else and isn’t forced to stop, he could be in the 40k club with LeBron, but it’d take a couple of season past age 40 to get to #1

aidenkula

27 | 17 hours ago

He would have to average something like 18ppg until he’s 45 to pass Bron

GenerallyJam

32 | 16 hours ago

That’s very possible ngl

gratitudeisbs | Lakers

11 | 12 hours ago

if lebron plays 2 more seasons, he has no chance

YSLAnunoby | Raptors

8 | 16 hours ago

If he just plays like Nuggets MPJ when he no longer has the downhill pressure to drive even like he does now, I think he can keep going for a long time

GenerallyJam

18 | 17 hours ago

I think that’s his last bet to shut anybody who shit talks his legacy tbh

chonky_tortoise | Kings

34 | 17 hours ago

He’d still be a colossal bitch for all time in my book. But in a basketball sense yeah all time scoring leader is untouchable.

PrimitivePineapple

11 | 17 hours ago

At least your acknowledge he is one of the best basketball players of all time

musthavesoundeffects | Supersonics

8 | 11 hours ago

If he wasn’t it wouldn’t have been a bitch move

Melodying | Spurs

5 | 17 hours ago

I mean, would it change his legacy that much? Sure, #1 in scoring all-time would get the headlines and acknowledgement from the general basketball public, but for enthusiasts and bball nerds it wouldn’t really change the perspective on his career, that cake us pretty baked at this point.

We already know he’s one of the best scorers ever. Plus he’d gain a further contingent of haters for taking the record away from LeBron…

GenerallyJam

10 | 17 hours ago

He’d have a bigger claim to “greatest scorer of all time”

General_Cream9705

6 | 17 hours ago

Honestly tho hes burned alot of bridges and and I feel like people won’t want him if hes gonna blow up your locker room, especially on a big contract. I do wonder if he’ll hang it up of his own will or end up seen as a negative until hes forced out like westbrook

GenerallyJam

12 | 17 hours ago

I doubt by the time he’s 40 he’ll be playing for big money anyway

GoldenBoyRecords | Knicks

4 | 17 hours ago

KD is still productive . There’s always going to be team willing to gamble on him imo. I don’t think KD will ever get to a point where he will be “forced” out.

mucho-gusto | CLE

2 | 4 hours ago

Once he switches to cheap contracts like LeBron now nobody will care

KriticalKarl

19 | 18 hours ago

If “ball is life” was a person.

mucho-gusto | CLE

2 | 4 hours ago

Kevin Rojas

ChipsOtherShoe | 76ers

9 | 17 hours ago

I’ve wondered if after no NBA team signs him he’d try to go play overseas, I’m sure nearly every other pro league in the world would be happy to sign KD in his 40s

GenerallyJam

6 | 17 hours ago

I think his pull up game is only going to age like wine, he’ll fall off defensively tho sooner or later

CitizenCue | Warriors

2 | 10 hours ago

Him and Klay should team up again in five years for one last ride. Then get married.

RedHammer1441

49 | 18 hours ago

Bron gonna outlast Ant and Coop too probably

Medical_Track_790 | Hawks

9 | 17 hours ago

I mean the gap between LeBron getting drafted and Kyrie is the same as Kyrie and Luka

j_cruise | Nets

6 | 17 hours ago

This is weird to me

CitizenCue | Warriors

2 | 10 hours ago

Who do we actually think will be last man standing? I’m gonna guess Klay since he doesn’t seem in much of a hurry to start a family or nothing.

GenerallyJam

3 | 10 hours ago

I think he’ll be one of the next ones to go bcos his game is slipping the most. I think KD lasts the longest.

Pale-Dig-1336

2 | 4 hours ago

Kawhi bc he’s still playing incredibly well when he’s healthy

FuckingRudyGayMan | Rockets

181 | 18 hours ago

Jeff Green hasn’t retired yet

oceanfloors1 | Spurs

31 | 17 hours ago

He’s just old.

RoaringPity | Raptors

164 | 18 hours ago

add kyle lowry to past member plz

LivinForThaCity | Timberwolves

18 | 17 hours ago

And D-Rose

LazyHardWorker | Warriors

4 | 17 hours ago

Is he still playing?

King_parrot99 | Hornets

51 | 17 hours ago

No. He signed a one-day contract with the Raptors back in July so he could retire there.

Anal-In-Gus

3 | 17 hours ago

Good call 🙏❤️

wedontliveonce | Bucks

145 | 18 hours ago

Taj Gibson, Al Horford, Jeff Green, Mike Conley, Brook Lopez, DeAndre Jordan, Kevin Love, Nicolas Batum, and Mason Plumley are all older than Paul George, Kawhi, Lillard, and Kyrie.

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

27 | 17 hours ago

Love, absolutely, good call

I dunno how I missed him, he’s from my home state & we don’t get a ton of real true sports stars here. Decent baseball state but that’s about it. Love was so much damn fun to watch. He was a hell of a high school talent.

Him and Kyle Singler both. Who I really hope can get the help he truly needs. Singler is not doing well, whatsoever. Breaks my heart.

Future-Feature-7657 | Trail Blazers

20 | 17 hours ago

None are as culturally significant though

ReceptionNo67

15 | 17 hours ago

Plumgod millionaire is absolutely culturally significant

wedontliveonce | Bucks

9 | 17 hours ago

Fair point if you mean culturally significant to casual fans.

I_RAPE_CELLS | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

Brook lopez is the nets leading franchise scorer but it’s unlikely he makes the HOF. I think Kevin Love is fairly culturally significant though, probably on par with DeMar. Al horfords NCAA championships also help his case with the HOF.

Horror_Trust1826 | Warriors

76 | 18 hours ago

OP forgot Al Horford and some others as well.

tonkatoyelroy | Cavaliers

16 | 18 hours ago

Jeff Green?

grudgepacker | Bucks

10 | 17 hours ago

Will always love Uncle Jeff but nah, he’s not in the Lowry/Horford/Jrue/Brook/Conley/etc. tier that could/should have been included too

TheHaplessKnicksFan | NYK

2 | 14 hours ago

Honestly, I feel he’s in that category. There was like a 5 year stretch where he would get traded every season to a contender, play big mins in the playoffs, and be seen as a huge get for a team by talking heads.

wedontliveonce | Bucks

3 | 17 hours ago

NBA record holder for most teammates at 272 and counting.

BlockedByMobley | Lebanon

6 | 17 hours ago

Garrett Temple slander will not be tolerated

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

37 | 17 hours ago

MIKE CONLEY AINT DEAD

naive-dragon | PHI

39 | 16 hours ago

LeBron is like old old guard, it’s almost ridiculous to lump him in with the others here lol. CP3 is legit the only one here who’s his contemporary.

Magnus-Methelson-m3

15 | 12 hours ago

Yeah, it’s kind of insulting to Bron lumping him in with these dudes. He’s old enough to have been their vets when they all joined the league

Dafrickinguy | Raptors

22 | 18 hours ago

How did bruh get the title this long

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

4 | 17 hours ago

Used every character available

GSWarrior10

19 | 18 hours ago

Al Horford.

adeelf | Lakers

20 | 16 hours ago

By 2028-29 This list will lose a lot more names

By that time, the list will include the likes of Jokic, Giannis, AD, Embiid and LeBron.

Another 3-4 years after that, the old guard will include Luka, SGA, Brunson, Trae Young and LeBron.

Crazy how time flies.

xixbia

2 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, this is such a pointlesa fact.

“The old guard gets older”

Yeah, no shit. And then there’s a new old guard.

pizza_me_your_tits | Rockets

12 | 18 hours ago

Has Eric Gordon retired officially?

yourm0mzlover | Celtics

6 | 18 hours ago

Free agent

DecentDiver458

7 | 18 hours ago

Cant believe Draymond and Klay are 36

Kyrie is still 34 so he shouldnt be on the list yo, 35 is the cutoff

triosway | Heat

10 | 17 hours ago

Age shouldn’t matter as much as time in the league. All three were drafted in 2011-2012, with Draymond drafted last. Kyrie belongs with them

Brave-Experience-271

6 | 18 hours ago

Just gonna forget about Tj McConnell?

bigballnn

5 | 18 hours ago

No love for Jeff Green and Taj Gibson?

Ancient-Village6479 | Wizards

5 | 17 hours ago

I’ve never seen a title for a Reddit post look like this. Didn’t even know it was possible lol.

Rambobinladen | Heat

3 | 18 hours ago

Captain Obvious has arrived!

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

3 | 17 hours ago

Glad you showed up

yourm0mzlover | Celtics

5 | 18 hours ago

Taj Gibson

ILikeXanax | Nuggets

2 | 17 hours ago

Wait for real?

wedontliveonce | Bucks

3 | 17 hours ago

Taj is only about 6 months younger than Bron. 2nd oldest active player.

ILikeXanax | Nuggets

3 | 17 hours ago

I was more surprised he was still playing

FactAffectionate6830

3 | 18 hours ago

LeBron was 2003 - 4 years before anyone else on this list.

Some of these are close to a decade behind him.

Think he’s in the old, old, real fucking old, guard and KD about to join him.

h989 | Jazz

4 | 18 hours ago

Where’s Mike Connelly

teslastats

4 | 17 hours ago

My old guard list was magic, bird, Isiah, fat lever, Dale Ellis, Hakeem, Joe dumars, jordan

xixbia

2 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, the old guard never goes away because it changes by definition.

What they mean is “these dudes who became stars at a time I was really invested the NBA”

(It’s also a bit weird, Dart Adams is 50. He literally experienced your old guard)

LendHuntFish | Trail Blazers

4 | 17 hours ago

+Jrue Holiday

ProdigyMamba | Knicks

3 | 18 hours ago

it’s a wrap for the U.S. Team?

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

2 | 17 hours ago

Next Olympics will be interesting. From here on out they should only get better in regards to basketball.

No longer are the USA a wholly dominant force, with guys now often leaving the U.S. to play for their home teams.

gerardguey | Bulls

4 | 17 hours ago

Lebron was the old guard when some of these guys were the new guard

Rich-Ad-6876

3 | 17 hours ago

Lebron had already led the Cavs to the finals before anyone else on this remaining list was drafted.

RangryRanga

3 | 17 hours ago

Old guard??

Bruh LeBron was there before all those guys haha
He’s the Allfather

FadedMunkey

3 | 16 hours ago

LeBron is old old guard now

Rybackmonster

3 | 16 hours ago

It was just yesterday we were watching these guys dominate in the 2010s and now their time is almost up 😢

WorkingFrosting6497

3 | 16 hours ago

LeBron was the old guard when half of the old guards on this list were in their prime

doonerlxx | Raptors

2 | 18 hours ago

Out of this list I can see PG and Jimmy retiring next. Demar could be the next Westbrook scenario if he has a mid season/can’t contribute to a winning team

GoldenBoyRecords | Knicks

11 | 17 hours ago

Nah PG still has 2 years minimum. He isn’t turning down his PO. I think a lot on Butler will depend how he looks coming back from injury. Most of the guys OP listed outside of Klay are still capable starters. Demar would easily be a 6MOY caliber easily

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

3 | 17 hours ago

It’s still so weird to me that Jimmy is now old. For whatever reason, he still feels like a new player to me.

More so than any of these other guys, I almost feel like he just got here. I dunno why that is.

JiovanniTheGREAT

2 | 18 hours ago

Where’s Jrue?

HoldEm__FoldEm | Lakers

2 | 17 hours ago

He’s 36. He belongs by OP’s guidelines. He has a 34 year old here, too young - Kyrie

AbilityComfortable58

2 | 18 hours ago

Kawhi and Kyrie not gonna retire by then, ³⁷⁄₃₆

IgnorantGenius | Clippers

2 | 17 hours ago

Hang it up and let the league move on.

beefpattywagon | Timberwolves

2 | 17 hours ago

No love to my goat Mike Conley :(

FunkTronto | Raptors

2 | 17 hours ago

Missing Kyle Lowry… who is retiring and will be celebrated.

prestoncollins | LAL

2 | 17 hours ago

LeBron is in a different class from just about every player on this list. KD is at least close with starting in 07/08, but everyone else ended their first season in the 2010s

SAguilar23 | Spurs

2 | 17 hours ago

They’re with Wade Boggs now. Gone but not forgotten.

Deathsodas | Timberwolves

2 | 17 hours ago

I will not accept this Mike Conley erasure. Unc still out here dropping 3s in the playoffs

nashpdotcom

2 | 16 hours ago

Feels weird that any of these names are old guards. I’m getting old.

SCATpackMcgee

2 | 12 hours ago

You forgot NBA legends Jeff Green & Al Horford

Pale-Dig-1336

2 | 4 hours ago

What about Jrue Holiday?

LazyIllustrator6946 | Pistons

1 | 17 hours ago

Has Ben Simmons officially retired?

Alexcox95 | Heat

1 | 17 hours ago

Watch DeRozan be the last one standing

tronovich | Bulls

1 | 17 hours ago

I’d be surprised if any of them are remaining by 2029 offseason.

trav-senpai | Kings

1 | 17 hours ago

I love how the time frame for a generation of players is just “whatever the poster chooses it to be”. A tweet isnt something you should need a source for either because there’s no facts in the entire statement.

entench0123 | Lakers

1 | 17 hours ago

PG still playing??

YoungAntiSocialite | Trail Blazers

1 | 17 hours ago

Is dame the youngest in this list?

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

1 | 17 hours ago

Keep hustling Demar. Get to top 10 in points. I believe.

TheSexyShaman | Timberwolves

1 | 17 hours ago

Who would we call the current guard

FastBreakPhenom | Celtics

1 | 17 hours ago

Realistically, the only guys on this list who I see still playing in 2029 are Steph and KD.

LeBron is clearly in his final year or two from how he’s been talking. Kawhi’s body can breakdown at any given moment. Harden doesn’t seem like the type of guy to want to play forever. And everyone else on that list is already hanging on by a thread

SwimmingGun

1 | 17 hours ago

Hopefully they all retire after this season

j0shd0gge | Grizzlies

1 | 17 hours ago

I could’ve swore Haslem was still suiting up 😂

redguyinfinite | Knicks

1 | 17 hours ago

dame and draymond were drafted one year before giannis and two years before jokic.

jknuts1377 | Celtics

1 | 17 hours ago

Hearing these guys being called the old guard makes me feel so old. I remember when all these guys were drafted back when I was in school.

Not-_-cringe

1 | 17 hours ago

Does Anthony Davis make this, or was he injured? Same draft as dame though 3 less college seasons so maybe too young

BrolysFavoriteNephew | BOS

1 | 17 hours ago

A piece of me just felt old. I’ve been watching since 96. I’ve seen a lot players come and go that make me realize it’s a different era. The new age is here and taking over.

Idkhowlongmyusername | Washington Bullets

1 | 17 hours ago

WHERE IS GARRET TEMPLE?!?

erog84 | Suns

1 | 17 hours ago

A lot of posts lately of people clumping a wide range of players into “old guard”. Yea we get it, you have watched for a few years and think anyone that is past year 5 are all part of the old guard.

HeckofaDeal

1 | 17 hours ago

How are Dame and Dray on this list, but not AD?

No-Alternative2897

3 | 17 hours ago

Younger by like 3 yrs. If you add AD might as well add Jokic, Giannis and Embiid since he’s closer in age to those guys compared to Dray and Dame

kyleyle | Raptors

1 | 17 hours ago

DeAndre Jordan?

affnn

1 | 17 hours ago

Well good news I guess by 2028-29 you’ll have a new “old guard”.

CosmoJones07 | Heat

1 | 17 hours ago

No Kevin Love certainly is a choice.

ProfessorUnable8989

1 | 16 hours ago

Kevin Love is not signed at the moment. Is he pretty much done?

[Adams] The remaining “old guard” list is: LeBron James Kevin Durant Steph Curry James Harden Demar DeRozan Paul George Jimmy Butler Kyrie Irving Kawhi Leonard Draymond Green Damian Lillard Klay Thompson Past members: Chris Paul Russell Westbrook By 2028-29 This list will lose a lot more names