Aging and youth in the NBA
Subject in Basketball
Aging and youth in the NBA has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Bill Simmons Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Kirk GoldsberryBasketball analytics writer and visual analyst, contributor to The Ringer
Goldsberry credits statistical draft models for identifying Lendeborg and Boozer as top prospects.
“Yeah, big win for the draft model community, the people who use stats to find the best prospects”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:44
Goldsberry argues that paying players in their 30s has become risky and that 30 is effectively the new 35.
“Spending high money on somebody in their 30s is a really risky deal. And I think 30 is the new 35”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 7:31
Goldsberry reports that players aged 30 and older logged 51% of playoff minutes in 1998 compared with 23% last season.
“players 30 and older logged 51% of playoff minutes in 1998”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 3:30
Bill SimmonsSportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast
Simmons calls Cooper Flagg the best teenager he has seen in the NBA, rating him a better two-way player than young LeBron James.
“It's him or LeBron, and I just think he's a better two-way player than LeBron was out of all the young guys I've seen come in”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom Pelissero (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:23:51
Podcasts
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Luka’s MVP Run, Curry’s Revival, NBA Roster Regrets, and a Bears Super Bowl Run With Kirk Goldsberry and Tom PelisseroThe Bill Simmons Podcast · Nov 3, 2026 · 2 h 9 min
Bill Simmons and Kirk Goldsberry discuss the NBA's youth shift, injuries and early-season takes, then Tom Pelissero joins to break down the Bears and NFL trade-deadline questions.