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Underrated NBA Players who balled up at age 35 or later : Wilt who averaged 13.2 pts and 18.6reb to go with 4.6ast and who knows the blocks shooting 73%FG... At age 36 in his lasy season, Russell, Oscar, Baylor, and other older players like Jordan and Bird I won't be listing as I'm trying to stay as modern as possible. So much talk about Lebron being the only 35 year old to play at an elite level this past year got me curious. There's plenty of guys that were good NBA players in their mid 30s like 36 year old Marion on Dallas starting at forward for 30 minutes a night and averaging 10.4ppg 6.4rpg 2apg, is something any player at the age of 36 would be more than happy to put up. But over the past 25 or so years there have been some great elders that had wonderful seasons, even an MVP season from the mailman at age 35. But more importantly are guys like Detlef Schrempf, whom are normally not discussed or brought up. Lebron can match that but Giannis makes a toug

27.5 ppg    Dale Ellis .   After some introspective thinking and some follow up research to conclude my gut feeling about how solid and consistent the wiry and clutch 6'7" Ellis truly became an elite Shooting Guard in Seattle and he's rarely mentioned with the greats. Athleticism wasn't his strong suit but he became a solid team defender and smart overall player and scorer. We've all heard about the old timers and history books. In New age hoops there are rare times where they simply don't discuss certain players or teams as much as others. Back before social media it was up to ESPN and the newspaper sports section.  But when someone asks"rank your top 5 or 10 shooting guards ever" or just "top SG NBA players over the years. While he's not Michael Jordan he definitely should be discussed more as a player of history. Dale Ellis was drafted to the Mavericks abd spent his first 3 years as a 6th man type of role producing some points off the benc

With the NBA trade deadline looming the media has pumped out articles discussing where and how Kevin Love, Danillo Gallinari, Robert Covington, Andre Drummond, and Derrick Rose will all be traded. I smell a weak trade deadline with limited transactions. As a result I do expect the few waiver-wire players that are available to be signed.  The players I will point out and discuss can all have a positive impact as a rotation player or better on a top level playoff team. Green averaged 12.7 points per game last season Jeff Green (PF/SF) - The solid all-around swingman and stretch power-forward was waived earlier this season on a team that had no use for him.  Fast forward to present day and you have plenty of playoff caliber teams that could surely use the combo forwards skillset and veteran leadership, especially on the offensive end of the court. The Sixers, Nets, Magic, Thunder could all be buy low options, and depending on certain trades and roster moves made in the next t