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The Best Individual NBA Seasons By a 35 Year Old Veteran

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 tough case. Anyway... Here's some of the best seasons played by 35 year old veterans.

All-star Level and Better 35 Year Olds:

Reggie Miller 2000-2001 Pacers

*39.3 minutes (81 games / 10.3 WinShare)

- 18.9ppg 3.5rpg 3.2apg 1.0spg

     44%FG 37%3pt 93%FT

PER: 17.3

   Note: Reggie logged the 20th most minutes in the NBA at an All-Star level.                       

Detlef Schrempf 1997-1998 Sonics

*35.2 minutes (78 games / 10.4 WinShare)

- 15.8ppg 7.1rpg 4.4apg 0.8spg

   49%FG 42%3pt 85%FT

PER: 18.7

                Note: ranked 10th offense rating

Karl Malone 1997-1998 *Lockout Year Jazz

*37.4 minutes (48 games / 9.6 WS)

- 23.8ppg 9.4rpg 4.1apg 1.3spg 0.6bpg

   49%FG 79%FT

PER: *25.6

              Note: Won the MVP at 35, 3rd in points.                            per game, his PER ranked 2nd NBA.

Shaquille O'Neal 2008-2009 *Age 36 Suns

*30.0 minutes (75 games / 7.8 WS's)

- 17.8ppg 8.5rpg 1.7apg 1.4bpg 0.7spg 

    61%FG 60%FT

PER: 22.3

               Note: Ranked 12th in PER, lead the.                                      league in FG%

Other Noteables:

Pau Gasol 2015-2016 Bulls

   16.5 ppg 11.0 rpg 4.1 apg 2.0 bpg 0.6 spg

PER: 21.7 with 7.1 Win shares


And of course, this season's 35 year old MVP:

Lebron James 2019-2020 *covid season Lakers

*34.9 minutes (60 games / 9.5 WS)

- 25.7ppg 7.9rpg 10.6apg 1.2spg 0.5bpg

   50%FG 35%3pt 70%FT

PER: **26.0

               Note: 13 triple doubles, lead NBA with.                                 10.6apg, ranked 18th minutes.                                   played, Rank. 8th PER in NBA.

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