What's up with age 27?

[Derivative]

Age 27 happens to be the absolute peak of a lot of players, at a surprisingly level of conformity.

These are the players's season at age 27:

Michael Jordan 1991 season: MVP, finals MVP, first championship, best statistical season(efficiency wise), consensus peak. GOAT at his GOAT form

Shaquille O'neal 2000 season: MVP, finals mvp, first championship, best statistical season, consensus peak

Kevin Garnett 2004 season: MVP, best statistical season, consensus peak

Kobe Bryant 2006 season: 35ppg, 81 point game, best statistical season

Magic Johnson 1987 season：MVP finals MVP, best statistical season consensus peak

Dwyane Wade 2009 season: bests statistical season, consensus peak

Charles barkley 1991 season: best statistical season



Patrick Ewing's 1990 season also occurred when he was 27. He averaged 29/11 with 4 bpg on 55% shooting, and carried his Knicks past a much more talented Celtics team with games of 33/19, 44/13/5/7 on 18/24 shooting and 31/8/10 in the 3 elimination games.

Dirk was also 27 in '06 when he arguably had his best season and led Dallas to the finals for the first time.

Bernard King was also 27 in '84 when he averaged 35/6/3 on 57% in 12 playoff games and took the champion Celtics to 7.

Moses Malone would also be considered 27 in the '82-'83 season when he won his championship, if you count Shaq and Jordan as 27 in those years.

Bill Russell was also 27 in '62 when he had his best statistical season and best scoring season, though he considers '64 his best season.

Gary Payton was 27 when he led Seattle to the finals, and was voted DPOY. Though I'm not sure when his peak was. Sometime between '95-'98.

Grant Hill was 27 when he showed a noticeable improvement in his jump shot, and topped his previous highest scoring season by 4.4 ppg.

[BuffaloBill]

Kobe Bryant 2006 season: 35ppg, 81 point game, best statistical season


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[Velocirap31]

I've always heard that the human prime was 30, but some NBA players decline at that point.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Add Lebron to that list as well.

[Derivative]

Add Lebron to that list as well.

i consider lebron's peak to be his 2009 season

[DuMa]

you could probably make a list for 28 and 29 year olds too.

27-30 is universally stated as the prime of everyone's lives

[RoundMoundOfReb]

i consider lebron's peak to be his 2009 season

Yeah maybe, but he shot 53% from the field this year. That's unreal. Plus: MVP FMVP NBA CHAMP and potential gold medal.

[EnoughSaid]

Dwyane Wade's 08-09 season was when he turned 27 as well. :bowdown:

[Derivative]

Yeah maybe, but he shot 53% from the field this year. That's unreal. Plus: MVP FMVP NBA CHAMP and potential gold medal.


he shot 53% because he barely took any 3s, his 2009 season is better statistically in almost every way. lebron was faster, more clutch, and just generally more dominant

[d.bball.guy]

Not age but Chris Smoove wears #27 :bowdown:

[EnoughSaid]

Not age but Chris Smoove wears #27 :bowdown:

Number 27 to Number 21, Houston we have a problem!

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[d.bball.guy]

Number 27 to Number 21, Houston we have a problem!

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J-Smoove didn't dunk their last oop SMH

[EnoughSaid]

J-Smoove didn't dunk their last oop SMH

SMOOOOOVE TO SMOOOVE!

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[StateOfMind12]

If LeBron were to retire, his 2012 season would be considered his peak. It's scary that LeBron might not even be at his peak yet, but if so his peak was in 2012, not 2009, or 2010. He was far more exciting to watch in 2009 and 2010 though but that was because he was more athletic and a one man show. It doesn't mean he was any better then than he is now.

[sipitri]

Also in football 27 is usually considered the best age, best mix between experience and athletic ability

[Linspired]

is that mean Jeremy Lin will avg 23/6/9.5 4 years later? :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[blablabla]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_10Z7mAz9Kyg/R6swVK-6JVI/AAAAAAAAABo/A5zSdKIpYLc/s400/club27.jpg

[All Net]

It's the point when players break into their prime.

[Smoke117]

I dunno, but i'm now 28 and wish I was still 27. :D

[Redoks]

SMOOOOOVE TO SMOOOVE!

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:lol :roll: SMOOVE CITY :bowdown:

[ShaqAttack3234]

I've noticed this as well, of course some of those players turned 28 in those seasons. A player usually seems to be in his prime from about 26-30 give or take a year for the start or finish.

Patrick Ewing's 1990 season also occurred when he was 27. He averaged 29/11 with 4 bpg on 55% shooting, and carried his Knicks past a much more talented Celtics team with games of 33/19, 44/13/5/7 on 18/24 shooting and 31/8/10 in the 3 elimination games.

Dirk was also 27 in '06 when he arguably had his best season and led Dallas to the finals for the first time.

Bernard King was also 27 in '84 when he averaged 35/6/3 on 57% in 12 playoff games and took the champion Celtics to 7.

Moses Malone would also be considered 27 in the '82-'83 season when he won his championship, if you count Shaq and Jordan as 27 in those years.

Bill Russell was also 27 in '62 when he had his best statistical season and best scoring season, though he considers '64 his best season.

Gary Payton was 27 when he led Seattle to the finals, and was voted DPOY. Though I'm not sure when his peak was. Sometime between '95-'98.

Grant Hill was 27 when he showed a noticeable improvement in his jump shot, and topped his previous highest scoring season by 4.4 ppg.

[wagexslave]

Meanwhile in AZ Steve Nash's prime is 37. lol

[ILLsmak]

Age 27 happens to be the absolute peak of a lot of players, at a surprisingly level of conformity.

These are the players's season at age 27:

Michael Jordan 1991 season: MVP, finals MVP, first championship, best statistical season(efficiency wise), consensus peak. GOAT at his GOAT form

Shaquille O'neal 2000 season: MVP, finals mvp, first championship, best statistical season, consensus peak

Kevin Garnett 2004 season: MVP, best statistical season, consensus peak

Kobe Bryant 2006 season: 35ppg, 81 point game, best statistical season

Magic Johnson 1987 season：MVP finals MVP, best statistical season consensus peak

Dwyane Wade 2009 season: bests statistical season, consensus peak

Charles barkley 1991 season: best statistical season

When I turned 27, I was like NOOOO!!! But then I was like, nah **** that I'm still in my prime look at how people in the NBA were tearing shit up at 27. no lie! SOME DAY your moment will come. Remember this when you look in the mirror on your birthday.

"Yea but Kobe put up 35ppg..."

Just try not to think about all of the 27 year old people that killed themselves.

-Smak

[Horatio33]

Tim Duncan was 27 during the 2002-03 season.

[Rake2204]

When I turned 27, I was like NOOOO!!! But then I was like, nah **** that I'm still in my prime look at how people in the NBA were tearing shit up at 27. no lie! SOME DAY your moment will come. Remember this when you look in the mirror on your birthday.

"Yea but Kobe put up 35ppg..."

Just try not to think about all of the 27 year old people that killed themselves.

-Smak
I had that thought at one point as well (about turning 27). In fact, I'm 28 now and I've actually had some of the guys I play basketball with jokingly call me old. It helps to be able to reference the similarly aged LeBron James in those cases. Age is always relative.

I'd also believe professional athletes tend to achieve their athletic high point quicker because they're most often always being pushed to the absolute maximum of their abilities, aka 100% effort combined with a 27-year-old's 100% ability. I think it's probably a little more flexible for regular folk since we likely are not being forced to push ourselves to our 100% max every year. As such, maybe our peak potential still occurs at 27, but maybe we only give 60% effort that year. Then, at age 28, maybe our ceiling is lower, but we go harder (say 73%), thus yielding better performance than a year earlier.

I guess the analogy would be filling up a tall glass 1/8th of the way versus filling up a shorter glass all the way. One may have a lower ceiling, but maximizing its ability can yield better results than the former.

[TheImmortal]

Bump.

http://i.imgur.com/EwpKBg8.jpg

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[warriorfan]

Age 27 for most players is the perfect mix of a lot experience at the Professional level while at the same time keeping most of their athletic gifts. After 27 many NBA players start rapidly losing quickness. Before 27, they usually haven't fully grasped and mastered the professional game.

[SouBeachTalents]

Although to be fair, some of these players (Jordan, Russell, Shaq) were 28 during some of their peak season and the entirety of their playoff run

[LoneyROY7]

It's when the length coincides perfectly with the girth. And it reaches it's PEAK.

[game3524]

NBA players are at their best at ages 27-29. I bet if you look at MJ, Kobe, Shaq, Lebron etc. numbers between that age period, that three year window is likely the best stretch of their careers.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

Can't wait for 27 Year old Porzingod

[90sgoat]

See kids there is this saying 'youth is wasted on the young' which none of you won't understand or want to understand anyway.

The reason why a man's prime is late 20s and not early 20s is because even if you think you are really smart already a lot of things just seem to click in your head when you get around that age. Suddenly you put the pieces together and you understand who you are for good and bad.

It's not that you're better athletically, though strength wise you probably are, but that your brain is now fully adult.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

See kids there is this saying 'youth is wasted on the young' which none of you won't understand or want to understand anyway.

The reason why a man's prime is late 20s and not early 20s is because even if you think you are really smart already a lot of things just seem to click in your head when you get around that age. Suddenly you put the pieces together and you understand who you are for good and bad.

It's not that you're better athletically, though strength wise you probably are, but that your brain is now fully adult.

This is why I feel that it's not much of a detriment for players to stay in College for a few years.

[90sgoat]

This is why I feel that it's not much of a detriment for players to stay in College for a few years.

Well, a lot of these players are dumb as rocks and probably don't feel very good in classrooms, so I can understand they take the money and run.

It does seem like a lot of players never really outgrow the high school mentality.

[warriorfan]

See kids there is this saying 'youth is wasted on the young' which none of you won't understand or want to understand anyway.

The reason why a man's prime is late 20s and not early 20s is because even if you think you are really smart already a lot of things just seem to click in your head when you get around that age. Suddenly you put the pieces together and you understand who you are for good and bad.

It's not that you're better athletically, though strength wise you probably are, but that your brain is now fully adult.

Having 5+ years of experience in the league is a larger factor than being a more mature adult in my opinion.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Tim Duncan was 27 during the 2002-03 season.

The GOAT carry.

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