Maurice Evans

Gortat isn’t as young as he used to be, and that’s okay

Throughout Marcin Gortat’s career, there’s been something of an asterisk next to his age, and for good reason. He didn’t start playing in the NBA until he was 23, and he didn’t start logging big minutes in the NBA until he was 26. So the common line of thinking is that he’s younger and fresher than your typical NBA player at the same age. However, it might be time to finally update the way we look at Gortat’s age. He’s averaged over 30 minutes per game in the nearly 7 years he’s played with the Suns and Wizards since he was traded by the Magic in December 2010. His workload has been especially high in Washington. Only 19 players have played more regular season minutes over the last four seasons.

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