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Which aspect do you think is more important when gaging a players potential, his age or the amount of years he is been in the league.

Example, a 25-27 year old rookie or a 23-25 year old, 3 year NBA vet.

They're equally important. Of course, one should consider other aspects such as athleticism and skillset, as well as when players began basketball (as in Hakeem's case). However, in general, I like to consider Age + Years in League, thereby pretty much weighing them equally.

If I had to go with one, I'll say years in the league because the jump from rookie year to the second year might be especially pronounced.

TrueLA did some sort of analysis which was very good, which (I believe) concluded that a players career more strongly follows time on the court as opposed to age.