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The remaining active NBA players from each draft class between 2003 and 2010

It is truly remarkable that LeBron is still playing as well as he does.

With each passing season, more and more players in the previous generation of the NBA are graduating into retirement.

Some of the most recognizable and dominant players of a beloved era (e.g. Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, etc.) have recently ended their professional playing careers.

As the league begins to look increasingly different every year, we decided to look at which players drafted before 2011 are still active in the league. There are only 30 players who fit those qualifications and only 19 have started more than one game this season.

Here is a look at each NBA draft class and who remains active years later.

All data is provided via Stathead and is accurate as of publishing.

Complete list of backup centers Sixers have employed behind Joel Embiid

Here is a complete list of the backup centers the Philadelphia 76ers have employed behind star big man Joel Embiid.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been one of the top teams in the East since Joel Embiid stepped onto the floor for them in the 2016-17 season. The big fella has been the transcendent star the franchise needed to regain relevancy in the league.

The backup center spot has been a bit of an adventure for the franchise. They have cycled through a lot of different options behind Embiid looking for the right combination on the floor. Some have been duds and others have been solid players.

In Embiid’s seven seasons with the Sixers, Philadelphia has employed a number of backup centers, and it appears as though there will be a new backup in the 2023-24 season, veteran Mo Bamba. It was Paul Reed in 2022-23, but it appears he could get a look at power forward under new coach Nick Nurse.

Here are all the backup centers during the Embiid era:

Former Texas A&M player DeAndre Jordan wins NBA Championship before prior teammate Chris Paul

With the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals, former Texas A&M basketball player DeAndre Jordan is officially crowned an NBA Champion for the first time in his career.

The Denver Nuggets are your 2023 NBA Champions, and there’s cause for celebration if you’re a Texas A&M basketball fan as well.

After beating the Miami Heat 4-1 in the Finals, the Mile High City officially welcomed their first NBA Championship in franchise history. But the city of Denver isn’t the only one celebrating their first ring. Former Texas A&M basketball player DeAndre Jordan, who donned the Maroon and White for the 2007-08 season, is officially crowned an NBA Champion for the first time in his career.

The Aggies basketball team made sure to recognize the achievement of the former player, releasing a well-deserved shoutout on social media:

Jordan has spent 15 seasons in the NBA, with many of his best years coming during a 10-year stint with the Los Angeles Clippers.

After being selected in the second round by the franchise in the 2008 draft, Jordan would go on to make the All-Defensive team twice and All-NBA three times while also being named a two-time NBA rebounding champion. Jordan was also an All-Star for the 2016-17 season after leading the league in field goal percentage (71.4%).

However, the one piece of hardware that eluded Jordan and those well-built Clippers teams was an NBA Championship. While in Los Angeles, Jordan and the Clippers had never even advanced past the second round.

Now, the former Aggie can add “NBA Champion” to his resume, and he just so happened to achieve the feat before a noteworthy teammate of his from the past:

All jokes aside, congratulations are for DeAndre Jordan, whose veteran leadership was invaluable for a Nuggets team that flashed their potential throughout the regular season and officially solidified their place atop the NBA mountaintop with a championship.

Salute to you, DeAndre, and congrats on the championship! As always, Gig ’em!

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Blake Griffin tells the tale of the night he barricaded DeAndre Jordan in his own house

The epic tale turned out to be a bit different than we saw on social media.

At the dawn of the NBA making a community for itself on social media sites such as Twitter, one story stands out in league lore.

We are, of course, talking about the drama surrounding where big man DeAndre Jordan would sign. At one point, Jordan appeared barricaded online with former Boston Celtic Paul Pierce and future Celtic Blake Griffin. The epic tale turned out a bit different than we saw on social media.

Griffin recently sat down to tell the tale to the hosts of the team podcast “The View from the Rafters.”

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what he had to say about that fateful night.

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DeAndre Jordan had a priceless reaction after PA announcer introduced him as Deandre Ayton

It’s still the preseason, folks.

While the NBA’s offseason always leads to familiar faces in new places, there is inevitably an adjustment period.

Veteran big man DeAndre Jordan made his third preseason appearance in the starting lineup for the Nuggets last night, but unfortunately, some still are not fully accustomed to the transition.

Jordan, who signed a one-year deal with Denver, is expected to fill many of the backup center minutes for back-to-back Most Valuable Player recipient Nikola Jokic. The reigning MVP has played just one preseason game but is currently being held out due to a wrist injury.

So with Jordan filling in as a starter, during the pregame introductions before the game against the Suns, his name was announced with the other starters.

But there was one problem: Nuggets PA announcer Kyle Speller didn’t actually say his name, and accidentally referred to him as Deandre Ayton.

The mistake was relatively understandable considering Denver was playing against Ayton’s Suns.

Davon Reed, pictured above, was the first to visibly notice the mistake.

To his credit, Speller immediately corrected what he said and subsequently said the right name. However, the damage was already done, and the results led to a hilarious face made by Jordan.

Don’t be surprised if you see this used as a reaction meme because Jordan’s genuine shock looks a lot like Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”.

After the clip leaked online last night and then circulated around Twitter, I would not expect Speller to ever make this particular mistake again.

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Former Sixers big man DeAndre Jordan named one of top 5 overrated players

Former Philadelphia 76ers big man DeAndre Jordan was named to the top 5 most overrated players list.

Former Philadelphia 76ers big man DeAndre Jordan, now with the Denver Nuggets, has put together a solid career on paper. A second-round pick in 2008, he has an All-Star appearance under his belt and he has been named to an All-NBA team three times.

He has led the league in rebounding twice, and he has made an All-Defensive team twice. With career averages of 9.1 points and 10.3 rebounds, that is pretty good for a guy with his story.

However, some don’t view it that way. Jordan was named to the top five most overrated players list put together by Bleacher Report.

Here was the reasoning:

During the mid-2010s, DeAndre Jordan was one of the league’s more positively impactful centers. From 2012-13 through 2016-17, the Los Angeles Clippers were plus-9.5 points per 100 possessions when he was on the floor and minus-1.3 when he was off.

A look under the hood on those numbers is revealing, though.

In the same stretch, L.A. was minus-1.9 points per 100 possessions when Jordan played without Chris Paul. That number is more in line with what we’ve seen from Jordan over the last five years.

Since 2017-18, Jordan’s teams are minus-3.4 points per 100 possessions when he plays and plus-1.8 when he doesn’t. Among the 1,002 players who’ve logged any time in an NBA game in those five seasons, Jordan’s raw plus-minus of minus-576 ranks 966th.

While those numbers are true and teams are better with him off the floor, it doesn’t change the fact that Jordan has accomplished quite a bit in his career. No matter what is said, the veteran can say he’s put together one helluva career.

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A list of the backup centers Sixers have employed behind Joel Embiid

Here is a list of the backup centers the Philadelphia 76ers have employed during the Joel Embiid era.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been one of the top teams in the East since Joel Embiid stepped onto the floor for them in the 2016-17 season. The big fella has been the transcendent star the franchise needed to regain relevancy in the league.

The biggest issue has been the backup center spot. The Sixers have not settled on one guy who can give positive, productive minutes behind Embiid so the big fella can rest.

In Embiid’s six seasons with the Sixers, Philadelphia has employed a number of backup centers, and it appears as though there will be a new backup in the 2022-23 season, young Paul Reed.

Here are all the backup centers during the Embiid era.

Big man DeAndre Jordan leaves Sixers to join Nuggets in free agency

Big man DeAndre Jordan will leave the Philadelphia 76ers to sign with the Denver Nuggets in free agency.

While the Philadelphia 76ers made their quick move to sign P.J. Tucker in free agency, they have lost a veteran big man that they picked up in the middle of the 2021-22 season.

After the Sixers traded away Andre Drummond in the big deal to bring James Harden into Philadelphia, they needed to replace Drummond quickly. So, the Sixers brought in veteran big man DeAndre Jordan on a deal in order to have somebody as a backup to Joel Embiid.

Jordan averaged 4.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 16 games with the Sixers and he started two games in Round 2 against the Miami Heat when Embiid was hurt.

With the Sixers looking to give Paul Reed and Charles Bassey a look as the backups behind Embiid in the 2022-23 season, Jordan has left the Sixers to sign with the Denver Nuggets.

Jordan will get an opportunity to be the backup now to Nikola Jokic and try to keep his career going as a backup big man. He has made an All-Star game in his career and he was once named to the All-NBA First Team in 2016.

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Stay or go: Predicting what Sixers will do with their 5 free agents

Here are some predictions on what the Philadelphia 76ers will do with their five free agents heading into the 2022 offseason.

As the Philadelphia 76ers navigate the offseason, there are only so many avenues the team can use to improve.

At the moment, the Sixers have the $6.4 million taxpayer mid-level exception they can use in free agency. They could also gain the full $10.3 million mid-level exception if they cut Danny Green. Such a move would make sense since Green will miss most, if not all, of the upcoming season due to a torn ACL and LCL.

There is also the big James Harden dilemma. The Sixers acquired the future Hall of Famer at the deadline. He has a $47 million player option for the 2022-23 season, but can the Sixers negotiate with him to get a deal done that can also improve the roster?

Free agency in the NBA will begin sometime around when the new league year begins on July 1 — no official date has been given yet — and the Sixers have five free agents according to Spotrac.

We predict who stays and who goes:

Player grades: Tyrese Maxey, shorthanded Sixers fall to Heat in Game 2

Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers fall to the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

MIAMI — The Philadelphia 76ers needed a win in this series with the Miami Heat just to feel good about something before the series shifts to Philadelphia and a possible return of Joel Embiid. As they headed into Game 2 on Wednesday in South Florida, they had a lot on the line to get back into the series.

Philadelphia hung with the Heat in the first half again and at the beginning of the third quarter, they made a quick push to get within four, but they weren’t able to get any closer. Miami made their run and the Sixers couldn’t respond as they dropped Game 2 by a score of 119-103. The series now shifts to the Wells Fargo Center where they hope Embiid can return.

Tyrese Maxey had 34 points to lead Philadelphia, James Harden had 20 points and nine assists, and Tobias Harris had 21 points. DeAndre Jordan did have six and five rebounds in another start and Furkan Korkmaz had eight points and six rebounds off the bench.

Here are the player grades following the loss: