The Sport Count

There’s a lot of trickery in the NBA.

We’re talking guys with mad handles, crowds being distracting, Globetrotter-esque passing, the works. But there’s one talent available to only a select few players, those naturally gifted in a certain way; the ability to trick people with your looks. Specifically, looking eons older or younger than you actually are. The Sport Count brings you, in no particular order, its top five Age Trickers.

1. LeBron James | Cleveland Cavaliers | The man is now, allegedly, not quite 24 years old. Arguably the best player in the NBA, LeBron also tricks you by looking like a wizened old sage and, while this confuses you, he throws down monster dunks all over the shop.

Actual Age: 23
Tricking Age: 42

2. Jason Maxiell | Detroit Pistons
Maxiell was drafted in 2005. His trickery is so good though, that he looks like your Dad’s best friend. While you’re thinking about all the fun times he and your Dad had after school, he’s displaying his not inconsiderable upside by hauling in caroms and stuffing it.
Actual Age: 25
Tricking Age: 55

3. Chris Quinn | Miami Heat
Chris Quinn fooled the system. Everyone thinks he’s a college-educated kid who can play competent point guard. He’s not. He’s actually an elf, and finds it uncomfortable to be holding a basketball and not a longbow. So really, he’s doing okay.
Actual Age: 24
Tricking Age: 11
Elf Age: 700

4. Greg Oden | Portland Trailblazers
I don’t even have to explain this. The only thing worth mentioning here is that he has an incredible vertical leap for a 68 year old man.
Actual Age: 20
Tricking Age: 68

5. OJ Mayo | Memphis Grizzlies
OJ is in fact not a child basketball prodigy. If you look at him, you can tell he’s actually a successful San Francisco lawyer. Or that’s what his tricking talent suggests, before he totally runs the floor and you’re left standing there going “Huh? Nailing a triple? I thought he was about to serve me with an affadevit.”
Actual Age: 21
Tricking Age: 32

Posted by: Alex