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Programming note:\u00a0The American Century Championship will air Friday, July 11, from 1-3 p.m. PT on Peacock, and again from 5-7 p.m. PT on GOLF Channel. Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13, the tournament will air locally on NBC Bay Area (KNTV) from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

Age ain\u2019t nothing but a number.<\/p>\n

For the Warriors, they\u2019re hoping that statement holds as they try to get one more ring for Steph Curry<\/a>, who’s 37 going on 38 next March. Draymond Green<\/a> is 35 years old, Jimmy Butler<\/a> will be 36 before the 2025-26 NBA season starts.<\/p>\n

For former NBA superstar Vince Carter<\/a>, that doesn\u2019t mean anything to him except more wisdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lotta knowledge,” Carter told NBC Sports Bay Area\u2019s Monte Poole on Thursday at the American Century Championship in South Lake Tahoe when asked about the aging Warriors stars. \u201cThey have an advantage because of knowledge. We always look at age and we think \u2018Oh, they can\u2019t do it. Can they do it? Will they do it? This this,\u2019 but look at the knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

That knowledge has led Curry and Green to four NBA titles, the last of which many critics said would never happen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carter, who played 22 seasons in the league, says experience can sometimes benefit players and teams more than youthfulness.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, and I\u2019m going to speak about myself, first and foremost,\u201d Carter told Poole. \u201cPlaying in that mid-to-late-30\u2019s, maybe I didn\u2019t jump [as] high, run as fast as some of the other young guys but my knowledge for the game, I can outsmart guys. You have all the athleticism and ability, but we know what those guys that you named can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

And what they can do has been evident for the last decade. Curry owns the all-time 3-point record with 4,058 makes during his 16-year NBA career. Green is recognized as one of the league’s best defenders of the past decade and Butler has won everywhere he\u2019s played, once even leading the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals in dominating fashion.<\/p>\n

The Warriors, though, need to see some of their younger players like Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody and even someone like Quinten Post take the next leap in their careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, you need a mixture of everything, so you have the veteran presence in the locker room, which a lot of teams die for – they have that,\u201d Carter told Poole. \u201cNow you have to put the young guys around that to guide them. You can\u2019t expect those guys to do it every night.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, the expectations for Steph, Draymond, even \u2018Buckets\u2019 to have to do it early. That\u2019s not what I need you for. You see what I\u2019m saying, I need you for later. I want to build up my young guys for the playoffs because those three guys know what it takes and know how to handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not exactly time for the Warriors veterans to pass the torch down to their younger peers, but it\u2019s time for a shift in balance, as Carter says, and that\u2019s where the Dubs will be at their best this upcoming season.<\/p>\n

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