{"id":480599,"date":"2026-01-24T19:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=480599"},"modified":"2026-01-24T19:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:52:55","slug":"wizards-make-nba-history-with-youngest-starting-lineup-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wizards-make-nba-history-with-youngest-starting-lineup-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards make NBA history with youngest starting lineup ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By inserting rookie Will Riley into the starting lineup in place of the injured Khris Middleton, the Washington Wizards opened their game against the Charlotte Hornets with the youngest starting five in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois swingman joined fellow rookie Tre Johnson, center Alex Sarr, and wings Kyshawn George and Bub Carrington in the opening unit. The lineup had an average age of 20.64 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WizPRStats\/status\/2015100252244545960\">breaking the previous<\/a> record held by the Oklahoma City Thunder, who averaged 20.74 years during the 2020\u201321 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> start for Will Riley &amp; youngest starting lineup in league history \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheDistrict?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForTheDistrict<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MedStarHealth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MedStarHealth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YXvDayLWSZ\">pic.twitter.com\/YXvDayLWSZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashWizards\/status\/2015099972652290482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lineup had an average age of 20.64 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":480598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399,165],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-480599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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