The longest tenured players on each team
When a player spends an inordinate amount of time with a single NBA franchise, like Dirk Nowitzki with the Dallas Mavericks, Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers and, currently, Udonis Haslem with the Miami Heat, it’s a great sign of respect between player and team.
Nevertheless, particularly in the modern NBA, that’s getting rarer and rarer, with players constantly switching teams either of their own accord or because their teams decide to trade them.
Below, we present the longest-tenured players on each NBA team heading into the 2020-21 season.