The Nets-Magic game is on ESPN right now and Clifford Robinson is playing. Yes, Clifford Robinson. The same Clifford Robinson who's standing behind Michael Jordan in that now-famous clip of "The Shrug" from Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals. It's hard to believe that not only is he still in the NBA but he's still playing significant minutes.

He's doing all this at the age of 40. No, he isn't the oldest player in the NBA (that distinction goes to Dikembe Mutombo), but he's right behind him in second place. Robinson was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 1989 NBA Draft, which makes him the only active NBA player to participate in an NBA game during the decade of the 1980's.

I'm not some huge Clifford Robinson fan or anything, but it's weird when you realize how long certain athletes have been around. You also feel old when you realize how relatively young some of these guys were when you first started following the sport.

On a related note, I came across this page on nba.com while checking facts for this post. It's interesting.