Post by eric on Jan 10, 2018 16:03:23 GMT -6
Double doubles occur in a game of the basket-ball when a player records ten or more (i.e. "double" figures) in precisely two stats. Not three or one, but two. Four is right out.
Points are by far the most voluminous stat, so almost all double doubles involve them. A double double without reaching double figures in points, therefore, is a double double the hard way.
How often is such a feat? Let's ask basketball-reference.
First of all the only combinations are rebounds-assists and rebounds-blocks. (Draymond Green once had a triple double with rebounds, assists, and steals, but that is a triple double, which is not a double double. He loses! Good day, sir!) (I SAID GOOD DAY) As one would expect, the former are far more common than the latter, with 131 to 22 attested at b-r since 1964. The only player on both lists is Marcus Camby with one a piece, which makes sense considering he's one of the few players to obtain triple doubles with pts/reb/ast and pts/reb/blk as well (Hakeem, David, Kareem, Kirilenko, Nance Sr., Noah, Shaq, Thurmond). Here are the folks who currently have more than five on their career:
I've talked about Darrell Walker before but every one of his five came in his inexplicable 9.5 ppg 8.8 rpg 8.0 apg 1990 season, as did nine of his fifteen career triple doubles. The great Bill Russell had four just with rebounds and assists, so if blocks had been recorded in his day he'd obviously have obliterated the field.
Hard to see anyone topping Mr. Toni Braxton. If Draymond Green kept up his current rate and played 1736 total games (current career record is Bob Parish's 1611) he'd still be one behind. Rondo is the only other active player with more than two unless you count the aforementioned Jo Noah as active, which would constitute an aggravated assault on the word "active".
But there is a new challenger. Last night Lonzo Ball put up 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 points in a win over heated rivals for 1.1 odds Sacramento, the first such game of his career. If he can pump that average to three a year, he'd only need nine years to pass the Kidd. Granted that will be five more years than he's in the NBA
but still.
Points are by far the most voluminous stat, so almost all double doubles involve them. A double double without reaching double figures in points, therefore, is a double double the hard way.
How often is such a feat? Let's ask basketball-reference.
First of all the only combinations are rebounds-assists and rebounds-blocks. (Draymond Green once had a triple double with rebounds, assists, and steals, but that is a triple double, which is not a double double. He loses! Good day, sir!) (I SAID GOOD DAY) As one would expect, the former are far more common than the latter, with 131 to 22 attested at b-r since 1964. The only player on both lists is Marcus Camby with one a piece, which makes sense considering he's one of the few players to obtain triple doubles with pts/reb/ast and pts/reb/blk as well (Hakeem, David, Kareem, Kirilenko, Nance Sr., Noah, Shaq, Thurmond). Here are the folks who currently have more than five on their career:
# name
25 Jason Kidd
8 Mark Eaton
8 Rajon Rondo
6 Draymond Green
6 Magic Johnson
6 Nate McMillan
5 Darrell Walker
5 Manute BolI've talked about Darrell Walker before but every one of his five came in his inexplicable 9.5 ppg 8.8 rpg 8.0 apg 1990 season, as did nine of his fifteen career triple doubles. The great Bill Russell had four just with rebounds and assists, so if blocks had been recorded in his day he'd obviously have obliterated the field.
Hard to see anyone topping Mr. Toni Braxton. If Draymond Green kept up his current rate and played 1736 total games (current career record is Bob Parish's 1611) he'd still be one behind. Rondo is the only other active player with more than two unless you count the aforementioned Jo Noah as active, which would constitute an aggravated assault on the word "active".
But there is a new challenger. Last night Lonzo Ball put up 11 rebounds, 11 assists, and 5 points in a win over heated rivals for 1.1 odds Sacramento, the first such game of his career. If he can pump that average to three a year, he'd only need nine years to pass the Kidd. Granted that will be five more years than he's in the NBA
but still.
