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Snooch

Years ago

NBA triple doubles

Not everyone is getting them, but there are a hell of a lot who are - well over 30 different players this year including the likes of Greg Monroe!

It's far easier to get a triple double in today's game due to usage rates and how assists are credited - in particular how home team benches credit their players with them (case in point, Lonzo Ball)

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Luuuc

Years ago

What qualifies as an assist in the NBA is often just as dubious as what qualifies as legal footwork, but still, I agree with Isaac. If it was that easy then everyone would be getting triple doubles, and they aren't. So maybe we've just got a few particularly talented & versatile players at the moment.

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Isaac

Years ago

They're still a notable achievement given that not everyone is getting them.

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Zodiac

Years ago

Pretty simple, pace of play, more possessions per game equals more triple doubles.

Yeah you take NBA stats with a large grain of salt these days. When guys like Devin Booker are having 70 point games you know stats are just about meaningless.

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jimmy.hoff.email@gmail.com

Years ago

Slightly off topic but blocks have decreased quite a lot in the past 15 years due to more 3s.

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Melbourne Boy

Years ago

Pretty simple, pace of play, more possessions per game equals more triple doubles.

If the 7 seconds or less Phoenix teams with Steve Nash that pushed the pace at every chance 15 years ago were in the league today, they'd be one of the slowest pace teams. This is mainly because the opponents every game were playing so slow but if you watched those games back in the day and thought it was up and down like a track meet, those games are at snooze pace today.

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Isaac

Years ago

Once upon a time triple doubles used to be rare

Did they? Oscar Robertson averaged 30.8, 12.5 and 11.4 across a season. In 3-4 other seasons, he came close to averaging triple doubles, along with 28-31 PPG.

Simmons rookie year stats are similar to Magic Johnson's. 18/7/7 vs 16/8/8. Completely different era but no outlandish difference.

Why wouldn't his triple doubles be legit? He's 6'10" so rebounds are not beyond him and he's a guard so he has the ball a lot. Watching the games and highlights, you can see how brilliant his passing is.

Scott Skiles had 30 assists in a game. In fact, of all the 25 or more assist games, only one (Rondo) has been since 2000. You have to go past 25 games on the single-game assist leaderboard to get the next ones in this era and even those are 7+ years ago.

The NBA has always been fairly liberal with their assists but I don't think triple doubles are overrated.

Interesting that you pull up Westbrook's rebounding rather than passing - rebounding is comparably unambiguous to assess. He's a strong and athletic guard playing with a defensive centre who boxes out like almost no one else in the modern NBA.

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Peter Tyler

Years ago

Not an NBA follower but others have posted previously that the definition of an assist has changed over time in the NBA, making it easier to get assists.

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Years ago

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