Ben Simmons triple doubles

lulz

but, wtf, when you click the link and play the video they show this stat, and tell us how Oscar did it faster

 

Wilt Chamberlain is the first player to reach 20,000 women in the fewest days.

 

But Russell Westbrook moar.

 

pretty sure Magic Johnson did it quicker

 

Yea, but Wilt did it better

 

you said it wrong. Magic was the first person to do it in fewer days.

 

such nuance. I have much to learn indeed

 

Simmons got really overrated. He's a good young player (with some big flaws), but not even close to Embiid's level. Triple-doubles are meh... especially in this era of basketball where the points, rebounds and assists are inflated due to a higher pace most teams play.

 

You mean vs the '90 and '00s?

Pace was *much* faster in Magic's and Oscar's era. The league average Pace in '85 (102.1) would be 5th in the league this year....and it would have led the league by a big margin in Simmons first year. And Oscar's pace was probably ridiculous because of no defense played then (stats unavailabl), besides him making a mockery of Triple Doubles by playing 46 minutes, too.

 

There's no defense in today's game. Getting a triple double is pretty meaningless when compared with back in the 90s and 00s.

 

Not to mention the fact that they were playing with/against all those unathletic hhhwhite guys.

 

don’t care about triple doubles unless they come with 50+ points...Harden has made all these little 20 and 30 point triple doubles obsolete, they’re not impressive

 

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that. What do you think of the emphasis on the 3PT shooting though? My guess would be that the decreased FG% due to long range shooting would result in more rebounds (possibly assists too since there are less ISOs and postups?).

 

Elite vision!

 

I thought grant hill got there pretty fast too