I think this deserves its own thread. And by the way, he should have six blocks but the refs were dumbasses. Great all around game.
Julius posted this link in another thread, AK did it twice and was one of 7 players to get 55555 in the past. Hakeem did it seven times. His most amazing was 29-18-9-5-11 and 38-17-6-7-12. Those just seem impossible.
Hakeem and David Robinson are two of four players to ever have quadruple doubles as well, but Olajuwon had 1 steal and Robinson had 2. [video=youtube;KkpT0QdUDIY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpT0QdUDIY[/video] 34-10-10-2-10
I'd say that for a SF, 10 assists, 5 blocks are both great. Not out of this world, but great. How many SF's have gotten ten assists once this year? Or blocks or steals? I just looked it up, forwards 10 assists Lebron 3 times and Durant 5 blocks Batum2, Ibaka4, Maxiell3, Sanders4, Josh smith3, and four other players once each 5 steals Batum2, Kawhi2, 4 other players once.
How are 5 blocks not great? Same with 5 steals. Are there other SFs who do better than that every night?
Yeah, that's a heck of a performance! Especially with an ailing back. That's what I like about Nic - he's so versatile that even when he's not able to score he's still able to positively impact the game. I think he has better court vision than Lillard - he just always has a knack for making easy passes for easy scores. And while on the one hand I kind of agree with the comment about him being good at everything but great at nothing, I also think he's a top 5 SF. And that in itself is pretty great.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-by-five_(basketball)#Five-by-five A five-by-five is defined as a performance in which a player accumulates a total of five in five statistical categories—points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks—in a single game.[102] Statistics for steals and blocks were not kept in the NBA until the 1973–74 season, so NBA five-by-fives were only possible from that season onward. Hakeem Olajuwon (six times) and Andrei Kirilenko (three times) are the only players to have recorded multiple five-by-fives (based on records since the 1985–86 season).[102] Both are also the only players to record five-by-sixes (at least six in all five statistical categories).[102]
Watching Batum last night I kept thinking about an in-his-prime AK47. Pretty much the ultimate glue guy.
That's what I've always felt about Batum - ultimate glue guy. He shouldn't be your primary (or even secondary) scoring option. He's far too good at so many other things that if you make him the focus of your offense it'll take away from the other facets of his game. I LOVE seeing him distribute the ball.
Yeah, except I think the Pippen comparisons are a bit unfair to Nic. He was a much better ball handler and seemed to be a lot bigger and more powerful. Maybe merging Pippen with Prince - Nic's better than Prince but not as good as Pippen.
