<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BenWallace3:</div><div class="quote_post">1. Nope. 2. Yep. LeBron will average a triple-double, and has a great shot at it. He already has on of the best all around games in the leauge, and he's a rookie, never played college ball, and only 19 years old. 20 points, 6 board, and 6 assists a game. Do you guys think that over his career, he will never increase his ROOKIE average by 4 assists and 4 rebounds? I defintally see him doing that, and he should be running point in the future also. I mean this guy has so much potential, and isn't even anywhere close to his prime, and is only 4 assists and 4 boards from averaging a Triple-Double already. I think he'll do it.</div> hmmm... yes, i agree that lebron has so much potential, but do you really think it's easy for anyone to increase their apg or rpg by 4? Even by a player of a LeBron's stature? Although 4 doesn't seem like much, the consistency to do it every night for one season is actually burdening. After all men are meant to do one task at a time... and unlike women, who can do so many tasks at the same time, such as reading while listening to radio and clipping nails!!! Points, rebounds, and assists, that's three tasks and to have all the three over 10 every game in a season consistently is crazy. Oscar averaging a triple was no fluke, there's a little woman in him (just joking!) :bigthumbu But I'd say of all NBA players, LeBron has the greatest chance to do it.
Jason Kidd came extremely close to Oscar Robertson's record in 1999 when he averaged fourteen points, ten assists, and seven and a half rebounds; however, he's way past his prime. This season he'll probably end up averaging a double-double, but only six and a half rebounds. The person who would average a triple-double would have to be someone who would think assists-first, rebound-second, and shoot-last. It's pretty easy for NBA players to average ten points per game, but only a handful average over ten assists and ten rebounds. LeBron James is a great possibility, but I won't bore anyone by talking about him since there have already been a hundred James supporters in this thread. How about Brad Miller? Miller is averaging fifteen points, almost eleven rebounds, and five assists per game. As soon as Chris Webber comes back, I expect his assist total to skyrocket. I doubt he'll average a triple-double though. Maybe we should think outside the box though. Couldn't the next player to average a triple-double be a Center who averages over ten points, rebounds, and blocks? People are getting taller every year. I'm not saying that Yao Ming or Pavel Podkolzine will ever average ten blocks per game, but I have to believe that some 7-10 guy is going to come along and do so in the future before LeBron James averages ten assists and ten rebounds. <u>Most Likely Current Players To Average A 'TD' -</u> 1)LeBron James 2)Jason Kidd 3)Kevin Garnett 4)Brad Miller 5)Baron Davis/Carmelo Anthony As for the Scott Skiles assist record, Kidd came dangerously close to this record as well when he recorded twenty-five assists in the 1995-1996 season, but since then he has been more of a consistant disher rather than someone who gets hot every now and then like Jason Williams. If I had to pick a player who was currently playing in the NBA that I felt would (I know Kidd <u>could</u> if he really cared about doing so) then I'd pick Eric Snow. Snow is one of the only players in the NBA who has had multiple fifteen-plus assist games. He's past his prime, but not by much. Outside of Snow there's T.J. Ford who's eighth in the league in assists, and Kirk Hinrich who's second in rookie assists. Both of them have potential, so you have to consider them. Looking down the line I'd have to say Kendall Marshall, but it'll be about eight or nine years before he enters the NBA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting redscoon:</div><div class="quote_post"> Also, 14 turnovers in one game would be pretty hard to accomplish. (John Drew '78)</div> Jason Kidd tied that record a couple of years ago..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Jason Kidd tied that record a couple of years ago..</div> yeah, it was against the Knicks I vividly remember, counting the TO he had a quadruple double in that game
I remember when Grant Hill was a TD threat, his second year he had about 13. Avg,20.2ppg,9.7rpg,and 7.2apg. To bad he's injury prone.
