In today's NBA, it is one of the lead items on SportsCenter when a player goes for a triple double the night before. It has become a fairly rare occurance, with Jason Kidd and King James the only players able to do it at a decent pace (they were the only players to do it more than 5 times last year). Which makes it all the more incredible and jaw dropping that in 1961-1962, Oscar Robertson averaged a triple double for the entire season. That's right folks, averaged. The Big O's line for the season reads something like this:
30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, 11.4 assists
Try this on for size: Robertson did this in his second season as a pro! Absorutety ridicurous is what that it. Let's drag this one out. There were 40 triple doubles among all players in the NBA last year. Robertson had 41 by himself in '61-'62. This man was good at basketball.
July 22, 2008
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