Top 5 triple-double machines currently in the NBA
Oscar Robertson - The King of triple doublesIt’s a shame if any talk of triple doubles goes down without the mention of Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson. He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple double if stats from his first five seasons in the league were strung together. With averages of 30.3 points, 10.4 rebounds and 10.6 assists he accumulated a career 181 triple doubles, a tally that no player has come close to.With seven of the eight triple doubles registered in the past couple of weeks, triple doubles have become the talk of town and it would be unfair not to mention the “Big O” before we go ahead with this piece. So without further ado, here are top 5 current NBA players most likely to register a triple double:
Also read: Players with most Triple Doubles in NBA History
#5 Blake Griffin
It’s been four complete seasons since Chris Paul arrived in Los Angeles to sign with the Clippers. Signing a marquee free agent like Paul helped the Clippers not only become a perennial Playoff team but also legitimate championship contenders. The past couple of seasons however Paul’s body has taken some flak being on the wrong side of 30, shifting the team’s focal point on offense to an ever evolving Blake Griffin.
Every year Griffin would showcase a new facet of his game that he had worked on over the summer. One year it was his jump shot and the next it was ability to attract the help defense and lob it up to center DeAndre Jordan, making the Paul-Griffin pick and roll ever so deadly. What’s made Griffin the superstar he is, is the ability to carry the team to a win when Paul is out due to injury concerns.
He showed that skill over multiple stretches in the regular season when Paul was down, yet the only time the world noticed was when he took the Clips to a 3-1 series lead over the Houston Rockets in the Conference Semis with Paul either not playing or playing less than half the game.
His season averages are 26.6 points, 9 rebounds and only 4.3 assists but when the call arrives (the Clippers starting back court is out injured), Griffin steps up his game, like he did against the Detroit Pistons. Recently he led his team to a win over the Pistons registering 34 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, with both Paul and J.J. Redick out.