If Westbrook averages a Triple Double for a Season

[TheImmortal]

Westbrook > Big Overrated

[Lebronxrings]

hes not better than lebron. Lebron is sacrificing his stats and destroying teams in ways not in the box score.

[BlakFrankWhite]

He evolves from GOATbrook to GAWDbrook, and that is super Saiyan level 5000000.

[TheImmortal]

Higher paced inflated era of Big O has his stats far inferior than Westbrooks.. plus when you factor in the level of competition.. this will be the first legit triple double season.

[GOBB]

Stop it. How can you speak on Big O and you've never watched him play? Your eye test is incomplete.


Anyway, Westbrook avg a triple double that would be amazing. He's beasting. I wonder if he can maintain this. It'll be tough. Might come up short in rebounds.

[MrFonzworth]

Padding his stats. Going after rebounds instead of actually playing defense & gonna put up the 2nd most turnovers in NBA history. An entire tier below MVP.

[tpols]

Padding his stats. Going after rebounds instead of actually playing defense & gonna put up the 2nd most turnovers in NBA history. An entire tier below MVP.

westbrook definitely pads his boards.. i watch steven adams clear the house out only for him to snipe it away all the time. But he's still an all time great rebounder for a guard. For somebody with a poverty vertical WB has perfect timing for snatching it violently out of the air. He is a basketball magnet

[GOBB]

Padding his stats. Going after rebounds instead of actually playing defense & gonna put up the 2nd most turnovers in NBA history. An entire tier below MVP.

A/TO ratio 2.1

[Real Men Wear Green]

Higher paced inflated era of Big O has his stats far inferior than Westbrooks.. plus when you factor in the level of competition.. this will be the first legit triple double season.

That may apply to rebounding stats although the math must be done before we say for sure what the equivalent of 10 rebounds is now versus then. But it must also be said that assists are easier to get by modern standards.

[Gileraracer]

hes not better than lebron. Lebron is sacrificing his stats and destroying teams in ways not in the box score.

Yeah by bitching complaining and flopping

[BigTicket]

But it must also be said that assists are easier to get by modern standards.

Not true.

In 61-62 when Big O had his triple double season the league average was 23.9 assists per game, this year it is 22.0 assist per game, so there are fewer assists now than there were back then.

If Westbrook does average a triple double for a full season in 16-17, it would be a much bigger accomplishment than when Big O did it in 61-62. That said, I don't think Westbrook will average a triple double for the full season, but he might come close, which is incredible by itself.

[ClipperRevival]

It would be one of THE singular seasons in NBA history. But he won't do it. He won't average 10.0 rpg. No way.

Another interesting fact is that both Westbrook and Harden are on pace to shatter the single, season turnover record, which Harden set last year.

[kurple]

how can people use opponents as a reason?

give westbrook a couple all-star converse and tell him to do the same thing again. tell him to focus on school and maybe have a job or two while working on his game.


it was a different time for good and bad

[Milbuck]

westbrook definitely pads his boards.. i watch steven adams clear the house out only for him to snipe it away all the time. But he's still an all time great rebounder for a guard. For somebody with a poverty vertical WB has perfect timing for snatching it violently out of the air. He is a basketball magnet

The whole point of Westbrook grabbing boards is so he can initiate in the full court and push the tempo, where he's most dangerous. It's just smart basketball.

[Wally450]

I doubt he'll maintain it, could probably do like 30/8/8 or 30/9/9.

If he stepped up his defense, the Thunder could be insane.