{"id":4244,"date":"2017-04-05T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2017-07-08T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:36:37","slug":"russell-westbrook-is-the-most-versatile-player-in-nba-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=4244","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook is the most versatile player in NBA history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports fans do recognize\u00a0a historic season.\u00a0 A triple crown in baseball being the most honored jewel in America’s pastime.\u00a0 Basketball, the\u00a0professional brand, the triple-double has\u00a0become the standard of a baseball triple crown.\u00a0 There will never be a player in the NBA to lead the league in\u00a0scoring, assists, and rebounds in\u00a0one season.\u00a0\u00a0It will never happen.\u00a0 Taking nothing away from the significant individual performances of the greats on great teams (Bill Russell, for an example in his championship seasons in Boston), Russell Westbrook is doing his thing in 2016-2017 on a just so-so Oklahoma City Thunder squad, abet a playoff contender that should get the sixth spot in the Western Conference.\u00a0 Westbrook is having a season for the ages, averaging the second only triple-double (points, assists, rebound in a game) in Association history, with almost ten minutes less playing time than the incomparable Oscar Robertson.\u00a0 The “Big\u00a0O”\u00a0accomplished the feat over fifty five\u00a0seasons ago (1961).\u00a0 What we are seeing in Westbrook’s season is astonishing and will set the bar for the triple-double for the next fifty five\u00a0years.<\/p>\n

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A record that most fans that follow the NBA said would never be\u00a0approached, Westbrook tied Mr. Robertson’s total of 41 triple-doubles last night in the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.\u00a0\u00a0It was a blowout win for the Thunder over the Milwaukee Bucks.\u00a0\u00a0 Westbrook’s 12 points, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists now\u00a0gives Westbrook five more attempts to surpass the record, the\u00a0 first being tonight in Memphis against the Grizzles.\u00a0\u00a042 is just a matter of time.\u00a0 Westbrook, not only tying the record for triple-doubles in a season, \u00a0is the leading scorer in the league and has his Thunder with a 32-9 record when he gets the statistical benchmark of a individual game.\u00a0 For stat keepers,\u00a0that is\u00a0a winning percentage of .780, which is nearly 20 points higher than their .571 winning percentage for the entire season.\u00a0\u00a0 Westbrook is the reason OKC wins.<\/p>\n

The list of lists for Westbrook in 2016-2017:<\/p>\n

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  1. 41- Triple-doubles<\/li>\n
  2. 57-\u00a0 Most points in a triple-double<\/li>\n
  3. 100-\u00a0 Highest shooting percentage in a triple-double<\/li>\n
  4. 7-\u00a0 Longest streak in triple-doubles this season (can be eight after tonight)<\/li>\n
  5. 27- Teams that Westbrook as had a triple-double against this year<\/li>\n
  6. 31.5\/12.9\/12.7- Westbrook\u2019s averages in triple-double performances<\/li>\n
  7. 7\/2: 40-point\/50-point triple-doubles by Westbrook this season<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For a great article on the above\u00a0list please go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/russell-westbrook-ties-oscar-robertson-with-41-triple-doubles-by-the-numbers\/<\/p>\n

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    Feature Photo:\u00a0AP Sue Ogrocki<\/p>\n

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