IS IT POSSIBLE for any NBA player to get a QUINTUPLE DOUBLE!? (double digits in all 5:PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK)
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It has probably happened, but has never happened officially...\n\nWilt Chamberlain most likely had a few quintuple doubles during his career... he got a lot of steals and blocked shots before these became official NBA stats one year after he retired from basketball.\n\nThere have only been four "official" quadruple doubles in NBA history:\n\n    * Nate Thurmond, October 18, 1974, Chicago vs. Atlanta; 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocks.\n    * Alvin Robertson, February 18, 1986, San Antonio vs. Phoenix; 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals.\n    * Hakeem Olajuwon, March 29, 1990, Houston vs. Milwaukee; 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists, 11 blocks.\n    * David Robinson, February 17, 1994, San Antonio vs. Detroit; 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 blocks.\n\n\nOnce, Jason Kidd had a triple double (points, rebounds and assists) and also had 10 turnovers.\n\nChamberlain and Russell would have undoubtedly be the all time leaders in triple and quadruple doubles had blocked shots been an official NBA stat during their careers... Sportswriters and team statisticians often kept track of Chamberlain and Russell's blocked shots during a game for newspaper reporting purposes, but the league itself does not recognize these as official totals. They routinely would report that Wilt and Russell often blocked 10 to 12 shots per game.\n\nChamberlain holds the record for most consecutive games with a triple double...he recorded triple doubles in 9 consecutive games in 1968.\n\nWilt had a 58 point, 42 rebound game, along with a 78 point, 43 rebound game, making him the only player to ever have 40 or more totals in two different categories in the same game.
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"Bump" to that!!! I practically grew up dribbling; and basketball is the ONLY sport I'll follow and play! The NBA playoffs? Haven't missed a game! Gotta love it...! =)
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I'm 100% sure that every NBA player can at least touch the rim...and I'm pretty sure that every player that at least 6'3'' can dunk. \n\nSo in other words, everyone from the 2-spot to the 5-spot can dunk. As for point guards, I'd say most of them could dunk. Even the little guys like Earl Boykins and Nate Robinson can dunk. I've seen Tony Parker dunk as well. The only player in my mind who's questionable is Steve Nash. Like I said, I'm sure he can at least grab rim, but I've never seen him dunk. No disrespect to white people though, but it's a fact: white people don't have as high as a vertical jump as black people. That's because black people have a high percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers, allowing for a higher vertical jump. (I read that from somewhere)\n\nSo anyways, I think everyone in the NBA can dunk, but I'm not sure about Steve Nash.\n\nUPDATE:\nTo the person who said Iverson can't dunk: he can. I've seen him dunk several times. \n\nTo the person who said Earl Boykins (the 5'5'' Denver guard) can't dunk: he can. I read this in a magazine, and I've also seen video footage.\n\nAs for players' hands being big enough to palm the ball, I think anyone 6 feet tall and over has big enough hands to palm the ball. I'm about 5'11'' and I can easily palm the ball. Most of my friends who are about the same height as me are able to palm the ball as well. Even if the smaller guys like Nate Robinson (I think he's 5'7'') can dunk. If you saw this year's dunk contest, it took him a while to get his dunk down, but he did it.
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Here yah go enjoy!\n\nBill Russell 11\nSam Jones 10\nTom Heinsohn 8\nKC Jones 8\nSatch Sanders 8\nJohn Havlicek 8\nFrank Ramsey 7\nKareem Abdul-Jabbar 6\nBob Cousy 6\nMichael Jordan 6\nScottie Pippen 6\n\n\nGo to my source it has alot of cool bball facts. like most 3 points in a game 12 is the answer.
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I have Villanova in winning in my bracket.  The last two games have been really close.  I see them either winning or losing by 1 or 2 points...hopefully winning.
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I bet you are probably the most over-hyped, over-rated, Least talented player ever on Yahoo Answers.  I have never seen you play but the one thing I know is that you're all talk.  You may talk big, but you have not proven one thing to me.  I have never even seen you make a shot, which brings up the question Are you even able to make a layup?  If not then you can't play ball.  \n\nI mean look at your question.  You made a whole lot of grammatical mistakes:\n\nCapialize all of the i's,\nspace in between 170 and cms,\nspace in between 43 and kgs,\nCapitalize the D in do,\nthe period after basketball should be a question mark,\nyou misspelled good,\nspace between comma and passing,\nand finally you did not end with a period.\n\nAll of these mistakes in your grammer leads me to believe that you did not put a lot of focus into asking the question.  How can I be sure that you have the same lack of focus on the court?  \n\nYou also have not proved to me that you are a team player.  From the question it sounds like it is all about you:\n"I am 170 cms"\n"do you think I can play..."\n"I have..."\n\nYou might just be a totally selfish player who only cares about himself.  \n\nOne more thing, You probably can't even do a 720 dunk.  I've seen a guy who wasn't even in the NBA and he could do a 720 dunk.  \n\nMY final advice:\n\nKid, you got a lot of growing up to do.
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wilt the stilt \nonly 100 pt game in the pros ever\n need I say more?\nhe shoots, he scores! 2 points
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There are several actually five players and it has been done 10 times.\n\nWilt Chamberlain 6 times (100, 78, 73, 73, 72, 70)\nKobe Bryant 1 time (81)\nDavid Thompson 1 time (73)\nElgin Baylor 1 time (71)\nDavid Robinson 1 time (71)\n\nFor a complete list of the top single game scoring marks, check out http://www.basketball.com/nba/records/NBAgameLdrsPoints.shtml
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I am sorry I can't tell you why they add-up wrong.But if you check different sources for stats as I did because of your question,you will see Kobie Bryant scored either 38,40,or43 pts. last-night. This must drive contest players and the fantasy players nuts.WONDER WHO KNOWS REAL STATS.\n                                   still confused also\n                                                 wythingco
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A double-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any two of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The most common double-double is a combination of points and rebounds, and then next is points and assists.\n\nDouble-doubles, unlike the more difficult triple-doubles (or ultra-rare quadruple-doubles), are very common in the NBA, and in fact there is usually at least one player in each NBA game that manages to record one. In each NBA season, rarely do more than a handful of players average a double-double.\n\nA triple-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any three of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots.
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Ibigfella you know nothing about basketball do you? micheal jordan doesn't hold the most points in a game.  Kobe( as much as I hate him) now hold the second highest points in a game at 81 which he did the other night.  I will let you figure out who has the most and its not MiKe.  And yes i think he can do it.  but if he does they wont win a championship that year.
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thats a good question, although i dont think they keep track of stats like that. \n\nthese people on top of me dont know what they are talking about.\n\nthere is no such thing as a five-point-play, your missed free throw then three-pointer theory would be separate plays
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Jordan transcended the game just as Oscar Robertson did in his time. To compare them is comparing apples and oranges...the game was different just as the game is played different today than when Jordan dominated. How much triangle offense do we see anymore? Zones in the NBA? Whoda thunk it?!?! There is nobody in the game right now that is transforming the game or taking it to another level. Until that guy comes along, we will all still talk about Jordan. I mean, how many NCAA women did you see dunk the ball in the 90's? Candace has taken the game to the next level. Who do you compare her to, Miller? The game was a lot different then.
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I think it a decent amount does have to do with genetics too.  If you have a lot of fast twich muscle fibers in your hamstrings, quadriceps, and calves..you may be able to do it.  But, unless you are somewhat close already..and I'm talking touching rim..I don't think you can get to dunking.  If you are close, however, I think you may have a chance...you need to practice jump squats for explosive leaping.  Good luck.
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Both refer to stats generated by playing...\n\nFor example, if you score in double figures (anything 10 or higher) and rebound in double figures then you've gotten a double-double.  e.g. 13 points, 11 rebounds\n\nYou can also get a double-double by getting double figures in a combination of statistics (assists and rebounds, assists and points, assists and blocked shots, points and blocked shots, rebounds and blocked shots).  I think you get the point.\n\nTo get a triple-double you need to get double figures in three catagories. e.g. 13 points, 11 rebounds, 10 blocks
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Sure.  And I think that if you are successful, that would make you even more of an overall success because of the height disadvantage.  Having to dribble around people who are heavier and just as fast as you while having to shoot over them has to be harder than a 7 foot freak who barely needs to jump to dunk.  All the more power to ya!
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Kudos to the person who pointed out that Kidd is bi-racial, and add Bibby to that list as well. To whomever suggested Christian Laettner, you must not have seen him play since the UK-Duke buzzer beater that broke my heart in 1992. He's been a bust and a stiff ever since. I'll side with the guy who said Brad Miller, since he's one of the best at his position period (the hardest position to find in the NBA, no less), and would have to be at least top-5 in a list of American-born, white, active players.