Who in the NBA is ready for the rare quadruple-double phenomenon? There is a candidate
Nikita Biryukov September 14, 2024, 14:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The 20-year-old talent is the closest in the league to an extraordinary achievement.
For the past 30 years, the NBA has not seen a quadruple-double — when a player scores double-digit points in four statistical metrics in a single game. The last time this feat was accomplished was by San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson back in 1994. Now the Spurs have a new hero who can score a quadruple-double.
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Nate Thurmond scored the first quadruple-double in NBA history in 1974. Immediately after joining the Chicago Bulls from the Golden State Warriors, the center scored 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots. The league legend, in turn, denied being involved in the first quadruple-double in history, since, according to him, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell definitely achieved this milestone in the 1960s, but at that time interceptions and blocks were not included in the protocol. shots.
In 1986, Alvin Robertson, then playing for San Antonio, recorded a unique quadruple-double. Against Phoenix, he scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals, becoming the only player in league history to record a quadruple-double in steals instead of blocks. One cannot ignore Hakeem Olajuwon, who showed his class in a game against Golden State in 1990: 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists and 11 blocked shots.
And so was Robinson, who had 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 blocks in the game against Detroit. There have been plenty of instances in league history where basketball players came within a step or two of such a rare feat. Rick Barry, Larry Steele, Bill Walton, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Chris Paul, Andrei Kirilenko, Michael Ray Richardson, Larry Bird, Rajon Rondo and Clyde Drexler all came close to recording a quadruple-double, but just got a little unlucky.
Victor Vembanayama
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So which current NBA player is ready to score the coveted quadruple-double? Victor Vembanayama! The first pick of the 2023 draft already came close to this achievement in his debut season in the league. In a game with the Denver Nuggets, he scored 23 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists and eight blocked shots. He was missing a couple of assists and blocks. There was also a game with Brooklyn, where the Alien scored 33 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and the same number of blocked shots. Vembi is a machine that can do everything on the floor.
One advantage for Vembanyama is that he continues to develop. Everywhere they say that the French basketball player has an excellent work ethic, and under the leadership of the legendary Greg Popovich, as we all know, he cannot go wrong much. But even in the off-season, Victor does not leave the gym. Many reputable media outlets noted that the San Antonio center returned to the team’s location in early September and literally locked himself in the gym. This business approach cannot but captivate, so Vemby can easily aim for a quadruple-double in the near future.
Vembanyama at a young age is the main contender for the award:
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