Triple-doubles mean technical integrity, scoring, assists, rebounds and steals, and as long as there are three stats on the double, you can complete a triple-double. For players, it's easier to get triple-doubles on the outside than on the inside, and they have a natural advantage to not only make a difference in scoring, assists and steals, but also to grab a lot of rebounds, while those big men have a hard time doubleing in assists and steals. In the historical three-doubles list, the top four are all point guards, namely Westbrook, Big O, Magician and Kidd, with more than 100 triple-doubles. So, how hard is it for a center forward to take a triple-double?
Taking Yao Ming as an example, as the ceiling of a Chinese player, he has a height of two meters and two six, delicate footwork under the basket and a soft shooting feel, but limited by the position, Yao Ming has not won a triple-double in 486 games in his nine-year career. Scoring and rebounding are no problem, Yao Ming is a common thing in doubles, but assists and steals are not good at, Yao Ming in the Rockets, generally as an endpoint, at most each game has a few assists, but it is difficult to double-double, and steals do not think about it, after all, height and weight are here.
It can be seen that the triple-double is very unfriendly to the inside player, especially in the two basic statistics of assists and steals, and in the center position, the most frequent triple-double is Chamberlain, the NBA's ancient mythical beast of the last century, who has competed with Russell. In the triple-double list, Chamberlain ranked sixth in history with 78 times, as a monster who once slashed 100 points in a single game and took 55 rebounds in a single game, Chamberlain had no problem in scoring and rebounding, and in the middle and late of his career, in order to realize the dream of the championship as soon as possible and get rid of Russell's rule, Chamberlain reduced the number of shots and increased assists, which led to 78 triple-doubles.
However, The position of Chamberlain's first triple-double in the center may change hands in the next two or three seasons, because the juniors are menacing, and Jokic's triple-double has reached 59 times, and the difference between him and Chamberlain is only 19 times, and the gap is not particularly large. Seriously, Jokic is the perfect center in the small-ball era, he shoots softly, the scoring method covers the three-point line, the height and arm length are willing to fight, the number of rebounds per game is also very impressive, and the most important thing is that Jokic has a high basketball IQ, he has a wide field view, and is willing to share the ball with his teammates, so the number of assists is one of the best in the center position.
In the 72 games he played for the Nuggets last season, Jokic averaged 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 8.3 assists per game, close to averaging a triple-double per game this season, for which Jokic won last season's regular season MVP with excellent team results and personal data. In the center position, as long as Jokic is not seriously injured, the peak period is not short, the number of triple-doubles will definitely slowly surpass Chamberlain, which can be described as unlimited potential, of course, if you want to impact the historical triple-double king, don't think about it, because that position only belongs to the defender, and the throne of Wei Shao is very stable, and no one can surpass it in a short period of time.