preface
Every year, the NBA attracts young talents with outstanding potential from all over the world, and the NBA, the top basketball league, is the stage for young players to dream of presenting themselves in front of fans around the world. But at the beginning of entering the league, talented players are more in adapting to the rhythm of the game, changing the idea of dominating high school and college leagues, and there are not a few players who are slumped after "hitting the rookie wall", but there are also players who can quickly adapt to the high-intensity game rhythm of the NBA, and even play better than in college or high school, just like "Magic" Johnson, his first year in the NBA played more beautiful statistics than his last season in college, and helped the Lakers complete the championship. In the finals, he averaged 21.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 2.7 steals per game, winning the FMVP. It is said that records are used to break, and some players write their names on the "league record book" at a young age, and then take stock of the NBA's five basic data king's youngest records.
Youngest scoring champion: Durant
The record for youngest scorer has been held for a long time by Rick Barry, the player who shot with a "urine bowl" when making free throws, and in the 43 years since Rick Barry became the youngest scoring king in 1966-67, no player in the league has been able to break Rick Barry's record, and in the NBA, fans can meet all kinds of top scorers with a variety of scoring methods, and even put the ball in the basket with all kinds of bizarre technical moves, and all of them." One stubble after another", it is very difficult for young players to become scoring champions, however, the appearance of Durant has made Rick Barry's record ancient. Players who are 2.08 meters tall are basically inside in the NBA, and their mobility flexibility is often limited, but in Durant, he breaks the rules, or some fans say that Durant is an epoch-making player.
Durant's offensive skills cover a wide range, and the extremely soft shooting touch allows Durant to score like a "cut melon and chop vegetables" after entering the league, and in the 2009-10 season, Durant became the scoring champion with an average of 30.1 points per game, rewriting the record set by Rick Barry for the youngest scoring king, when Rick Barry's record was 23 years old, and Durant's new record was 21 years old. After the 2009-10 season, Durant became the scoring champion three times in the four years from 2010-11 to 2013-14, Durant set a series of scoring records in his career, after suffering a major injury such as a ruptured Achilles tendon that is enough to destroy his career, Durant recovered and returned to average more than 26 points per game, and in the 2022-23 season, the 34-year-old Durant entered the "180 club" again. In the 2012-13 season, he already played "Club 180".
Youngest rebounding king: Howard
Howard has super physical talent, amazing jumping ability, a photo kissing the basket has become a hot topic of discussion among fans, Howard is an extremely outstanding "jumping man", he once proposed to the league the idea of raising the basket height in the dunk contest. In addition to bouncing, Howard's upper body strength is also quite good, and Howard can always take advantage when playing with other centers, although the official height is 2.08 meters, which is short in the NBA's interior line, but Howard's rookie season has averaged a double-double, ranking in the top ten in the league, and breaking many O'Neal records along the way. In the 2007-08 season, Howard averaged 14.2 rebounds per game, making him the youngest rebounding king in the NBA at the age of 22.
Howard's autonomous offensive ability and offensive richness are relatively weak in the ranks of NBA strong centers, but when it comes to defense, rebounding and blocking, it is completely different, he has completed DPOY three consecutive seasons, sweeping the rebounding king and block king for two consecutive seasons, and is the first player to do so. But at its peak, "Warcraft" Howard became a "happy beast" for a period of time, and professional attitude factors affected Howard's ceiling, otherwise, he had the opportunity to add a few more championships, and the 75 would most likely have Howard's name.
Youngest assist king: Oscar Robertson
The era when Oscar Robertson played in the league is far from now, he debuted in 1960, was the top pick in the 1960 NBA draft, and now Oscar Robertson appears in the fans' vision, often because his record is broken, of course, there are times when Oscar Robertson averaged a triple-double. "Big Dipper" Chamberlain rated Oscar Robertson as the greatest basketball player.
In college, Oscar Robertson set as many as 14 records, is a "record harvester", from the Cincinnati Royals began his NBA career, first-year student Oscar Robertson has been able to play better statistics than stars who have been in the league for many years, averaging 9.7 assists per game undoubtedly rushed to the first place in the league, which is a number that has never appeared in the league before, and the 22-year-old Oscar Robertson has become the youngest assist king in the NBA. Not only that, but in his rookie season, Oscar Robertson also averaged 30.5 points per game in the league and 10.1 rebounds per game, but in the era of advocating interior giants, Oscar Robertson has such rebounding statistics, to exaggerate, he is simply a "bright light".
Youngest steal king: Paul
There are many steal masters in the bright galaxy of the NBA, and many steal scenes have been born, such as Jordan's 1998 Finals final minute steal against Carl Malone, with this steal, Jordan finally helped the Bulls bring home another championship. In recent seasons, the league's steal leader has been rotated by many outstanding players.
Prior to the 2014-15 season, between 2007-08 and 2013-14, the steal king did not fall to Paul once, and in large part because of injuries. In addition to being known to fans for his accurate mid-range shooting and top-notch court vision, this little man is not to be underestimated for his defensive strength, and in his third season in 2007-08, Paul was named to the All-NBA team and ranked third in the MVP rankings, and it was in this season that the 22-year-old Paul became the league's steal king with an average of 2.7 steals per game, thus becoming the youngest steal king.
Paul is arguably one of the league's most prominent point guards, and in the offseason, the 38-year-old Paul, who was rumored to be a free agent who may be cut and became a free agent, has become the target of many teams in the league, hoping that Paul can achieve a championship at the end of his career.
Youngest Blocker: Anthony Davis
Thick eyebrows in college were known as unearthly talents, some compared him to Howard who added excellent jump shooting ability, some compared him to Garnett Campby combination, in 2012, before officially appearing on the NBA stage, thick eyebrows went to the United States men's basketball team to participate in the London Olympics, and finally won a gold medal. After entering the league, thick eyebrows soon began to show their prominence, and in the second season of his career, he could cut 20.8 points, 10 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 2.8 blocks, becoming the block king, and at the age of 21, he became the youngest block king. Healthy thick eyebrows show fans again and again how he can turn the opponent's interior upside down, completely an offensive and defensive look, but unfortunately the thick eyebrows' physique is a little too brittle, otherwise his achievements will undoubtedly be much higher than now.