How hard is it to score 25,000 points, 14,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists in a career?
To say that the draft is really a good part for the team and the league, for the team with a small market, a high-quality rookie is selected, the team may become the championship favorite, and it can also sell tickets wildly, the Spurs selected David Robinson and Duncan, the two "full-level rookies" in the 80s and 90s , The five championships in team history are coming, and the league is constantly discovering new future stars from the draft, and among the selected players is likely to be able to maintain excellent competitiveness for more than ten or twenty years, they can become the core of any team, so that the team can be among the championships, and their data is far ahead, but this kind of player can only be said to be unattainable, after all, throughout the NBA's more than 70-year history, there are only 3 players who have at least 25,000 points, 14,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists in their careers!
Third place: Garnett
Career years: 21 years
Career stats: 26,071 points, 14,662 rebounds, 5,445 assists
The Timberwolves ushered in the first highlight period after joining the NBA in 1989, which was ushered in after the selection of Garnett, the embarrassing thing is that the team's coaching staff was initially skeptical of Garnett, a high school rookie, and it took a year to completely change his thinking and give the core position of the team to Garnett, so in the 1996-97 season, Garnett averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.1 blocks per game, leading the team to win 14 more games in the regular season than the previous season, and the Timberwolves entered the playoffs for the first time in historyGarnett steadily averaged at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game every season, and the data accumulated greatly until the 2006-07 season, which lasted for 9 years, and from the 2003-04 season to the 2006-07 season, he became the league's rebounding champion for four consecutive seasons, including the MVP in the 2003-04 season, and brought the Timberwolves into the Western Conference finals.
In the 2007-08 season, he went to the second stop of his career, the Celtics, and Pierce, Ray Allen, the two giants cooperated, Garnett no longer had to resist almost everything on his shoulders as before, the data has shrunk, but he still averaged about 14 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and won the DPOY, and won the championship he wanted, after the 2012-13 season, Garnett showed his old age, but rebounding, the rim can still make achievements, to help the team, in the 2014-15 season, the 38-year-old Garnett still averaged 6.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1 steal per game, in the 2015-16 season"Where the Dream Begins" The Timberwolves retired after playing a season, Garnett's 21-year NBA career showed the younger generations what it takes to be an all-around power forward, and his defense is a model for all light interior players to learn from.
Second place: Carl Malone
Career years: 19 years
Career stats: 36,928 points, 14,968 rebounds, 5,248 assists
Compared with Garnett, although Karl Malone played two seasons less in the NBA, he far surpassed Garnett in scoring, scoring 10,857 points, which is not only more outstanding in Karl Malone's scoring, but also the result of his ability to maintain a super high attendance rate for a long time, in his 19-year career, Karl Malone has 18 seasons in the regular season and only missed 2 games at most, which can be called a "super iron man" You must know that Karl Malone is still a heavy power forward, and there are a lot of high-quality interior lines in the league at the peak of his career, Karl Malone has to play "wrestling" with players of the level of Rodman and Barkley in the restricted area in order to fight for rebounds, even if the competition is so fierce, Karl Malone can still play a strong competitiveness for a long time, and he will not miss a season under a tight schedule, which is really amazing, and in the course of his career, he even won the competition with Jordan and grabbed the MVP.
In the 1985 draft, the Jazz's highest draft pick was only the No. 13 pick in the first round, Ewing basically locked the champion, Mullin, Straff and other high-quality potential players were robbed, scouts did not make too many good comments on Karl Malone, who averaged points per game in three seasons in college and was getting lower year by year, if the Jazz did not choose, Karl Malone did not know where to fall, but judging from the later situation, the Jazz definitely picked up a big leak.
Karl Malone, who originally had high expectations for himself, seemed to be stimulated after seeing his draft pick, and he was originally like a "fat man", training frantically, reducing his body fat percentage, and becoming a "devil muscleman", helping the Jazz to be among the top teams in the league for more than ten years, and his rebounding scramble is like a "truck" In the 11 years from 1987-88 to 1997-98, Karl Malone scored at least 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in each season, defeated Jordan in 1996-97 to win the MVP, and won the award again in the 1998-99 season at the age of 35, setting a new record for the oldest NBA player to win the MVP.
Until the 2002-03 season, the 39-year-old Karl Malone could still average 20.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, and then joined the Lakers, the team's role declined, and he was also plagued by injuries, affected by various factors, Carl Malone still averaged 13.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, but unfortunately failed to win the championship, Carl Malone's hope for continuing to play was greatly reduced, and finally chose to retire, with his performance in the 2003-04 season, continue to play in the NBA, and it is not impossible to become an important rotation of a team, you must know that Karl Malone can still play a single triple-double performance at the age of 40After the 2003-04 season, if you continue to compete, it is not impossible to hit 40,000 points.
First place: Abdul-Jabbar
Career length: 20 years
Career stats: 38,387 points, 17,440 rebounds, 5,660 assists
The Bucks will feel glad that after selecting Abdul-Jabbar with the top pick in 1969, they did not back down in the face of the ABA league's bidding, which finally moved Abdul-Jabbar, and the Bucks were able to gain one of the greatest players in team history, winning the scoring title, rebounding king, MVP in the second season of the league, and helping the Bucks complete the championship, and won the FMVP themselves, and this championship was the "only seedling" in the history of the Bucks for about half a century, until 2021, another one was added. It's a pity that after 6 seasons of cooperation, the Bucks lost Abdul-Jabbar, and the latter's competitiveness has continued, but fortunately, he left the Bucks to go to the Lakers in the West, otherwise the Bucks would be blocked.
In the 12 years from the 1969-70 rookie season to the 1980-81 season, Abdul-Jabbar's average points per game and rebounds per game have always remained in the top 10 in the league every season, and the average points per game has been maintained for one more season, and in the 1981-82 season, Abdul-Jabbar's average of 23.9 points per game can rank sixth in the league, and the average assists per game in the regular season have remained above 3 all year round, which is also quite an excellent performance among center players at that time. After the age of 35, Abdul-Jabbar still played an average of 20+ points per game in the regular season for many seasons, and Abdul-Jabbar achieved at least 25,000 points, 14,000 rebounds and 5,000 assists in 17 seasons, and the score was still significantly exceeded, and after the 1985-86 season, Abdul-Jabbar has scored 35,108 points, 16,105 rebounds and 5,248 assists.
Among the active players, James missed this list because of the number of rebounds, but he will have the opportunity to achieve a unique "411", that is, a career total of at least 40,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists, if he can average 25 points per game, this season everyone may witness the moment when James unlocks the "411" achievement.