Russell Westbrook didn't average a triple double. He only got 34 of them

[Jacques Webster]

Westbrook didn't average a triple double. His stats look like he averaged a triple double, but he didn't.

Discuss.

[Celtics 1825]

Not this again...

Are you that Bill Russell fakkit's alt?

[stalkerforlife]

Good point.

He played 73 games, so less than half.

[SouBeachTalents]

Not this again...

Are you that Bill Russell fakkit's alt?
He's trollin brah

[MJistheGOAT]

Bring the standard deviation and variance, then come back.
Thanks.

[FKAri]

You can think that way if you choose to treat a triple double as a binary measurement instead of an aggregate measurement.

[lilteapot]

who was the idiot that made that thread again?

[Phoenix]

Jesus H. Christ, not this shit again.

[Levity]

:lol everyone remembering last years headache thread.

[Ben Simmons 25]

You can think that way if you choose to treat a triple double as a binary measurement instead of an aggregate measurement.

But the thing is... a triple double is a binary event. Just like each individual point is a binary event. One doesn't get to choose whether or not a triple double is or is not a binary event. It either happened, or it didn't.

Also, not to be discounted, it is only possible to obtain one of these events on a game by game basis.

Ergo, we can easily conclude that the entire discussion and usage of the phrase "averaging a triple double" as used in popular culture is operating from a faulty premise.

His individual averages in points, rebounds and assists met the prerequisites to achieve one triple double.

[STATUTORY]

I have come around to Orlando Magic's thinking after initially laughing at the post. It seemed stupid on its face but he had a good point tbh.

[RidonKs]

But the thing is... a triple double is a binary event. Just like each individual point is a binary event. One doesn't get to choose whether or not a triple double is or is not a binary event. It either happened, or it didn't.

Also, not to be discounted, it is only possible to obtain one of these events on a game by game basis.

Ergo, we can easily conclude that the entire discussion and usage of the phrase "averaging a triple double" as used in popular culture is operating from a faulty premise.

His individual averages in points, rebounds and assists met the prerequisites to achieve one triple double.
Averaging a triple double is also a binary event, unrelated to achieving a triple double in a single instance, and unarguably harder to do.

ex: Putting up 9/9/9 in half your games and 11/11/11 in the other half of your games is a better accomplishment than putting up 10/10/10 in 40 games and averaging 9.9/9.9/9.9 in the other 42 games.

[Bronbron23]

Y'all going to far with the semantics. Just take out the word tripple double if it helps and say he averaged at least 10 points 10 assists and 10 rebounds for the year.

[FKAri]

Y'all going to far with the semantics. Just take out the word tripple double if it helps and say he averaged at least 10 points 10 assists and 10 rebounds for the year.
He didn't have a triple double on average. His averages in the games come out to a triple double. His season averages themselves are a triple double.

[Phenith]

Someone needs to learn the definition of average, let me get you some links...

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/average

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/average

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average

[Haymaker]

Westbrook is the ultimate stat padder. Black hole b

[Bronbron23]

He didn't have a triple double on average. His averages in the games come out to a triple double. His season averages themselves are a triple double.
Sure if you wanna be super technical about it but it's just being annoying.

[Jacques Webster]

I was just paying homage to last years thread. Actually made 1 year ago today.

Simply a troll thread.

[FireDavidKahn]

But the thing is... a triple double is a binary event. Just like each individual point is a binary event. One doesn't get to choose whether or not a triple double is or is not a binary event. It either happened, or it didn't.

Also, not to be discounted, it is only possible to obtain one of these events on a game by game basis.

Ergo, we can easily conclude that the entire discussion and usage of the phrase "averaging a triple double" as used in popular culture is operating from a faulty premise.

His individual averages in points, rebounds and assists met the prerequisites to achieve one triple double.
Sorry, bud.

The word "average" 99% of the time refers to the mean. Mode and Median averages are completely different.

[FKAri]

I was just paying homage to last years thread. Actually made 1 year ago today.

Simply a troll thread.
We know. I was playing devil advocate for Bill Russell aka Orlando Magic aka Ben Simmons.

[SpaceJam2]

So clearly he did not average a triple double when the season is 82 games plain and simple.

[72-10]

It is easily mathematically possible to average a triple-double without reaching triple-double figures in at least half of the player's games within a season. However, the player would need to get numbers that are considerably above the minimal double-figure mark of 10 in many games, in fact it would in all likelihood need to be in almost half of the player's games within a given season.

Conversely, it is also possible for a player to NOT average a triple-double despite getting a triple-double in more than half of the player's games if the other games are far below par.

[MrFonzworth]

In theory, you can average a triple double without ever recording a triple double.

[LostCause]

LMAO

I remember this