If Westbrook averages a triple double

[GrayGoat]

Does that mean he has to get one every game? Shogun?

[ELITEpower23]

The average means that if he does

50/50/50
50/50/50
50/50/9

then no, he did not average a triple double :( or so I've heard

[000]

Wtf?

[Jasper]

bron will never allow that - expect either bron or westbrook to play heavy minutes in garbage time to pat stats....lol

[StickyWice]

USA math not very good, who is shogun? he sounds stupid

china numba one at math

-Stickyickyicky

[Bronbron23]

Does that mean he has to get one every game? Shogun?

Technically you actually can't average a tripple double. The problem is the meaning of tripple double and how it encompasses 3 different things at one time. The fact that you can actually never have a tripple double but still average a tripple double says it all. The law of averages dosn't allow this. You could never average 30 points a game with never scoring at least 30 points. You could never make 100,000 dollers a year without never making at least 100,000 dollers so how can you average a tripple double without actually ever having a tripple double?

The answer is you can't.

[MaxPlayer]

Technically you actually can't average a tripple double. The problem is the meaning of tripple double and how it encompasses 3 different things at one time. The fact that you can actually never have a tripple double but still average a tripple double says it all. The law of averages dosn't allow this. You could never average 30 points a game with never scoring at least 30 points. You could never make 100,000 dollers a year without never making at least 100,000 dollers so how can you average a tripple double without actually ever having a tripple double?

The answer is you can't.

If you get an A on the first test and a C on the next, then you don't have a B average because you never got a B.

^Same logic

[StickyWice]

Technically you actually can't average a tripple double. The problem is the meaning of tripple double and how it encompasses 3 different things at one time. The fact that you can actually never have a tripple double but still average a tripple double says it all. The law of averages dosn't allow this. You could never average 30 points a game with never scoring at least 30 points. You could never make 100,000 dollers a year without never making at least 100,000 dollers so how can you average a tripple double without actually ever having a tripple double?

The answer is you can't.

Is this guy sewious?

no one can average a tripple double because no one know what tripple is

If we talking triple double then here:

10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 1
10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 2
10 Pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 3

Average is 10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals

see idiot?

this forum is full of stupid people, i rethinking my membership here

-stickyickyicky

[FKAri]

The average means that if he does

50/50/50
50/50/50
50/50/9

then no, he did not average a triple double :( or so I've heard
In your example he did average a triple double by both interpretations.

But if it's...

50/50/50
50/50/9
50/50/9

then he did not average a triple double over those games. But his averages amount to a triple double. The second interpretation is the one that is usually applied.

[rawimpact]

Game of semantics

I recognize westbrook with having multiple season avging a triple double.

[8Ball]

Is this guy sewious?

no one can average a tripple double because no one know what tripple is

If we talking triple double then here:

10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 1
10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 2
10 Pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 3

Average is 10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals

see idiot?

this forum is full of stupid people, i rethinking my membership here

-stickyickyicky

Kenneth griffin can't hide his retard in any alt.


You are a deadbeat father without a job.

[Wally450]

Game of semantics

I recognize westbrook with having multiple season avging a triple double.

This.

[And1AllDay]

Kenneth griffin can't hide his retard in any alt.


You are a deadbeat father without a job.

:oldlol::roll: boom! down goes retard kenny!

[ImKobe]

Technically you actually can't average a tripple double. The problem is the meaning of tripple double and how it encompasses 3 different things at one time. The fact that you can actually never have a tripple double but still average a tripple double says it all. The law of averages dosn't allow this. You could never average 30 points a game with never scoring at least 30 points. You could never make 100,000 dollers a year without never making at least 100,000 dollers so how can you average a tripple double without actually ever having a tripple double?

The answer is you can't.

It's damn near impossible over a full NBA season. We're talking 65-81 games here for Russ, not a 5-game stretch where I'm sure plenty of players have done it. You need to consistently have 10+ rebounds and 10+ assists to get that average over that big of a sample size.
Players who average 30+ don't score 30 every game (Lebron averaged 30.0 ppg in '08 but didn't score 30+ in 36 of the 75 games for example), same as with Russ averaging his triple-doubles. It's much tougher to average a triple-double, which is why Big O & WB are the only players that have achieved this feat.

[Bronbron23]

Is this guy sewious?

no one can average a tripple double because no one know what tripple is

If we talking triple double then here:

10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 1
10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 2
10 Pts 10 rebounds 10 steals - Game 3

Average is 10 pts 10 rebounds 10 steals

see idiot?

this forum is full of stupid people, i rethinking my membership here

-stickyickyicky

Let me try to help you and put it more simple for you. Think of it like this. If you never done it you can't average it. If you've never scored at least 10 points you could never average 10 points. Law of averages dosn't allow it. If you've never at least got a b you could never average b. Law of averages dosn't allow it. Same goes with a tripple double. If you never actually had a tripple double you can't average a tripple double.

The problem you and others is having is you don't understand that once u use a "tripple double" to encompass 3 different categorical numbers they now become 1 unit. A tripple double is 1 unit that dosn't have anymore value than itself. It dosnt matter how man points/assists/reb you get you can't get more than one tripple double in a game. In a season however you can get 82. So for you to average a tripple double or 1 tripple double for 82 games you would technically have to have 82 tripple doubles in those 82 games. Dosn't matter how you get the 82 tripple doubles but you'd have to have 82 of them. Westbrook probably only had half of that.

That all said that's just if you really want to get technical with the term. When people say westbrook averaged a tripple double i and everyone else know what you mean but if you really want to be technical he didn't.

[Bronbron23]

Game of semantics

I recognize westbrook with having multiple season avging a triple double.

Yes i do also. When they say he averaged a tripple double i know what people mean but if you really want to get technical he didn't actually average a tripple double because a tripple double becomes 1 unit and in a 82 game sample you'd have to get 82 tripple doubles to average a triple double and westbrook didn't get 82 tripple doubles. And Yes it's definitely semantics and being super technical.

[Bronbron23]

It's damn near impossible over a full NBA season. We're talking 65-81 games here for Russ, not a 5-game stretch where I'm sure plenty of players have done it. You need to consistently have 10+ rebounds and 10+ assists to get that average over that big of a sample size.
Players who average 30+ don't score 30 every game (Lebron averaged 30.0 ppg in '08 but didn't score 30+ in 36 of the 75 games for example), same as with Russ averaging his triple-doubles. It's much tougher to average a triple-double, which is why Big O & WB are the only players that have achieved this feat.

Right but I'm not arguing that. Averaging 10/10/10 no matter how it's done is very impressive. I'm not even arguing really that he averaged a tripple double. I actually say the same shit because i know what people mean when they say it. All i'm saying is i know what people mean when they say westbrook technical didn't average a tripple double. Technically he didn't. A tripple double is represented as 1 unit so for you to average 1 tripple double in 82 tries you'd have have at 82 tripple doubles. If you only had 41 tripple doubles than you would have averaged .5 tripple doubles in a 82 game season even though you coukd have averaged 10/10/10 on the 82 game season.

Basically you can average 10/10/10 in 82 games without averaging a tripple double in 82 games. It's semantics and being extremely technical but that's what people are saying when they say that and technically they're not wrong.

[ShawkFactory]

Right but I'm not arguing that. Averaging 10/10/10 no matter how it's done is very impressive. I'm not even arguing really that he averaged a tripple double. I actually say the same shit because i know what people mean when they say it. All i'm saying is i know what people mean when they say westbrook technical didn't average a tripple double. Technically he didn't. A tripple double is represented as 1 unit so for you to average 1 tripple double in 82 tries you'd have have at 82 tripple doubles. If you only had 41 tripple doubles than you would have averaged .5 tripple doubles in a 82 game season even though you coukd have averaged 10/10/10 on the 82 game season.

Basically you can average 10/10/10 in 82 games without averaging a tripple double in 82 games. It's semantics and being extremely technical but that's what people are saying when they say that and technically they're not wrong.

Westbrook had 39 actual triple doubles in 65 games though, so it's moot.

[Bronbron23]

Westbrook had 39 actual triple doubles in 65 games though, so it's moot.

Yeah forsure just saying i get both sides. I think most people who say he averaged a tripple double they just mean he averaged 10/10/10. They're not thinking about a tripple double representing 1 unit in the way others are when they say he didn't averaged a tripple double. Another poster said it best when he said it's semantics.

[LeCola]

What if

We don't say "averaging triple double"

And say "triple double averages"?

[Bronbron23]

What if

We don't say "averaging triple double"

And say "triple double averages"?

That would make more sense technically but again it's just semantics. Nothing wrong with saying tripple double. Everyone knows what it means. This all started because a couple people got technical and the argument started from their.

[r0drig0lac]

WTF this thread

[ImKobe]

Technically he didn't. A tripple double is represented as 1 unit so for you to average 1 tripple double in 82 tries you'd have have at 82 tripple doubles. If you only had 41 tripple doubles than you would have averaged .5 tripple doubles in a 82 game season even though you coukd have averaged 10/10/10 on the 82 game season.

Basically you can average 10/10/10 in 82 games without averaging a tripple double in 82 games. It's semantics and being extremely technical but that's what people are saying when they say that and technically they're not wrong.

I guess, but the original argument IIRC (when Russ first averaged it in 2017 and one troll made that thread) was that Russ didn't average a triple dub because he didn't get a triple-double in every single game, yet a 30 ppg scorer doesn't get 30 every game either. Russ's triple-double average is legit either way as he got a triple-double in more than half the games when he first did it and this last season (42 out of 81 in '17, 38 out of 65 this season with 17 triple doubles in his last 20 games), his weakest was 2018 when he only had 25 of them in 80 games but that's still more than most players will ever have in total for their career, and his win percentage is extremely high when recording these numbers so it's not like he's just stat-padding in losses either.

I know most are sick of the media talking about his triple-double averages but they're legit and he's only able to do it because he goes 100% in the RS, whereas most players would take nights off or not try as hard on the boards.

[Bronbron23]

I guess, but the original argument IIRC (when Russ first averaged it in 2017 and one troll made that thread) was that Russ didn't average a triple dub because he didn't get a triple-double in every single game, yet a 30 ppg scorer doesn't get 30 every game either. Russ's triple-double average is legit either way as he got a triple-double in more than half the games when he first did it and this last season (42 out of 81 in '17, 38 out of 65 this season with 17 triple doubles in his last 20 games), his weakest was 2018 when he only had 25 of them in 80 games but that's still more than most players will ever have in total for their career, and his win percentage is extremely high when recording these numbers so it's not like he's just stat-padding in losses either.

I know most are sick of the media talking about his triple-double averages but they're legit and he's only able to do it because he goes 100% in the RS, whereas most players would take nights off or not try as hard on the boards.

The 30 ppg scorer argument is bit different. A triple-double is binary points on the other hand aren't. While someone who averages 30 ppg dosn't have to score 30 points every game they do have to at least score more than that number at least once. Usually in the case of a 30 point scorer they probably did it half the time. This is one of the laws of averages. Think of it like this. You can't average something that you never achieved. In this caae your argument suggests you could technically never get a triple double but still average a triple-double. This dosn't make sense. It's against the law of averages.

Again this is being super literal. When someone says westbrook averaged a triple-double i know what they mean but if you really want to be technical the only way to average anything binary like a triple-double you'd have to do it every game.

[ImKobe]

The 30 ppg scorer argument is bit different. A triple-double is binary points on the other hand aren't. While someone who averages 30 ppg dosn't have to score 30 points every game they do have to at least score more than that number at least once. Usually in the case of a 30 point scorer they probably did it half the time. This is one of the laws of averages. Think of it like this. You can't average something that you never achieved. In this caae your argument suggests you could technically never get a triple double but still average a triple-double. This dosn't make sense. It's against the law of averages.

Again this is being super literal. When someone says westbrook averaged a triple-double i know what they mean but if you really want to be technical the only way to average anything binary like a triple-double you'd have to do it every game.

It is possible mathematically, but no one's ever going to do it in the context of 50-82 games, I'm not a STEM nerd but the probability has to be insanely low for that to happen. The issue is that we have 3 variables, but you can't achieve a triple-double average without averaging 10+ in all 3 categories so if you stretch this out to 50-82 games the probability has to be less than 1%, so we're basically splitting hairs here.

[Bronbron23]

It is possible mathematically, but no one's ever going to do it in the context of 50-82 games, I'm not a STEM nerd but the probability has to be insanely low for that to happen. The issue is that we have 3 variables, but you can't achieve a triple-double average without averaging 10+ in all 3 categories so if you stretch this out to 50-82 games the probability has to be less than 1%, so we're basically splitting hairs here.

Yeah mathematically it's possible it's just improbable.