Lillard Achieves Elite NBA Stat

[e_blazer]

I don't see a thread on this and it definitely deserves one. Last night, Dame became only the 10th player in NBA history to score at least 8,000 points and make at least 2,000 assists in his first five years. The others: Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Tiny Archibald, Isiah Thomas, Dave Bing, Reggie Theus, and Pete Maravich. Pretty impressive company.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chael-jordan-larry-bird-pistol-pete/97229508/

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I don't see a thread on this and it definitely deserves one. Last night, Dame became only the 10th player in NBA history to score at least 8,000 points and make at least 2,000 assists in his first five years. The others: Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Tiny Archibald, Isiah Thomas, Dave Bing, Reggie Theus, and Pete Maravich. Pretty impressive company.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chael-jordan-larry-bird-pistol-pete/97229508/

One of these things is not like the other...

Actually, Theus gets short shrift a lot of the time, but he had an excellent career. With over 19000 points and 6400 assists, only Robertson, Stockton, Payton, and Lebron have more of each.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I don't see a thread on this and it definitely deserves one. Last night, Dame became only the 10th player in NBA history to score at least 8,000 points and make at least 2,000 assists in his first five years. The others: Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Tiny Archibald, Isiah Thomas, Dave Bing, Reggie Theus, and Pete Maravich. Pretty impressive company.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chael-jordan-larry-bird-pistol-pete/97229508/

I covered it in the game thread and quote book.

 

[BlazerBeav]

I covered it in the game thread and quote book.

Well therein lies the problem. If you want someone to read it, have Darkwebs post it.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Well therein lies the problem. If you want someone to read it, have Darkwebs post it.

 

[e_blazer]

I covered it in the game thread and quote book.

I thought that would probably be the case, but it seems to me it's worth its own thread. Only the 10th time it's been done in the history of the NBA? That's huge. Think of some of the names not on this list. Curry, Westbrook, Paul, or any other current point guard, including all of the guys named to the All-Star squad over Dame. In fact, no other current player except LeBron has done it. Historically, no Magic, Iverson, Kidd, Nash, Stockton and on and on.

This is frickin' thread-worthy. In the game notes? Sheesh!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I thought that would probably be the case, but it seems to me it's worth its own thread. Only the 10th time it's been done in the history of the NBA? That's huge. Think of some of the names not on this list. Curry, Westbrook, Paul, or any other current point guard, including all of the guys named to the All-Star squad over Dame. In fact, no other current player except LeBron has done it. Historically, no Magic, Iverson, Kidd, Nash, Stockton and on and on.

This is frickin' thread-worthy. In the game notes? Sheesh!

I just won free booze and crabs thanks to @PtldPlatypus.

 

[e_blazer]

I just won free booze and crabs thanks to @PtldPlatypus.

Man, it must take a lot of booze to end up getting crabs from PtldPlatypus

 

[Natebishop3]

Doesn't matter.

Sucks on defense.

 

[riverman]

crabs never get respect from the right to life lobbyists

 

[THE HCP]

Doesn't matter.

Sucks on defense.

This is a moronic statement. This is a very rare level he is in. Show some props.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I don't see a thread on this and it definitely deserves one. Last night, Dame became only the 10th player in NBA history to score at least 8,000 points and make at least 2,000 assists in his first five years. The others: Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Larry Bird, Tiny Archibald, Isiah Thomas, Dave Bing, Reggie Theus, and Pete Maravich. Pretty impressive company.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...chael-jordan-larry-bird-pistol-pete/97229508/

Damn you Reggie Theus for devaluing that stat!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Damn you Reggie Theus for devaluing that stat!

Theus is underrated. Compare his numbers with hall-of-famer Joe Dumars. Theus beats him in most categories.

http://bkref.com/tiny/bXxza

 

[Natebishop3]

This is a moronic statement. This is a very rare level he is in. Show some props.

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

 

[Orion Bailey]

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

Nothing. I am too fast!!!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Theus is underrated. Compare his numbers with hall-of-famer Joe Dumars. Theus beats him in most categories.

http://bkref.com/tiny/bXxza

AND he co-starred in "Miami Vice"!

 

[dviss1]

This is a moronic statement. This is a very rare level he is in. Show some props.

Green font?

 

[Natebishop3]

Green font?

It's all good, HCP is too busy trying to take photos of his Starbucks drink, his laptop, and his sneakers all at the same time. He didn't notice the obvious sarcasm in my post.

 

[dviss1]

It's all good, HCP is too busy trying to take photos of his Starbucks drink, his laptop, and his sneakers all at the same time. He didn't notice the obvious sarcasm in my post.

I saw it and my meter has never worked.

 

[Natebishop3]

I saw it and my meter has never worked.

That's because you actually read the forum.

 

[e_blazer]

It's all good, HCP is too busy trying to take photos of his Starbucks drink, his laptop, and his sneakers all at the same time. He didn't notice the obvious sarcasm in my post.

I thought the sarcasm was pretty apparent. If it hadn't been, I would have ripped you a new one.

 

[Natebishop3]

I thought the sarcasm was pretty apparent. If it hadn't been, I would have ripped you a new one.

I'm pretty much one of the biggest Dame homers on this board.... so yeah.

 

[Minstrel]

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.

 

[THE HCP]

Green font?

I just read so much bullshit on here, you just never know.

 

[Natebishop3]

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.

And yet, still my favorite.

 

[Minstrel]

I just read so much bullshit on here, you just never know.

But once you filter out your own posts, the bullshit average drops considerably.

Shia LaBeouf indeed!

 

[e_blazer]

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor.

 

[Natebishop3]

“We found that sarcasm may stimulate creativity, the generation of ideas, insights, or problem solutions that are novel and useful,” Dr. Li Huang, an author of the study and assistant professor of organizational behavior at Insead, a graduate business school, told The Independent. “As Oscar Wilde believed, sarcasm may represent a lower form of wit, but we found that it certainly catalyzes a higher form of thought.”

http://www.medicaldaily.com/sarcast...vity-all-linked-sarcasm-study-suggests-344808

 

[Minstrel]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/sarcast...vity-all-linked-sarcasm-study-suggests-344808

Yeah, I'm totally going to take medical advice from a business school. REAL SMART PLAN THERE.

I feel sorry for people who use sarcasm in any way, even just to be ironic about other people's sarcasm.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah, I'm totally going to take medical advice from a business school. REAL SMART PLAN THERE.

I feel sorry for people who use sarcasm in any way, even just to be ironic about other people's sarcasm.

"Little research has been done on the effects of sarcasm, which is why researchers from a host of top American universities, including Harvard and Columbia, experimented on how sarcastic comments affect creativity. The experiments involved more than 300 men and women whose creativity was tested by completing tasks after saying or receiving sarcastic comments. Another control group of participants was also asked to complete the tasks, although they were told sincere comments. The findings revealed that those who gave and received sarcastic comments were three times more creative than the control group because the sarcasm forced their brains to think abstractly, boosting creativity."