Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 at 9:30 am  |  170 responses

LeBron James Doubts He Can Average Triple-Double

LBJ does his best to downplay any expectations about him having an Oscar Robertson-type of season for the Miami Heat. The Herald reports: “When Pat Riley met with LeBron James to pitch him on joining the Heat, Riley said James ‘sort of lit up’ and said, ‘That would be great if I didn’t have to score,’ that he could be maybe the first since Oscar Robertson to be a ‘triple-double guy.’ Although Heat swingman Mike Miller said it’s ‘doable’ and ESPN’s Jalen Rose said ‘he could pull it off if he chose,’ James is skeptical about averaging a triple-double. ‘Is it realistic? It’s so tough in this day and age,’ James said this week. ‘I look up to Big O so much to be able to do that. Unbelievable feat. I don’t believe it will ever be matched. It’s very intriguing. You would love to make history, but it’s not a goal of mine. My goal is to be a triple threat, not to average a triple-double. I know I can do that.’ James averaged 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and a career-high 8.6 assists last season; his career averages are 27.8, 7.1 and 7.0. Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists in 1961-62.”

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  • LakeShow

    Kobe Could… ;)

  • http://www.twitter.com/TheDiesel Anton

    This will not end well for anyone involved.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    @ Bryan Crawford – I am (still) playing Xbox360… Don’t tell me PS3 has been better this whole time?……. my mother lied…

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Every basketball game that ever came out (if not any other sporting game really) has had a glitch (or 4) that you can work out and take advantage off to win games. Like 2k10 for example (xbox version at least) you just steal the ball everytime the inbounder can’t make the direct pass to the PG. He passes it to the SG and then as you move up the court staying on the ball side of the PG the pass comes (almost everytime) and you can just take it. It’s woeful.
    ____________________________________________________
    Mind you every NBAlive2010 player looks like a zombie from I AM LEGEND.
    ____________________________________________________
    If there are any glaring weaknesses with either of these games going forward, it’s time to go looking for $$$ back.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Every basketball game that ever came out (if not any other sporting game really) has had a glitch (or 4) that you can work out and take advantage off to win games. Like 2k10 for example (xbox version at least) you just steal the ball everytime the inbounder can’t make the direct pass to the PG. He passes it to the SG and then as you move up the court staying on the ball side of the PG the pass comes (almost everytime) and you can just take it. It’s woeful.
    ____________________________________________________
    Mind you every NBAlive2010 player looks like a zombie from I AM LEGEND.
    ____________________________________________________
    If there are any glaring weaknesses with either of these games going forward, it’s time to go looking for $$$ back.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Every basketball game that ever came out (if not any other sporting game really) has had a glitch (or 4) that you can work out and take advantage off to win games. Like 2k10 for example (xbox version at least) you just steal the ball everytime the inbounder can’t make the direct pass to the PG. He passes it to the SG and then as you move up the court staying on the ball side of the PG the pass comes (almost everytime) and you can just take it. It’s woeful.
    ____________________________________________________
    Mind you every NBAlive2010 player looks like a zombie from I AM LEGEND.
    ____________________________________________________
    If there are any glaring weaknesses with either of these games going forward, it’s time to go looking for $$$ back.

  • http://nbaforum.net Holy Karron

    If he wanted to I think he could but thats alot of work and focus on stats and i think he only want rings asap

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Lebron wants this bad, you can tell, I still see this not working and if LEBRON would have won one title in Cleveland, then it would have been better than three in Miami, but hey I am just a NBA fan, but a triple double would help him improve his punk image if he could pull it off. BOOK IT!!

  • The Philosopher

    To my People:
    Most of you all know my tendencies up here, so…
    I’m going to admire myself for this one, too.
    I was the first on these threads to put The King averaging a triple double out there to The Masses.
    (clearing my throat)lol
    So I will be expecting royalties if he pulls it off.
    (clearing my throat again)

  • http://dsfjklf.com Jukai

    Dacre: They corrected that issue in PS3. Ironically though, they did not correct the “pass to the player as he runs out of bounds” glitch, even after they SAID they corrected the damn glitch.
    I’m a sucker and I’ll still buy it once it comes out though.

  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    I was playn 2k10 last night with my kings franchise(reke, jr smith, salmons, anthony randolph, kaman), and in a game vs the rockets, those muthazuckaz could not miss a 3, ariza, battier, martin, and budinger were hitting insanely hard 3s all game long, it was so crazy and incredibly frustrating. 2k11 will fix that, I hope, and where instead of passing to the open man nearby, the pass randomly goes to the guy on the opposite side of the court, where its stolen. Lil glitches are so damn frustrating

  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    Bron might be able to do it. Hed have to be running the point all game, 8.6 assists last sason. He could get a bunch of defensive boards, but that would prevent him from getting out on the fastbreak, where hes most effective. So I doubt it will happen.

  • str8 from samoa

    LEBRON DONT NEED TO HIT THAT TRIPLE DOUBLE. ANY GAME IS POSSIBLE. ITS ABOUT GETTIN THAT WIN. C’MON THE STARTING 5 IS JUST BEAST OUT THERE.. THAT CHAMPIONSHIP IS WHAT THEY NEED TO AIM FO AND THEY HAVE DA RIGHT PLAYERS TO DO THAT.

  • KB2412345

    daaaaamn str8 you really laid it all out there for us dogg. we did not reeeealize.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    @TARZAN COOPER (and everyone else who wants to know) – I’ve gotten around the ‘randon pass. fail’ by always using “direct pass”. for xbox you basically hold down the LEFT TRIGGER and the pass is made according to the particular icon/position etc…
    just pressing x for pass is of no use to anyone….
    —————————————————–
    direct pass to the centre = LT + Y
    direct pass to the pg = LT + X

    etc…

  • T-Money

    camera: broadcast or 2k?

  • bashmo

    People need to realize something about LBJ. Other than that fumble with not shaking hands after the 09 ECF’s he really is a modest, respectful guy when it comes to interviewing, and such. Really knows what to say when the lights are shining on him. He is modest, generous on film…

    but the handshake thing was pretty messed up still

  • http://slamonline.com tealish

    bashmo – did you hibernate this summer?

  • mrbust

    if he always tried to average triple double, he would never get a trophy

  • Kgomotso Nkhumise

    I think he will average a double double maybe (assists and points), don’t know about the rebounds.

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