In the win against Portland, Cam Boozer becomes the 4th fastest (in career games played) to record a triple double!

Boozer finished with 18/11/12 in just his 5th NBA game, tying him for the 4th-fastest in NBA history (measured by career games played).

Only three players have achieved a triple-double earlier in their NBA careers:

Oscar Robertson: 1st game (1960)

The famous Art “Hambone” Williams: 4th game (1967)

Ben Simmons: 4th game (2017)

Boozer joins Connie Hawkins (1969) and Magic Johnson (1979), who also achieved their first triple-doubles in their 5th career games.

This also makes him the second youngest player ever to record a triple double (19 years, 103 days), only beat out by Australia’s finest Josh Giddey (19 years, 84 days).

Source:

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/basketball/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_game&timeframe=seasons&comp_id=NBA&comp_type=reg&player_game_min=1&player_game_max=4&is_trp_dbl=Y

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/basketball/player-game-finder.cgi?request=1&match=player_game&timeframe=seasons&comp_id=NBA&comp_type=reg&is_trp_dbl=Y&age_max=19&order_by=age&order_by_asc=1

fuuthat

10 | 5 hours ago

Fun stat, does preaseason count?

asifiwereasleep [OP] | MIL

4 | 5 hours ago

No I just filtered by regular season games!

simple_account

8 | 5 hours ago

Didn’t Michael Carter Williams in his first game?

asifiwereasleep [OP] | MIL

2 | 5 hours ago

Not quite, almost though

DragoxDrago | OKC

15 | 5 hours ago

He almost had a quad double, 22/7/12 with 9 steals but didn’t quite get the triple double.

SUPERSAMMICH6996 | CLE

2 | 5 hours ago

Nope. He had a near quadruple double though.

EmperorUmi | LAL

34 | 5 hours ago

Might end up having a better career than his old man

EdwardJamesAlmost | DEN

28 | 5 hours ago

Already has better hair, but will it last?

sukari | CHI

1 | 3 hours ago

If it doesn’t.. time to bust out the shoe polish!

Spoon_S2K

4 | 4 hours ago

not even a question since before the draft. his dad was good.. but not did not possess talent like this

BlueHundred | NYK

3 | 4 hours ago

Most likely will. Carlos Boozer was in college at Cam’s age and started breaking out with the Cavs and Jazz when he was around 22-24. Cam doesn’t even turn 20 until July next year

PrimeShaq | Australia

1 | 3 hours ago

Not even a knock on Carlos Boozer, he was an all-star and gold medallist but Cameron just has superstar potential.

TopPolicy8454

27 | 5 hours ago

I had no clue Oscar Robertson got a triple-double his first game, that’s absurd. Kinda poetic for the Big O

thendnchieftain

8 | 5 hours ago

Best player in the draft went 3rd cuz idiots had to bigbrain something simple lol

PREYOVERWATCH

8 | 5 hours ago

Jokic has 3 MVPs and Luka is a 2x scoring champion but people still think athleticism is more important than on-court productivity

thendnchieftain

2 | 5 hours ago

His athletic measurements weren’t even bad, had faster lane agility time than Caleb Wilson

Spoon_S2K

2 | 4 hours ago

that was because caleb messed up on that drill. caleb is significantly more athletic then boozer and has way more burst

Variation99a

1 | 4 hours ago

Caleb is way more athletic. So is AJ. But I never thought Darryn was all that as an athlete. I think out of the other top 4 picks, he’s the most questionable in terms of perceived athleticism.

Boozer had a 35 inch max vertical at the combine and Darryn was at 37.5 inches despite weighing more than 50 pounds less.

Inevitable-Crow2494

3 | 4 hours ago

Watched the game. He looked amazing. He stepped into two open threes when the defence sagged, and looked so confident. Plus, I was impressed with his passing. His outlet full court or passes to get a break running were excellent. He and AJ look incredibly savvy and mature for rookies (not in age, but in play style).

__BIPBAP

1 | 3 hours ago

I like how his season FG% so far absolutely sucks (better after tonight), yet he still 100% looks the part out there and is playing the most minutes for a 5-0 team.