Six times this season, a player has been one rebound and one assist shy of a triple-double, as Nikola Vucevic was with his 22/9/9 statline last night. Here are the five other players:
Bradley Beal (39/9/9)
Russell Westbrook (34/9/9)
James Harden (28/9/9)
Russell Westbrook (15/9/9)
LeBron James (11/9/9)
Vucevic maybe isn’t quite on the level on those other guys, but it just goes to show, you have to have a significant amount of skill to get an almost-triple-double. Ignore the fact that if you extend the search back a few years, you notice some weird names belonging to the “x/9/9” club: Mario Chalmers, Michael Carter-Williams, Josh McRoberts, Gerald Wallace (remember when he dunked on Bostjan Nachbar), even Donald Sloan (twice!).