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[Spursfan092120]

10/18/74 Chicago vs Atlanta
Nate Thurmond 22 pts. 14 rebs. 13 asst. 12 blks.

02/18/86 San Antonio vs Phoenix
Alvin Robertson 20 pts. 11 rebs. 10 asst. 10 stls

03/03/90 Houston vs Golden State
Hakeem Olajuwon 29 pts. 18 rebs. 10 asst. 11 blks.

03/29/90 Houston vs Milwaukee
Hakeem Olajuwon 18 pts. 16 rebs. 10 asst. 11 blks.

02/17/94 San Antonio vs Detroit
David Robinson 34 pts. 10 rebs. 10 asst. 10 blks.

Spurs got two..Robertson and Big Dave. Didn't know Hakeem had 2...guy was just ridiculous.

[MI21]

10/18/74 Chicago vs Atlanta
Nate Thurmond 22 pts. 14 rebs. 13 asst. 12 blks.

02/18/86 San Antonio vs Phoenix
Alvin Robertson 20 pts. 11 rebs. 10 asst. 10 stls

03/03/90 Houston vs Golden State
Hakeem Olajuwon 29 pts. 18 rebs. 10 asst. 11 blks.

03/29/90 Houston vs Milwaukee
Hakeem Olajuwon 18 pts. 16 rebs. 10 asst. 11 blks.

02/17/94 San Antonio vs Detroit
David Robinson 34 pts. 10 rebs. 10 asst. 10 blks.

Spurs got two..Robertson and Big Dave. Didn't know Hakeem had 2...guy was just ridiculous.

Nah, Hakeem had one rescinded when they took away an assist he "got". So he went out and got another one within the same month

Those big guys were just amazing.

[Kewni Leonard]

tbh other than a Prime Tim Duncan, I don't see anybody who could get 10 blocks and 10 assists in a game.

Wilt Chamberlain could have done that on any given night.

[Horse]

Drob was a beast, he was amazing but I don't think ever fully healthy after '96. If he was, we may have had a 3 or 4peat.

[Das Texan]

Sometimes I forget how truly amazing young David Robinson was.

[senorglory]

DRob was the last player in the NBA to record a quadruple double, too...no one has done it since, even though almost 18 years have passed.

As present day Spurs fans, we live in the house that David Robinson built.

imo.

[Brazil]

With enough touches and open shooters knocking down shots from set ups out of the post I could see the stars possibly aligning for Dwight one day (pts, rbs, asts, blocks). Chris Paul in a beast game could maybe get close with steals.

rondo could also be a candidate

[Spursfan092120]

Sometimes I forget how truly amazing young David Robinson was.

yup..

[kskonn]

I also laughed when the announcer said that Drob needed to improve his free throw percentage, was only around 75%, he would be shooting Techs on todays spurs team.

[gospursgojas]

Wilt Chamberlain could have done that on any given night.

While discussing stats someone always has to bring up wilt. Lets limit the convo to when there was more than one tall black guy in the league.

[Spurminator]

Stating the obvious, quadruple doubles are rare because double figures in blocks, steals, and even assists are not common. You have to combine double figures in two of those stats with a double-double in Points and Rebounds. It helps to be the kind of player who fairly regularly puts up 10+ in two of those three categories, then you have a better chance of it happening on the same day. But there have been very few players who regularly put up 10+ blocks or 10+ steals.

Since the NBA began tracking blocks and steals in 1973, a player has recorded 10+ blocks in a game only 150 times, and 10+ steals only 22 times (once in the last 10 years).

Only Alvin Robertson (4) and Clyde Drexler (2) have recorded 10+ steals in a game more than once. I honestly don't see a quadruple double with steals ever happening again... 10+ steals has only happened once in the last ten years. The game has changed. (But, never say never)

It's also increasingly rare for a skilled offensive player to record 10+ blocks. To get the necessary 10+ assists along with your 10+ blocks, you have to command constant double-teams and have the passing ability to find an open man (then hope they make the shot).

David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwan recorded 10+ blocks ten times and twelve times, respectively, so they obviously gave themselves more opportunities to combine that with 10+ assists. All of the other players with that number of 10+ block games were defensive specialists that would seldom have had the ball enough to get 10+ assists in a game.

Mark Eaton (19)
Manute Bol (18)
Dikembe Mutombo (13)
Shawn Bradley (10)
Tree Rollins (8)
Elmore Smith (8)


Shaq strikes me as a player who might have had the set of offensive skills to pull off a quad-double, but he only blocked 10 shots once in his career. Tim Duncan has never blocked 10 shots in a game (but man, that Finals game was close).

Here are the players with 10+ blocks in the last 15 years.

Amare Stoudemire
Andrei Kirilenko
Ben Wallace (2)
Calvin Booth
Dikembe Mutombo (3)
Dwight Howard
Emeka Okafor
Greg Ostertag
Javale McGee
Jermaine O'Neal
Josh Smith
Keon Clark
Marcus Camby (4)
Serge Ibaka (2)
Shawn Bradley (2)
Vlade Divac

So the game has changed there too. Players just don't record 10+ blocks as regularly as they used to, and even fewer of those players are dominant offensive big men.

[colargol]

Ricky Rubio had a game with 9 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 6 steals. That's pretty close considering he didn't even crack a single double figure stat. I can see him one day pushing even closer.

Rondo or Westbrook are other guys that could potentially do it. I'm not sure I see a big guy with both the shotblocking and passing ability to get close.

Boris Diaw.....

[therealtruth]

Stating the obvious, quadruple doubles are rare because double figures in blocks, steals, and even assists are not common. You have to combine double figures in two of those stats with a double-double in Points and Rebounds. It helps to be the kind of player who fairly regularly puts up 10+ in two of those three categories, then you have a better chance of it happening on the same day. But there have been very few players who regularly put up 10+ blocks or 10+ steals.

Since the NBA began tracking blocks and steals in 1973, a player has recorded 10+ blocks in a game only 150 times, and 10+ steals only 22 times (once in the last 10 years).

Only Alvin Robertson (4) and Clyde Drexler (2) have recorded 10+ steals in a game more than once. I honestly don't see a quadruple double with steals ever happening again... 10+ steals has only happened once in the last ten years. The game has changed. (But, never say never)

It's also increasingly rare for a skilled offensive player to record 10+ blocks. To get the necessary 10+ assists along with your 10+ blocks, you have to command constant double-teams and have the passing ability to find an open man (then hope they make the shot).

David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwan recorded 10+ blocks ten times and twelve times, respectively, so they obviously gave themselves more opportunities to combine that with 10+ assists. All of the other players with that number of 10+ block games were defensive specialists that would seldom have had the ball enough to get 10+ assists in a game.

Mark Eaton (19)
Manute Bol (18)
Dikembe Mutombo (13)
Shawn Bradley (10)
Tree Rollins (8)
Elmore Smith (8)


Shaq strikes me as a player who might have had the set of offensive skills to pull off a quad-double, but he only blocked 10 shots once in his career. Tim Duncan has never blocked 10 shots in a game (but man, that Finals game was close).

Here are the players with 10+ blocks in the last 15 years.

Amare Stoudemire
Andrei Kirilenko
Ben Wallace (2)
Calvin Booth
Dikembe Mutombo (3)
Dwight Howard
Emeka Okafor
Greg Ostertag
Javale McGee
Jermaine O'Neal
Josh Smith
Keon Clark
Marcus Camby (4)
Serge Ibaka (2)
Shawn Bradley (2)
Vlade Divac

So the game has changed there too. Players just don't record 10+ blocks as regularly as they used to, and even fewer of those players are dominant offensive big men.

That's interesting because it says 10 blocks are harder to come by and steals even rarer. Basically it's becoming harder for someone to post a quadruple-double.