Nikola Jokic Joins LeBron James and Magic Johnson in Being Just the 6th Player to Achieve Incredible NBA Feat

Tonoy Sengupta | 01/03/2023
Nikola Jokic Joins LeBron James and Magic Johnson in Being Just the 6th Player to Achieve Incredible NBA Feat

Nikola Jokic has always had skill during his time in the NBA. However, the man has unquestionably ascended over the last couple of years. And nothing could make that clearer than the man’s 2 MVP awards during that time period.

Simply put, Nikola Jokic is absolutely incredible, perhaps even a tad underrated, simply because he doesn’t play in the flashiest of ways. And recently, the man gave fans yet another reason to believe that statement.

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Nikola Jokic becomes the 6th player in NBA history to get to 100 triple-doubles

Nikola Jokic is a 7-footer with all the skills to pass the ball, while also scoring it in any way he wants to. So, it wouldn’t be the greatest shock for the man to get a few triple-doubles over the course of his NBA career. However, he has gone above that by quite a margin. Take a look at the tweet below.

That is beyond incredible. And yet, this is Nikola Jokic. The man plays with such ease against the best opponents, that it’s hard to imagine the man having to strain himself to achieve anything.

But of course, Jokic isn’t the first player ever to achieve this feat. So, who are the other 5 that did it before him?

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Who else has achieved 100 triple-doubles during their NBA career?

Russell Westbrook is famously the king of triple-doubles. And so, obviously, the man reached the mark before Nikola Jokic did, and has recorded 198 of these over the course of his career.

Aside from him, Oscar Robertson (181), Magic Johnson (138), Jason Kidd (107, and LeBron James (106) have done it too.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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