Let’s be honest, sometimes statisticians get a little carried away these days. You’re watching an NBA highlights show and suddenly a confounding graphic is displayed that reads something like “Player X is the first in NBA history to record at least 28 points, three blocks, six missed free throws, two popcorn boxes eaten and a technical foul in the same game.” The baseline minimums on NBA statistical achievements seem to be getting more bizarre with each passing season.
With that said, when the 2019-20 regular season was interrupted in mid-March, New Orleans’ rising-star starting-forward duo of Brandon Ingram, 22, and Zion Williamson, 19, was well on the way to joining a couple prominent and exclusive statistical groups.