In tonight’s win against the Rockets, Jokic had 32 points, 10 rebounds, 15 assists and 0 turnovers.
The only other time a player has had a 30+ point, 15+ assist triple double with 0 turnovers in the modern NBA, was in 2021 when James Harden had 30 points, 14 rebounds, 15 assists and 0 turnovers.
On another note, there has only been 5 games in the last 33.5 years where a player had 30+ points, 15+ assists and 0 turnovers. 2 of them has come in the last 16 days, the other one being Tyrese Haliburton’s game with 33 points, 15 assists and 0 turnovers on November the 14th.
If he would just stop stat padding, then the rest of the league would have a chance.
Nikola Jokic from the 2021 season to right now has a PER of 32.0.
Here’s how it stacks up with other all time greats best 4 year PER.
- 31.4 - Michael Jordan (1988-91)
- 31.1 - Wilt Chamberlain (1962-65)
- 30.3 - Shaquille O’Neal (1999-02)
- 30.2 - LeBron James (2009-12)
- 28.7 - Kevin Durant (2013-16)
- 28.1 - Steph Curry (2015-18)
- 27.9 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-74)
- 27.0 - Tim Duncan (2002-05)
- 26.6 - Larry Bird (1985-88)
- 26.0 - Magic Johnson (1987-90)
- 26.0 - Hakeem Olajuwon (1993-96)
- 25.7 - Kobe Bryant (2006-09)
- 21.1 - Bill Russell (1957-60)