137 horses of the Elton John
Last week fucked around and got a triple double
1. Ice Cube rapped this. It is a way to make good art. “Fuck around” and you might stumble into a triple double. The lack of intent opens up the writer to odd directions. I think Perec “fucked around” into triple doubles. A triple double helps yourself and a larger idea. This is an admirable goal for words. I would like my writing to be like pick-up basketball, not a day at the office. Also I would like to dunk on Joyce Carol Oates.
2. Dude is a doctor and a writer and just won a $100,000 prize. That’s a good day.
2. The belief that the short story is a poor relation of the novel persists.
2. Nox versus Next in the quarterfinals.
2. Burnside Review chapbook contest is now open.
137. What book (s) are in the floorboards of you car right now? (I have Big World, Hitler’s Mustache, and an anthology of re-told fairy tales)
Tags: Ice Cube, Joyce Carol Oates, Next, Nox, peter davis
There aren’t many basketball players who can fuck around into a triple double. I guess the Javale McGee triple double from last week counts. Lebron James seems to get triple doubles by accident (but not by fucking around).
one three seven–actually, Fog Gorgeous Stag.
Peter Davis, linked above, is a tremendously interesting poet. He and I have something of an argument about poetry-field politics, The Best of American Poetry, and his second book, POETRY! POETRY! POETRY! in issue #2 of Sous les Paves. The newsletter is print, but past PDFs can be downloaded:
http://souslespavesonline.wordpress.com/
Wow, these S les Paves are badass. Thanks for this.
I think Kidd is the current career leader, but Robertson averaged a triple double for the ’61-’62 season. Neither achieved even a single triple double by fucking around. I think Cube is playing his effort and skilz off.
No, it’s still Robertson. And then Magic.
I’ve always been a little curious about the stat line here. Ice Cube doesn’t seem like a passer to me. Is it possible he accrued said triple double with, say, blocks? Steals?
No, it’s still Robertson. And then Magic.
I’ve always been a little curious about the stat line here. Ice Cube doesn’t seem like a passer to me. Is it possible he accrued said triple double with, say, blocks? Steals?
An important cousin to the Cube lyric: Kanye’s “triple double, no assists.” Which could mean double steals or blocks, but due to the conflicted nature of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, I’m kind of assuming means turnovers.
An important cousin to the Cube lyric: Kanye’s “triple double, no assists.” Which could mean double steals or blocks, but due to the conflicted nature of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, I’m kind of assuming means turnovers.
I’m betting he’s referring to minutes played.
The before-mentioned Javale McGee triple double was with points, rebounds, and blocks.
Ha – by “current career leader”, I meant ‘career leader among active players (so the figure to compare James to)’, not ‘player who ever played currently leading’, but I did say closer to the latter. Bah.
Robertson is untouchably far ahead, no? – even more so than Dimaggio’s 56.
Stockton’s still the career assist leader, right?, and has 10 points in as many games as Johnson – I’m guessing more – , but, tough as he was, he can’t have had many 10-rebound games (10 blocks? no; 10 steals?; maybe a couple).
Kidd’s an unusual guard in that he rebounds well (or has). More likely for triple doubles (of any three major stats), in today’s game, would be a ‘forward’ who can/will pass – like James. Today’s game has so many hybrid ‘position’-players that this stat – 3 x 2 – is likely to have more and more players with at least a few every season. ??
ice cream? – six scoops; ate by self
Oh, heck. Sorry. Should’ve known you were talking about active players.
Kidd would need 80 or so more to get close to Robertson. And Kidd is 38. Seems like Robertson hold on to the record for the duration.
The DiMaggio record is a statistical impossibility, right? Not stats-minded, me, but I recall someone talking about running the numbers and finding it unlikely in the extreme. Don’t know if the same is true of the triple double numbers.
Kidd was on point for those small, fast teams for a while. It’s the Don Nelson run-and-gun style that gave him all the rebound opportunities. Move quick, follow your own shot. Put shots up quick—miss a bunch. More rebounds to go around.
I think James—versatile as he is—might also have benefited from the quality (or, really, the lack of quality) of the players around him in Cleveland.
Stockton is still the assist leader. And, no. Never played the sort of game that made rebounds a thing for him. Steals leader, though.
My Mother, She Killed Me, My Father, He Ate Me? I love that — I’m halfway through. I really dig the way some of the stories stray in such unexpected ways.
life is a beautiful horrible fairy tale
i tell you
just you
wait
and
see
ps – elizabeth taylor is my mother
turnovers dont count in triple double stats though I hear you
Has anyone in history had a blocks steals rebounds triple double?
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