The greats make it look routine, if not easy. Which brings us to Nikola Jokić and the fine art of the triple-double.

His tendency to pull off the statistical multi-task has progressed from casual to constant, and so far this year, habitual. It’s actually a mild surprise when Jokić comes up short in double-figure points, rebounds and assists … almost as rare as the Oklahoma City Thunder losing a game in 2025-26.

For anyone else who compiles a triple-double in the NBA, it’s headlines, a career feat for some, a wow. When it’s Jokić, it’s a shrug and a well-that’s-what-he-does .

And in NBA history, no center racked up the triple-doubles until Jokić developed a taste for it. That’s what makes his triple-doubles so unprecedented, so unusual, so impressive. His passing makes those triple

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