Lengthy earlier than stat-sheet stuffers like Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic and LeBron James got here into the fold, Larry Fowl dominated every class of a field rating whereas main his Celtics to glory. In doing so, Fowl was the quickest participant to succeed in 15,000 factors, 7,500 rebounds and 5,000 assists, attaining the trifecta in 799 regular-season video games.
On Tuesday, Fowl’s longstanding report, set throughout the 1990-91 season, was eclipsed by Jokic. Remarkably, the Nuggets star reached the milestone in 90 fewer video games and his age-29 season. As compared, Fowl was within the penultimate yr of his profession in his age-35 season. Fowl would retire after simply 897 video games because of extreme again points.
