I WAS SURPRISED: ANDERSON VAREJAO

The mainstream media baffles me. Like, for example, the obsession with triple doubles. Anderson Varajao didn't get one last night, so I guess his performance was only worth a quick mention. I mean, 23 rebounds, 9 assists, 9 points, 2 blocks in 37 minutes...that's not noteworthy or antyhing, right?

  POS Min WP48 PoP48 Wins PTS DRB ORB REB AST TO BLK STL PF
Varejao C 37 .807 22.0 0.6 11.7 14.3 15.6 29.8 11.7 1.3 2.6 0.0 5.2
Average C C 26 .099 0.0 0.1 20.7 9.2 7.9 17.1 4.3 2.0 3.1 0.5 5.4

To put things in perspective, if you could get that performance from your center over 48 minutes, you'd have a 22 point efficiency differential. Last year, the best efficiency differential in the NBA was the San Antonio Spurs, at +7.9.

I mean, seriously, that was a "performance of the year" category game, and all he gets is a few reporters saying he "almost had a triple double".

No respect.

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Ari Caroline

Thanks for paying attention, Patrick. :)

There were a few, crazy performances over the first two days of the season. Varejao certainly took the cake but Harden was close (he got his attention) and Noah quietly put up some amazing numbers last night. 3 assists and 5 steals from a center (and only 2 turnovers!), to go along with his usual 50% shooting, 10+ rebounds and 3 blocks.

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Steve Dickinson

Yay points? Rebounds are boring brah.

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Jamey Findling

As an addendum to Harden's performance, how bad was Russell Westbrook last night for OKC? I expect a season of head-scratching as pundits realize what a mistake the Thunder made keeping Russ over the Beard, and wonder who on earth could have seen *that* coming. Who indeed?

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