Talk:Double-double

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OntarioQuizzer: Re-inserted reference to coffee, dropped Timmy Ho's. Usage is prevalent in Canada and needs inclusion. Many people regularly purchase double-double coffees and do not know it in a basketball context. Further, other restaurants also call their double hamburgers a "double-double" other than In-and-out, including the "White Spot" chain, so that line should then be dropped by the same measure as you dropped mine with the Tim Hortons ref. - anon 19:56, 11 March 2007

re: Canadian slang??? Every street corner coffee vendor in New York knew what a double double was back in the 70's... these days, the term seems to have fallen out of popular use -- probably a starbucks influence -- who would buy a coffee from a street corner shop anyway!?!?

You may be right; however, it is still incredibly prevalent north of the border. --OntarioQuizzer 21:04, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Tim Horton's rules in Canada.

I guess Timmy's has got New York beat. Tim Horton's has been around since 1964.

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[edit] most double-doubles?

Does anybody know who has the most double-doubles? That wouldn't be Robertson too, would it? Jason Kidd is probably a good threat, as are both Russell and Chamberlain.

[edit] quadruple double-double

wow really a 40-40 game? is there a reference to that?

Yes — you can cross reference lists such as those at [1] and [2] which is essentially what I did to discover both games. If you are interested in performing some research on your own, you can try looking at games in which Wilt Chamberlain scored 40-49 points and matching those up against his 40+ rebound games. There may be more quadruple-double-doubles (40-40s) which are not yet known (the trick is to find the list of 40-49 point games — you may be forced to dig through old newspaper box scores, which is what I did to determine that Chamberlain's 55-rebound game was not a quadruple-double-double (before my "research", I had thought there was an outside chance it was a quintuple-double-double)). Just so you know, Bill Russell's regular season career high in points is 37, so he needn't be considered in any search for quadruple-double-doubles. If anyone finds additional quadruple-double-doubles, please let me know by leaving a message on my talk page. I'm interested in these types of trivia and would like to encourage others to pariticpate in such investigations. Myasuda 13:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] five-by-five

We have double-double, triple double, quadruple article. Somebody should make one for 'five-by-five'.

[edit] other meanings

Even though I am Canadian. Why not move the two italisized alternative meanings to the bottom of the page with a new heading called "Other Usages" or something to that effect.

[edit] I agree

It's dumb that lesser used terms get first billing.

[edit] Basketball pages in general but double-double certainly included

So, this page is entitled double-double and is supposed to be about basketball double-doubles. But, the only info included is that about NBA basketball. Another section on college basketball might be nice as well. It probably wouldn't be big but could include a few records such as most double-doubles in a season by a player (and also career) and highest double double (most each of two stats recorded in a game).

Then, the same thing could be applied for triple doubles. I am pretty sure the college record for a season is only 3 or 4 so it's pretty interesting.

Geoff

[edit] double-double straight

Who has most consecutive double-doubles on NBA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.232.75 (talk) 10:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC)