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There have been 17 players in NBA history to rack up a triple-double before they were legally allowed to buy a drink. The latest to make the list is future Rookie of the Year Luka Doncic, who became the second youngest when he lost his triple-double virginity by putting up 18 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds on the 327th day of his 19th year on earth.

Despite the accomplishment, Luka wasn't in the mood for celebrating since the day also ended with the Mavs fourth straight loss.

"I didn't play good at all," Doncic said after the game. "I missed some shots that I shouldn't miss."

Speaking of missed shots, Markelle Fultz is the youngest player to ever record a triple-double; he was 10 days younger than Luka when he put up 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on a joyous 2018 night that saw the 76ers win their 16th consecutive game.

The youngest before him was fellow 2017 lottery pick Lonzo Ball (20 years, 15 days) who had 19/13/12 just three months earlier.

Before Zo, the record was held by LeBron James (20 years, 20 days) in 2005, when Luka was five years old. LeBron's 27/11/10 performance would be the first of five triple-doubles before he turned 21. Among those five was a 40-point performance against the Bucks. The 40 was also the most points ever scored in a triple-double by a player under 21.

Also worth mentioning about the King, he had a 32-point triple-double in his first playoff game (2006) and he also became the first player to average a triple-double in the NBA Finals (2017).

The record for most triple-doubles by a player under 21 belongs to triple-double king Magic Johnson. LeBron's current "boss" had seven during the rookie season that ended with him playing center for injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals and racking up 42 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists in the championship-clinching game.

One big difference between the time Magic was filling up the boxscores and now is NOBODY cared about triple-doubles back then. They didn't even know what it was because the term "triple-double" didn't even exist. But since Magic was getting so many of them, basketball statistician Harvey Pollack "created it" and Lakers public relations director Bruce Jolesch started promoting it.

A triple-double is so common now, it's actually surprising when a night goes by and we aren't' talking about at least one. I'm not going to upset anyone and say getting one now is harder than it was 20 years ago but I will say I wasn't as excited when Dennis Smith and De'Aaron Fox got a triple-double last year as I was when players like Lamar Odom (2000) and Antoine Walker (1997) were getting triple-doubles at age 20.

Here's a complete list of NBA players with a triple-double before age 21.

• Lonzo Ball (2)
• Luka Doncic
• De'Aaron Fox
• Markelle Fultz
• Jrue Holiday
• LeBron James (5)
• Magic Johnson (7)
• Lamar Odom (3)
• Chris Paul (2)
• Shareef Abdur-Rahim
• Dennis Smith
• Antoine Walker (2)
• John Wall
• Chris Webber
• Russell Westbrook
• Tony Wroten

LONZO BALL (19/13/12)

DENNIS SMITH (21/10/10)

DE'AARON FOX (31/15/10)

JOHN WALL (19/13/10)

RUSSELL WESTBROOK (17/10/10)

TYREKE EVANS (19/10/10)

JRUE HOLIDAY (11/10/10)

TONY WROTEN (18/11/10)

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We all need friends like Michael Porter Jr and Dino Radoncic!

After seeing a social media post that said Nuggets rookie Michael Porter Jr "liked" a post that said, "Luka (Doncic) is the most overrated person I've seen in my life," Montenegrin pro basketball player Dino Radoncic tweeted, "MVP of Euroleague can’t be overrated. A injured player who has not played 5 college games can be overrated. #Facts."

Guess who "liked" that tweet?

If you said Luka, the 19-year-old No. 3 pick in the 2018 draft who was traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Dallas Mavericks for No. 5 pick Trae Young, then you are correct. The same 19-year-old ESPN voters made their favorite in a 2018-19 Rookie Of The Year prediction poll that I'm sure Young and Porter (who actually played 3 games in college) didn't like.

THE RELATIONSHIPS

Here's some background information on the players involved in this amusing social media "feud." Doncic and Radoncic go way back to their Real Madrid junior team days, so that's probably why Dino was quick to defend his former teammate. Porter and Young go back to their days of playing on the same AAU team, so that's probably why Porter liked a post that was putting down a guy a lot of basketball fans think the Hawks should have kept instead of exchanging him for Porter's high school buddy, who originally was planning on teaming up with Porter in college before selecting Oklahoma.

Personally, I think Doncic is going to be a star in the league and so will Porter IF he can get healthy. People forget Porter was considered by many to be the best (or top two if you had Marvin Bagley at No. 1) high school player in the nation during his junior and senior year. And despite going 14th, Porter still considers himself the best player in his class.

UPDATE

Porter said he reached out to Luka and told him it was "100% an accident" and he has nothing but respect for the EuroLeague MVP.

TRAE & MICHAEL

LUKA DONCIC

SOURCE: Eurohoops.net

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Will the Phoenix Suns take one of the new faces of PUMA basketball (big men Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III) or will they take the baby-faced killer that is Luka Doncic with the first pick in the unpredictable gamble that is the 2018 NBA Draft?

In an interview with Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, the 19-year-old "playmaking prodigy out of Slovenia" had this quotable about the Draft and his upcoming season in the NBA:

“Pick one to five, it will be amazing to be selected there, especially for a European guy." Said Doncic. "I need to show it on the court, because I need to prove it. I can see who made a mistake not drafting me. After my rookie season, I will see who made a mistake. I’m motivated to enter the draft. I’m excited to play in the NBA and play against these stars."

Depending on who you ask or what Mock Draft you are looking at, Doncic is either a no-brainer at #1 (Bill Simmons will tell you this) or a possible 4th pick by the Grizzlies -- a team known for making horrible picks (drafting Steve Francis after he made it clear he doesn't want to play for them) and trades (trading Kevin Love for OJ Mayo) on Draft night. Unless Doncic has a rookie campaign like Donovan Mitchell and the big men picked ahead play like former Grizzlies No. 2 pick Hasheem Thabeet (selected before James Harden & Steph Curry), I'm not sure "mistake" will be the right word.

Look at the 2009 draft, when Blake Griffin was picked first and missed the entire season with an injury and Tyreke Evans was picked 4th and ended up winning Rookie Of The Year by putting up rookie LeBron numbers. I'm sure the Clippers still didn't think they made a mistake by taking future 5x All-Star Blake and I'm positive the Thunder were still happy with taking James Harden at No. 3 (so they could later make the mistake of trading him for soon-to-be retired Kevin Martin and a bunch of future picks). As for the Grizzlies, they knew very quickly they made a HUGE mistake with Thabeet, who became the highest drafted player to ever be sent to the D-League.

Anyways, back to the 'Wonderboy' Luka Doncic. As we wait to see which team will win the Slovenia Superstar Sweepstakes or make the "mistake" of going big, let's take a look at this serious but cool ESPN video about Doncic's journey to the NBA and a very fun video by Bleacher Report about Doncic's future in the NBA, which includes dating Jennifer Aniston and appearing in a Drake video.

BONUS VIDEOS

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