re: Anthony Davis has the first 40/20 game this year

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I agree, he has potential to lead in blocks and rebound. points is absurd. Scoring would mean he would have to take 20 shots a game (up from his 15.3) and get around 10 ft shots a game (up from his 6.6 attempts per game) and that would put him at 30ppg with a 55 fg% and 80 ft%. That is not likely to happen. At 30ppg, he'd still be 2nd to durant.

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Not absurd at all. Garnett, Love, and Aldridge were first 3 players I looked up to see their progression of shots taken. They are all similar to the 15 to 20 increase you described

Love - 8.5, 10.8, 14.1, 19.3, 18.5
Aldridge attempted ~15 shots years 2-4, ~17 years 5-7, and finally almost 21 this year.
Garnett went from ~15 is 2nd and 3rd year to a max of 19.6

Last 3 years before this one, the league leading scorer averaged between 27-29 PPG. This year is high(arguably in part because of Westbrooks injury). I don't think anybody has said that they expect Davis to outscore the league in a year when somebody else averages 30+ points. That doesn't happen every year though.

It's absurd to think that there definitely won't be a year at any point during his prime where 28/13.5/3 would lead the league in all 3 categories. If that happens, he has a decent chance of putting up those numbers, no?