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Youngest NBA Players Ever to Record 400+ Points, 100+ Rebounds & 100+ Assists in a Single Postseason · Gil I Am

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  Speaker 1: Today we're diving into one of the most grueling, exhausting,
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  Speaker 1: and downright impressive postseason accomplishments you'll ever see on a
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  Speaker 1: basketball court. We're counting down the top ten youngest players
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  Speaker 1: in NBA history to join the ultimate stat sheets stuffer Club.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking about those rare, rare athletes who stepped onto
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  Speaker 1: the biggest stage and literally did it all. But before
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  Speaker 1: we start naming names, I want you to think about
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  Speaker 1: something for a second. What truly makes a complete playoff superstar? Like?
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  Speaker 1: What actually defines a guy who can just totally dictate
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  Speaker 1: every single aspect of a game when the stakes are
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  Speaker 1: literally as high as they get and the defense is
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  Speaker 1: just suffocating. Well, it's not just about getting buckets right,
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  Speaker 1: it's about total, undeniable start to finish impact. And that
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  Speaker 1: brings us to the ultimate milestone. Look scoring four hundred
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  Speaker 1: points in a single playoff run that is already ridiculously hard.
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  Speaker 1: You got to go deep into the postseason and basically
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  Speaker 1: carry the offense night in and night out. Add one
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  Speaker 1: hundred rebounds to that. Okay, now you're talking about an
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  Speaker 1: elite physical presence, but throwing one hundred as on top
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  Speaker 1: of the whole shebang man. That puts you in a
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  Speaker 1: completely exclusive, top tier club of guys who just commanded
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  Speaker 1: the entire cord. They scored, they dominated the class, and
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  Speaker 1: they elevated everybody around them. And what's wild here is
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  Speaker 1: just how incredibly young the guys on our list were
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  Speaker 1: when they pulled this off. Let's kick things off with
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  Speaker 1: section one, breaking in at twenty four. These are our
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  Speaker 1: early arrivals. When we look at numbers ten down to
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  Speaker 1: five on our countdown, I gotta tell you, the margins
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  Speaker 1: here are absolutely razor thin. We are literally talking about
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  Speaker 1: differences of just a few days. Coming in at number ten,
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  Speaker 1: we've got Jason Tatum in twenty twenty three at twenty
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  Speaker 1: five years and eighty five days. Number nine is Devin
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  Speaker 1: Booker in twenty twenty one at twenty four years and
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  Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty three days. Then we've got Lebron
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  Speaker 1: James in two thousand and nine, Dwayne Wade in two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and six, Tatum making his second appearance from his
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two run, and Jalen Williams in twenty twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Every single one of these guys pulled off this ridiculous
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  Speaker 1: feet while navigating their age twenty four seasons. Take Jason
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  Speaker 1: Tatum for example, the guy occupies both the number ten
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  Speaker 1: spot from twenty three and the number six spot from
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  Speaker 1: twenty two. I mean, talk about unbelievable consistency. Right leading
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  Speaker 1: Boston on these deep playoff runs, Tatum carried a massive workload.
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  Speaker 1: He totally proved himself as a complete forward. He's got
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  Speaker 1: the size and the skill to be that consistent offensive engine,
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  Speaker 1: all while crashing the glass and dishing it out. To
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  Speaker 1: pop up on this list twice before you even turn
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  Speaker 1: twenty six. That is just staggering. Then you've got that
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  Speaker 1: fearless shot making just one clutch performance after another. Back
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, Devin Booker totally announced himself as
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  Speaker 1: a legitimate postseason superstar, using that elite scoring and playmaking
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  Speaker 1: to literally carry Phoenix to the finals and Dwayne Wade
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  Speaker 1: in six Wow. The guy transformed into a flat out
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  Speaker 1: NBA legend. He just attacked, relentlessly, created offense, and delivered
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  Speaker 1: time and time again to get Miami its first ring
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  Speaker 1: and lock up his Hall of Fame legacy. Now, obviously
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  Speaker 1: we have to talk about the guy who shows up
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  Speaker 1: twice on this entire countdown let's think about the sheer
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  Speaker 1: statistical mastery of Lebron James in two thousand and nine
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  Speaker 1: lands at number eight compared to his legendary two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and seven arrival that sits way higher on our list
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  Speaker 1: at number two. Even though the Cows did to make
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  Speaker 1: the finals and No. Nine, Lebron completely dominated every single
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  Speaker 1: statistical category you can think of, points, boards, assists, defense, leadership,
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  Speaker 1: you name it. His individual brilliance at age twenty four
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  Speaker 1: was for sure unforgettable. Rounding out our twenty four year
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  Speaker 1: old tier at number five, we've got Jalen Williams in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. J Dubbs showcased in incredibly well rounded
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  Speaker 1: game during his breakout postseason. Because he's not just a score.
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  Speaker 1: He rebounds, he facilitates, he defends, He uses this crazy
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  Speaker 1: high basketball IQ to impact literally every single possession for OKC.
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  Speaker 1: It really proves that one of the league's absolute brightest
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  Speaker 1: young stars is honestly just getting started. Moving right along
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  Speaker 1: to section two, the twenty three club, this is where
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  Speaker 1: we find the truly explosive performers. I want you to
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  Speaker 1: consider this exact age twenty three years old and two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and twenty days. That hype very specific number belongs
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  Speaker 1: to none other than Russell Westbrook during his totally unforgettable
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve postseason run alongside Kevin Durant. Sitting comfortably at
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  Speaker 1: number four on our list, Westbrook was just defined by
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  Speaker 1: his speed, his athleticism, and a motor that literally never
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  Speaker 1: turned off. He constantly attacked the rim, stuffing every single
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  Speaker 1: category on the stat sheet. Russ just overwhelmed opponents with
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  Speaker 1: his energy. It made him one of the very few
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  Speaker 1: guards in NBA history to fill up the box score
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  Speaker 1: with over four hundred points, one hundred rebounds, and one
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  Speaker 1: hundred assists at such a crazy young age. All right,
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  Speaker 1: getting into the heavy hitters section three, the twenty two phenoms,
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  Speaker 1: these are the generational superstars breaking into the top three.
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  Speaker 1: We hit the age of twenty two years in two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ninety nine days. That milestone belongs to Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Edwards during his incredibly memorable twenty twenty four playoff run
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  Speaker 1: with Minnesota. I mean, pulling these numbers before your twenty
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  Speaker 1: third birthday, it's just mind boggling. So how exactly did
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  Speaker 1: antman pulled this off on the biggest stage? Well, first off,
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  Speaker 1: his scoring just exploded, Second, his rebounding got drastically better,
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  Speaker 1: and third his passing it reached a whole new level. Entirely,
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  Speaker 1: he so quickly became one of basketball's brightest superstars, making
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  Speaker 1: a lot of folks believe that that twenty four postseason
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  Speaker 1: officially marked his arrival as the NBA's next face of
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  Speaker 1: the league. Given his age, his ceiling is just absolutely
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  Speaker 1: sky high. Coming in at number two, we hit another
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  Speaker 1: staggering number. Twenty two years and one hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 1: four days. That was Lebron James's exact age during his
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  Speaker 1: legendary two thousand and seven run where he famously just
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  Speaker 1: put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his back and dragged them
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  Speaker 1: all the way to the NBA Finals.
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  Speaker 2: I really want to remind everyone watching this explainer just
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  Speaker 2: what this actually meant at the time. You know, before
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  Speaker 2: he was a four time champ, before he was the
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  Speaker 2: all time leading scorer, this two thousand and seven version
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  Speaker 2: of Lebron was already dominating every aspect of the game
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  Speaker 2: with leadership way way beyond his years. That performance against
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  Speaker 2: Detroit in the Eastern Conference Finals still one of the
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  Speaker 2: greatest series ever played. Hands down, it proved without a
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  Speaker 2: shadow of a doubt that Lebron was once in a
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  Speaker 2: generation talent. And finally Section four the youngest ever the
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  Speaker 2: number one spot. The player who broke the record is
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  Speaker 2: Stefan Castle. In twenty twenty six, Stefan Castle reached this
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  Speaker 2: insane postseason milestone at just twenty one years old. I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to say that again, so it sinks in twenty
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  Speaker 2: one years old orchestrating a playoff run with over four
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  Speaker 2: hundred points, one hundred rebounds and one hundred assists absolutely wild.
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  Speaker 2: Now consider the dramatic age gap between these top two spots.
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  Speaker 2: Castle achieved this at twenty one years and two hundred
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  Speaker 2: and twenty one days, compared to Lebron at number two
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  Speaker 2: at twenty two years and one hundred and fifty four days.
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  Speaker 2: Look in basketball development years, nearly a full year of
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  Speaker 2: age difference at that stage of a career. That is
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  Speaker 2: an absolute eternity. The gap between number one and number
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  Speaker 2: two here is frankly just huge. So what's the big
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  Speaker 2: takeaway here? By hitting this mark at twenty one, Castle
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  Speaker 2: leaped for absolute legends. We're talking Tatum Booker, Wade Westbrook,
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  Speaker 2: Edwards and Lebron James doing this at such a young age,
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  Speaker 2: speaks volumes about his incredible versatility and just this unmatched
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  Speaker 2: poise he has under intense playoff pressure. If this run
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  Speaker 2: is any indication at all, the future of the NBA
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  Speaker 2: is an incredibly, incredibly good hand man.
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  Speaker 1: What an unbelievable list. These guys totally prove that age
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  Speaker 1: is just a number when elite talent meets massive opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: But as we wrap up this explainer, I want to
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  Speaker 1: leave you with a question to chew on to Stefan
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  Speaker 1: Castle's history making youth prove he's got what it takes
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  Speaker 1: to become the NBA's next all time great, or when
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  Speaker 1: you factor in all the context, is Lebron's legendary two
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  Speaker 1: thousand and seven dominance still the ultimate most impressive achievement
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  Speaker 1: we've seen today. Think about the guys we've covered, let
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  Speaker 1: us know your thoughts, and thanks so much for joining
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  Speaker 1: me on this deep dive. I'll catch you on the
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  Speaker 1: next explainer.