Cam Boozer’s rookie season is already stacking up like something out of a record book.
The former No. 3 overall pick was at it again in the Memphis Grizzlies’ 31-point win over the Sacramento Kings, finishing with a season-high 27 points on 8-of-14 shooting. He added nine rebounds and three assists, knocked down three of his seven 3-point attempts and went a perfect 8-for-8 at the line.
That outing pushed the 19-year-old into a place no player in NBA history had reached this quickly: he became the fastest to get to 100-plus points, 50-plus rebounds and 25-plus assists, doing it in just six games.
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And while the rest of the league has spent the early part of the season chasing perfection, Memphis is the team still standing alone. Not the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Not the Philadelphia 76ers. Not the San Antonio Spurs.
Not the Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics or New York Knicks. It’s the Grizzlies who are the NBA’s last unbeaten squad.
The path there hasn’t exactly been brutal. Memphis has beaten the Kings twice by a combined 42 points, taken care of the Jazz twice by a combined 25 points, knocked off the Golden State Warriors and handed the Portland Trail Blazers their first and only loss so far in a 21-point road win on Thursday to close out a four-game trip.
Ty Jerome has been a major part of that start, and so have Zach Edey, Cedric Coward and Jaylen Wells, among others.
But Boozer has been the headline act. He’s one of six players averaging a double-double, and through six games he’s putting up 17.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists while shooting 36.8 percent from 3 and 96.6 percent from the free throw line. If the season ended today, he would be the only qualified rookie in history to average at least 17.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists as a rookie.
He also recently became the second-youngest player ever to record a triple-double.
The schedule ahead doesn’t look like a major obstacle either. Memphis is set to face New Orleans on Monday, then the shorthanded Pacers and Thunder on Wednesday and Friday before matchups with the Raptors, Nuggets, Pelicans again, Nets and Wizards.
That gives Boozer another chance to keep widening the gap in the Rookie of the Year conversation. Even with other rookies making noise, his all-around production and impact on winning are making a strong early case.
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