42 Club Watch/Leaders

In a way of classifying NBA players inspired by Bill Simmons, I've decided to take a stab at keeping track of who's in and who's out. The concept of the 42 Club is eerily simple. You keep track of the typical triple-double stats: points, rebounds, and assists, on a per game basis. Add 'em up, and if the number is 42 or more, you're looking at a someone who should be in the conversation as a transcendent playoff performance.

A further explanation is in this column from 2006 and in his book, The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy.

Through the conference finals. The list only includes only includes players who won two rounds (sorry Zach Randolph, 35.5). Bold Italics mean still active:

ON THE CUSP: 40-42
Player	G	PPG	RPG	APG	42Club
LeBron James	15	26.0	8.9	5.5	40.3
IN THE ARENA: 35-40
Kevin Durant	17	28.6	8.2	2.8	39.6
Derrick Rose	16	27.1	4.3	7.7	39.1
Dirk Nowitzki	15	28.4	7.5	2.7	38.7
Russell Westbrook	17	23.8	5.4	6.4	35.5
Dwyane Wade	15	23.7	7.2	4.1	35.0