Who is Rayan Rupert? Grizzlies’ unknown joins LeBron, Luka, Isiah, Magic in NBA history originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Memphis Grizzlies are playing out the string of a disappointing season, and they’ve got all kinds of journeymen getting into action, the kind of guys even intense basketball fans have barely heard of.
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Like Rayan Rupert. Rupert, on Sunday, put up one of the craziest, most unexpected stat lines of the season.
The Grizzlies may not have beaten the Bucks, but Rupert joined incredibly rare NBA history.
He finished Sunday’s game with 31 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and a block.
He’s only the fifth player 21 or younger in NBA history to have 30/10/10/4. The other four are LeBron James, Luka Doncic, Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson.
Is there a Hall of Fame career coming for Rupert? Maybe not.
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But man, this is something notable.
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Who is Rayan Rupert?
Rupert is a 21-year old big guard for the Grizzlies.
He’s 6-foot-7 and originally from France.
The Portland Trail Blazers took him with the No. 43 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft — before that, he was playing for the New Zealand Breakers.
He’s on a two-way contract with the Grizzlies as the 2025-26 season winds down.
And now he’s in an absurd piece of NBA history.
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