But Brooklyn Nets forward Reggie Evans joined a much weirder, statistically odd group of players that night. Evans finished the game with a career-high 24 rebounds and, thanks to a fruitless Hack-A-Reggie strategy from the Wizards in the fourth quarter, 16 free throw attempts. That makes him just the seventh player since 1986 (when data is available) to join that list, joining the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwight Howard, and Charles Barkley. There are also a couple of duds on that list, but what makes Evans's so impressive is that he did it in just 32 minutes -- no one else on the list, including the Hall of Famers, reached those figures in less than 40. Check out the chart, courtesy of blog Dancing With Noah:

Evans is also the oldest player in NBA history to reach those numbers in a game, at 32 years and 294 days. Barkley was the only other player who did it after 30.
Hat tip to fendo of Dancing With Noah for doing the research.













M I K E
March 11, 2013
Not to rain on Reggie’s parade but the average points scored on that list you posted is 34+ points a game. Reggie scored only 11…I like Reggie but he’s not a very good player IMO.
NJBK44
March 11, 2013
We want the Hump!
Jon C
March 11, 2013
Wow. Great list and funny one for Reggie to be on. Obviously he isn’t in the league with any of those guys except Lo Wright.
And while Reggie did hit his career high in rebounds, he will get you 20 rebounds once every week or two if you play him over 30 minutes a game. So as far as rebounding, this wasn’t all that special a game for him. Really getting to 24 for him is just a factor of a good game plus minutes. He has never been a guy where he got 30+ minutes a night. But if he did, his career high would probably be above 30.