Michael Carter-Williams

The last time that two players had recorded their first career triple-doubles in the same game was when Detroit Pistons Donnie Butcher and Ray Scott did it on March 14, 1964 (they were not rookies).

Michael Carter-Williams (born October 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League.

He was subsequently named the Player of the Week in only his first week in the NBA, a feat last achieved by Shaquille O'Neal in 1992.

It was also the first time that two opponents had recorded triple-doubles in the same game since Caron Butler and Baron Davis had done so on November 23, 2007.

In 2008, Carter-Williams transferred to the boarding school St. Andrew's in Barrington, Rhode Island where he lived in a dormitory during his final three years of high school.

In his three years as a starter, he averaged 25.4 points per game.

As a senior, he averaged 23.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.

After his sophomore season in high school, Carter-Williams committed to attend Syracuse where he played on their basketball team.

He visited colleges in August after his sophomore year in 2009 and received scholarship offers from other schools such as Providence, Virginia Tech, Florida State, Virginia, Notre Dame, and Clemson.

Later in his high school career, he played on the same AAU team as future 76ers' teammate, Nerlens Noel.

Carter-Williams had a subdued freshman season at Syracuse in 2011–12 as he played behind Scoop Jardine, Brandon Triche and Dion Waiters.

The season began about how Carter-Williams envisioned with him coming off the bench but solidly in Jim Boeheim's rotation.

That niche role gradually eroded, however, as Jardine and Triche solidified their starting roles and Waiters emerged as the best sixth man in the nation.

It was a difficult first season for him in which he did not play in games and received sporadic minutes in others.

He finished the season averaging 2.7 points, 2.1 rebounds and 10.3 minutes in 26 total games (no starts).

During the 2012 offseason, Carter-Williams worked on his game, from lifting weights daily and drinking protein shakes to try to get stronger, to doing shooting drills every morning and improving his nutrition.

His hard work over the offseason translated into Carter-Williams' emergence as a breakout star for Syracuse and one of the best point guards in the nation during the 2012–13 season.

He went on to start his first game for Syracuse in the season opener and kept his starting role for the entire season, starting all 40 games.

He finished his sophomore season with averages of 11.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.7 steals in 35.2 minutes per game.

He was drafted in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, after playing college basketball for the Syracuse Orange.

On March 28, 2013, he scored a career-high 24 points as he led Syracuse past the No. 1 seed Indiana Hoosiers 61–50 in the NCAA's East Region semi-finals as they advanced to the NCAA's Elite Eight.

At the conclusion of the season, he earned Associated Press honorable mention All-American honors, as well as second-team All-Big East honors.

On April 10, 2013, Carter-Williams declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.

Many draft outlooks ranked Carter-Williams as a top point guard prospect and a top ten prospect overall.

Carter-Williams was selected 11th overall in the 2013 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.

Carter-Williams, along with Nerlens Noel, were both officially signed by the 76ers on September 24, 2013.

On October 30, 2013, in his NBA debut, he recorded 22 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, and 9 steals (the most steals ever made by a rookie on debut) in a 114–110 win over the defending champion Miami Heat.

Less than a week later, he had a 26-point, 10 assist performance in a 107–104 win over the Chicago Bulls.

On November 9, 2013, Carter-Williams recorded a career-high 13 assists to go with 21 points in a 127–125 double overtime loss to Cleveland.

On December 3, 2013, he recorded his first triple-double with 27 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists in 47 minutes in a 126–125 double-overtime victory over the Orlando Magic.

Rookie Victor Oladipo of the Magic also recorded his first career triple-double in the same game, marking the first and only time in NBA history that two rookies have recorded triple-doubles in the same game.

Carter-Williams was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in October and November 2013.

He led all rookies in scoring (17.2 ppg), assists (7.3 apg), steals (2.92 spg) and minutes (36.2 mpg) over this stretch.

He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2014, and he has also played for the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets, Houston Rockets, and Orlando Magic.

Carter-Williams attended Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School in Hamilton, Massachusetts as a freshman.

He was 5'9" as a freshman, and led his team and conference in scoring with 20 points per game and a league championship.

He was again named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for games of January 2014.

During January he led all rookies in scoring (16.5 ppg), and ranked second in rebounding (5.6 rpg), assists (5.6 apg) and minutes (33.3 mpg).

During the month of February, Carter-Williams participated in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge and the Taco Bell Skills Challenge.

On March 10, 2014, Carter-Williams recorded his second career triple-double with 23 points, 10 assists, and 13 rebounds in a 123–110 loss to the New York Knicks.