One Trillion in basketball refers to a box score or a statistical line showing a player that had played for one minute and had earned nothing for all other statistics, may it be a shot, point, foul, assist or rebound.
Officials score it as one followed by twelve zeros, which conventionally means, “one trillion”. Also called – ‘A Trillion’, it essentially means that a player played but they did nothing significant.
The term is believed to have been coined by Scott Hastings who managed to remain in the National Basketball Association for 12 seasons as a backup or a “scrub” player.