According to the current situation, the NBA regular season assists leader in the 2019-20 season has been reserved by James.
The Lakers have played 61 games in the regular season. James played 58 games and ranked first in the assist list with an average of 10.7 assists per game. Tre Young, who ranked second, averaged 9.2 per game, with a gap of 1.5.
It is worth noting that Tre Young has also played 58 games.
The difference in total assists between the two is 97.
In other words, in the last 17 games, Tre Young needs to send 17*1.5 97=113 more assists than James in total, that is, 15 assists must be guaranteed in each game to be able to reverse.
This degree of difficulty is too great!
James is the assist king?
No one would have thought of this at the beginning of the season, after all, although we all know that James is very versatile.
But the chances of winning the assists title are a little lower than those full-time point guards. Who would have thought that this would happen.
However, in the history of the league, it is not without precedent for a non-point guard player to win the assist king. He is the ancient beast-Chamberlain.
After winning this honor, James will create another milestone — the first player in history to win the scoring and assists titles
In the history of the NBA, the number of players who can win both scoring and assists can be counted.
Up to now, a total of 5 people have done it, and they are the retired Wilt Chamberlain.
Jerry West, Nate Archibald and current James Harden, Russell Westbrook.
Of the five, only Nate Archibald did it in the same season.
And why should I emphasize the title of No. 1 pick?
Because all of the above five people are not the No. 1 pick.
First of all, Zhang Dashuai, the powerful record king, is an undrafted player. For the other four, West is the second pick, Harden is the No. 3 pick, Westbrook is the No. 4 pick, and Archibald is the No. 19 pick.
In addition, James also stood shoulder to shoulder with Chamberlain, becoming another player who won the scoring and assists and was the best rookie.
By the way, if West hadn’t met Oscar Robertson, the originator of the triple-double, he would have won the best rookie.
In the end, James will also become the oldest assist leader in NBA history. The last oldest assist leader was Stockton.
That’s right, it’s Stockton, the number one assist king in history, who has been in the game for 9 consecutive years.
Stockton was 34 years old when he won the last assists title of his career.
And James is 35 years old!
However, the NBA is a place where miracles are born, and other honors have been won by people over the age of 35.
James once again paid tribute to the four legends:
The oldest MVP, Karl Malone was 36 years old when he won the award;
The oldest FMVP, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was 38 years old at the time.
The oldest scoring champion, Jordan was also 35 years old when he won the award.
The oldest rebounder, Chamberlain was 37 years old.
And as fans, we want to pay tribute to James!