GSW Hoops Fan wrote:On the assist side of things, Nash just passed up Gary Payton for the 7th spot on the all time assist learders.
THere are only 3 active players in the top 30 of all time assists, and those are:
2nd - Jason Kidd - 11,365
7th - Steve Nash - 8,972
16th - Andre Miller - 6,864
Compared to all time soring where there are 6, soon to be 7:
5th - Shaquille O'neal
8th - Kobe Bryant
22nd - Kevin Garnett
24th - Dirk Nowitzki
25th - Ray Allen
29th - Tim Duncan
Compared to all time rebounding where there are 3
12th - Saquille O'neal
16th - Kevin Garnett
23rd - Tim Duncan
Here is what we are looking at when the season is over:
top 30 of all time assists:2nd - Jason Kidd - 11,578 (needs 4,228 to catch John Stockton)
6th - Steve Nash - 9,252 (started with 8,397 - 9th place)
14th - Andre Miller - 7,031 (started with 6,465 - 21st place)
all time soring:5th - Shaquille O'neal - 28,596 (started with 28,255 - 5th place)
6th - Kobe Bryant - 27,868 (started with 25,790 - 12th place)
20th - Kevin Garnett - 23,323 (started with 22,267 - 22nd place)
23rd - Dirk Nowitzki - 22,792 (started with 21,111 - 27th place)
24th - Ray Allen - 22,286 (started with 20,965 - 28th place)
28th - Tim Duncan - 21,663 (started with 20,641 - 30th place)
30th - Paul Pierce - 21,410 (started with 19,899 - NR)
All time rebounding:12th - Saquille O'neal - 13,099 (Started with 12,921 - 14th place)
16th - Kevin Garnett - 12,819 (Started with 12,188 - 20th)
21st - Tim Duncan - 12,013 (Started with 11,335 - 25th)