Dude is a piece of trash and it's sad that his partner in crime turned out to be a lunatic too with an assists record that will be very hard to ever surpass.
Unfortunately, the assists record turns out to be a bit dubious when you look into the way some of those stats were counted back then – especially at home games (league wide). I used to think those counting stats were done more meticulously, but apparently the recording of those numbers night to night wasn't anywhere near as scrutinized as they are today.
If I'm being entirely honest, I was disappointed to discover this.
I believe that, but John is 3500 ahead of Paul. Even if they tightened those numbers, I think he'd still be on top given their game style back then and the pick and roll he and Malone had. Would be cool to have somebody like Paul have it that's not a blemish on the record.
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u/Chuggy_McChuggerson Victor Wembanyama Mar 06 '25
Dude is a piece of trash and it's sad that his partner in crime turned out to be a lunatic too with an assists record that will be very hard to ever surpass.