(Because the 2019-20 season isn’t over yet, this ranking doesn’t include this season’s statistics.)īest Assist Combos Since 2000-01, Outside the Top 10 RankĪs the pairings in this chart and the upcoming top 10 demonstrate, the assister-to-scorer dynamic can manifest in a few different positional archetypes: The Guard and the Big But first, here’s a look at the top combos who missed out on the top 10. With those methodological considerations in mind, we’ll count down the best pairings this century in a moment. But Parker-to-Duncan produced an average of just 102.2 assists per season, which ranks 59th among all combos who played three-plus seasons together. Overall since 2000-01, the combination with the most total assists is Tony Parker to Tim Duncan, because they shared the court for 15 seasons. And instead of focusing on the top assists duo based on career totals, we’ll look at the top combinations on a per-season basis-or else we’d merely be rewarding the partnerships who spent the most time together. But instead of analyzing only the best single-season assist combinations, which can include bizarre outliers due to the smaller sample-for the 2001-02 Cavaliers, Andre Miller assisted Wesley Person 256 times!-we’ll look over players’ entire multiseason partnerships, for those who played together for at least three seasons. So today, we’re going to search for the highest on record. (Full play-by-play data extends back to 2000-01.) That’s a lofty total, especially considering that both players have missed games and that their minutes have been staggered more than almost any other star pairing’s-yet it’s nowhere near the highest on record. In 61 Lakers games before Sunday’s big win over the Clippers, James had assisted 164 Davis baskets this season, per, which puts that combination on pace for 220 assists in their first run together. James-to-Davis is in first place this season, and it’s not particularly close. LeBron James is leading the league in assists for the first time in his storied career, and new teammate Anthony Davis is his favorite target. The top two-man assist combination in the 2019-20 season is a new pairing-but it’s not much of a surprise.
And while there are numerous ways to measure the effectiveness of any pairing of players, one simple, appealing method involves the “Stockton and Malone” of it all-one player passes to a teammate, over and over again, to score a bevy of buckets all season long. With the NBA shifting from the decade of Big Threes to a new league landscape of Big Twos, these pairings are highly relevant once again. Hear the word “Stockton” in a basketball context, and the mind instinctually continues “. From my perspective, Chris Paul’s offensive scoring ability exceeded the capabilities of John Stockton’s.īut, who is right? The answer isn’t automatic, so let’s dive into the comparison to see if we can make the answer clearer.Like peanut butter and jelly or Drake and Josh from Drake & Josh, some NBA players naturally fit together. This initially triggered me, forcing me to show my bias as I’ve always venerated Paul’s brilliance on the court. They also explained that Stockton was a better overall player than Chris Paul. Why am I comparing the two? In an older episode on the CWTC Podcast, the crew was split in half when Tony and Will loudly exclaimed, that John Stockton had a better career than Chris Paul.
One of the biggest similitudes I noticed is that John Stockton and Chris Paul also are often underrated because neither has won a championship. They are both considered gritty, astute playmaking, point guards. Both are renowned for their ingenious court vision and stout defense. In my humble opinion, he also bears an abundance of similarities to John Stockton. Paul is considered one of the greatest point guards of All-Time already.
The newest member of the OKC Thunder is Chris Paul who replaces Russell Westbrook as the starting point guard. How does OKC Thunder point guard Chris Paul fare against John Stockton? Who’s the better player among the major point guard criteria, join me as I tackle a topic that is bound to open the debate among fans. TI tackles the debate of who is the better All-Time point guard. Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Comparing OKC Thunder point guard Chris Paul to Hall of Fame and former Jazz star John Stockton. OKC Thunder: John Stockton of the Utah Jazz with the ball.
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