Chris Paul Becomes the First Player in NBA History to Record 20k Points and 11k Assists
Chris Paul made history Sunday night following the Suns’ 112-95 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Whether a player says it or not, going against a former team is always a big deal. However, it is an even bigger deal to make history against them. With about 10:50 left in the first quarter, Paul threw up a lob that Deandre Ayton slammed home to give Paul the 11,000th assist in his career!
With that assist, Paul now sits in the company of two other elite point guards, Jason Kidd and John Stockton, who are the only three players in the NBA to accomplish this feat. Record-wise, Stockton is still the all-time NBA assist leader with 15,806, followed by Kidd with 12,091, and CP3 with 11,009.
“I honestly didn’t have a clue until I checked out of the game,” Paul said when asked when he found out about his historic achievement.
Paul then went on to credit a few of his teammates.
“I’ve been fortunate to play for a while now with a lot of great shooters, great players in general,” Paul then reeled a couple of names such as David West, Peja Stojakovic, and Devin Booker. “I’m privileged.”
Suns Coach Monty Williams even chimed in on Paul’s historic night.
“It’s amazing, I look at him, and I’m like, ‘holy smokes, I get to coach Chris Paul.'”
In addition, Paul is now the only NBA player in history to have over 20k points and 11k assists. That is a record fit for a true Point God. It is about time we gave Paul his flowers and credit for playing the point guard position with such finesse, craftiness, and humbleness. Shout out to CP3! We are all looking forward to seeing how far Phoenix can go with such a great vet on their squad.
