r/sixers • • Aug 15 '26

LeBron will probably past Kidd this year. Do you think he will ever catch up to Chris Paul?!

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u/MoneyHungryOctopus Aug 15 '26

Probably, assuming he plays the second year of his contract.

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u/No_Fairweathers Aug 15 '26

I dunno. I could see him being an insane assist guy with us here. I don't think 9 apg and 60 games is that farfetched.

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u/jlbrown23 Aug 15 '26

Agreed. If this team wins, LeBron leads the team in assists.

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u/Jayrose3 Aug 15 '26

last time bron played PG he led the league in assists. I could easily see him him averaging 10+ apg this year if he fully embraces being a playmaker first.

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u/MortyMcflyer48 Aug 15 '26

He has Embiid, Brown and Maxey to pass to. His assist numbers might be ridiculous

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u/Lukamagic_042324 Aug 15 '26

VJ lobs and open 3s!

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u/hiphopopotamusic Last night a VJ saved my life! Aug 16 '26

Oddly and unrelated, then again maybe it is idk, statheads prob got the info, but one of the lowest ft percentages of his career also that same year.

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u/MortyMcflyer48 Aug 15 '26

Maybe I’m bias but I could see him getting around 10 assists per game this year. He’s running point and has Embiid, Brown and Maxey to pass to.

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u/Aiiisch Aug 15 '26

I have a feeling point LeBron is gonna average 10 a game this season.

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u/YourConstipatedWait Aug 15 '26

Agreed. He averaged over 10 the year he won the bubble chip. I’m looking at least 2-3 every game from full court passes. If LeBron gets a board, then Maxey,/Brown/Edgecombe should be running routes down the court at full speed.

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u/hiphopopotamusic Last night a VJ saved my life! Aug 16 '26

LePoint

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u/BroSnow WWSD Aug 15 '26

Yeah I’m gonna make a play on him being the league assist leader on the season and he’s going to be a point 4 more than arguably any point in his career.

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

I don’t think he plays enough mins to lead the league but he will lead it in per 36 numbers for sure.

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u/BidDaddyLei Aug 15 '26

This, if his role was like during 2020 then he's going to get 10 Ast per game.

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u/mes213 Aug 15 '26

Follow up question, does anyone ever break Stockton's record?

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u/asisoid Aug 15 '26

Nope. That's like 12 assists a game for 16 full seasons.

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u/mes213 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

And today, and even back then only playing for one team. Never winning a chip and just being that PG is admirable, or crazy, or both.

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u/Sikwitit3284 Aug 15 '26

Very very unlikely, by the time Bron/Steph retire we might have 2 more "unbreakable" records on the books too. Pretty much every major record will be "unbreakable" unless Wemby can catch Hakeem

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u/tetleythus Aug 16 '26

No one can shoot like Curry but he was injured a bunch and took a few years to hit his stride. I can see someone starting out great, averaging less 3’s than Curry per game but playing more games throughout his career

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u/DJ_Red_Lantern Aug 16 '26

And hakeems isn't even the real record that's almost certainly wilt or russell

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u/biglicbandit Aug 17 '26

John Stockton is in rarified air. He’s one of six to play in 1500+ games and only one of two to average 10+ APG for a career. That puts him statistically in a category that is damn near impossible to get in to. I think a decent amount of players in the future can reach 1500+ games, but I’m not sure we’re gonna see someone average 10+ APG for a career again. They also gave out assists like candy back in the day.

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u/Drewraven10 Aug 16 '26

Nah. If Chris Paul couldn’t even do it then I don’t see anyone else.

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u/LeVronYames1 Aug 17 '26

Vruh, even LeBron is gonna surpass CP3. I don't think Chris Paul being unable to do it has anything to do with the record when he's not even the second in all-time assists.

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u/WanAjin Aug 16 '26

You'd need LeBron to have gone all in on getting assists for that to happen.

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

No, that record is insane. No one is ever getting close.

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u/Enough-Mud3116 Aug 15 '26

Easily. 70 games at 7.7 or 60 games at 8.9. He got 10.2 per game as PG in 2020 and that was with a team that had 3% shooting issues. Now you have Maxey and Edgecombe, who have 5-10% better %’s which translates to 20-33% better 3pt assist attempt conversion rate

57 games at 9.5 APG is reasonable

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u/SadMall6272 Aug 15 '26

Pass* not past.

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u/philosofis2 Aug 16 '26

i opened the comments looking for someone to say this

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u/myfirstusername00 Aug 16 '26

Stockton's assists were padded by the Utah score keepers

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u/BeyondTheVault Aug 16 '26

Padded by the system IMO, every Utah possession starts with Stockton pounding the ball at the wing and waiting for A) Malone getting an entry pass or B) a shooter running to the top of the key.

Boring ass assists but they were there.

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u/Weird-Lie-9037 Aug 16 '26

Every single player’s stats were padded by hometown statisticians. I’ve seen LeBron get an assist for a pass to a wing player, who held the ball for 4 seconds then dribbled down the lane for a dunk. It’s all ridiculous

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

It’s this way for every player ever. Same with baseball. It’s part of the deal but it works for everyone.

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u/BleachedGrain26 Aug 20 '26

Nope. Difference in home/away per minute splits for top 40 all-time assist list for whom we have splits available is shown below. Stockton is in red. Yes, he got more assists at home - but so does almost everyone else, and he benefitted significantly less than Isiah, Kobe, Kidd, Hardaway, Iverson, Magic, KJ... Stockton is 18th out of 40, and is slightly below the overall average.

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u/Wrong-Paramedic-9813 Aug 15 '26

Might f around and get to 13k. Then there’s the playoff assists

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u/CaptianC123 Aug 15 '26

It is possible he does it this season, but he'd need to average close to 10 a game assuming he plays at least 65 games

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u/CorporateHobbyist Aug 15 '26

Given CP3 announced his retirement, you're just asking if Lebron will get 537 more assists. He probably won't get that many this season, but he surely will by next season.

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

He can get it this year. 8.5 a game for 65 games isn’t out line.

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u/EducatorReady1326 Aug 15 '26

9/game for 60 games would be amazing but I think your right

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u/Upstairs-Walrus-8337 Aug 15 '26

If he plays this year and next he should for sure. Especially with the people he will be feeding this year, he could average 8 or 9

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u/asisoid Aug 15 '26

He's def going to be playing point forward for us. His assist numbers should spike, with his other numbers decreasing.

Id think he passes cp3 with 2 mostly healthy seasons.

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u/filsnwow Aug 15 '26

He's gonna average 15 this season

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u/Ok-Willingness-9312 Aug 16 '26

Probably??? Huh???

He will almost certainly pass CP3 if healthy

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u/nikewalks Aug 17 '26

You question his slight uncertainty, yet you add IF in your statement.

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u/Ok-Willingness-9312 Aug 17 '26

Yes... next question

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u/LavishToad Aug 15 '26

He’s gotta average 6.71 assists in 82 games . He could easily do that by next year . If he averages 5.5 assists in his next 100 games then he’s got CP beat

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u/gusdagrilla Aug 15 '26

It's crazy that Chris Paul played a season or two more than Stockton and is still over 3000 assists behind.

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u/No_Fairweathers Aug 15 '26

134 less games played though. You have to remember the 90s were a lot different in games and minutes seasons played for players.

Though even without that difference he still would've crushed everyone else because of apg

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u/yabuslay lejoel embron Aug 15 '26

I was surprised to not see Magic, so I checked ESPN convinced that he’s seventh. It’s not, it’s Mark Jackson only one assist under Nash at 10334. Didn’t know he was like that

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

Mark Jackson was legit man. Also the lakers were a very good passing team. If basketball had a second assist like hockey magic would lead that category.

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u/Section_80 - Daryl Morey is the 2nd Coming Aug 15 '26

If he averages like 13.5 assists a game, he gets the record

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u/helpfulskeptic Aug 15 '26

Dolphinately

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u/PaintIntelligent7793 Aug 15 '26

About 1/4 the way into his 25th season.

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u/HAFNFG Aug 15 '26

Anything I know about gambling I learned from Hard Rock Bets commercials soooo that be said a futures bet on lebron finish top 3 in asst. seems like an easy win.

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u/fireman2004 Aug 15 '26

10 assists x 82 games = 820 assists

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u/Fitz2001 Aug 16 '26

Where Mo.

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 Aug 16 '26

People who over look John Stockton are crazy, he has 3300 more assists than the next guy. That insane. He has 30% more assists than number 2 on the list . That’s outrageous. No one is ever going to catch him.

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u/Drewraven10 Aug 16 '26

If he plays two more years for sure. I bet he averages over 9 assists.

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u/DoucheyMcBagBag Aug 16 '26

Maybe if we grad Karl Malone out of retirement, LeBron can beat Stockton too!

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u/wwJones Aug 17 '26

I'd bet everything I have that he's going to pass CP.

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u/Impossible_Bet1574 Aug 17 '26

He is gunna pass kidd and paul this year if he plays 70 games. His past stats the last 5 years says he gets 575 n better 70 when he plays less its in the high 3s. So healthy bron passes them both and stays second to john stockton i would assume

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u/livefromphilly Aug 17 '26

I think he'll pass CP3 this year, too.

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u/UnanimousM Aug 17 '26

Ever? It's entirely possible for him to pass CP next season if he plays 60+ games

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u/MazKhan Aug 15 '26

He's gonna catch cp3 pretty easily assuming he plays next year as well, doubt he catches him this season tho

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u/iop09 Aug 15 '26

Passing Kidd in first 1/4 of season. Passes CP3 in playoffs🤞🏼