HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – In addition to surpassing the 20,000-point mark in Wednesday’s win at Golden State, LeBron James became the 55th player in NBA history to eclipse the 5,000-assist mark. James is one of only 13 players with both 20,000 points and 5,000 assists.
Through Wednesday, James ranks 10th in the league with 6.9 assists per game, and is the only non-point guard in the top 20. But he does rank No. 1 in one important category: assists on 3-pointers. And what’s interesting is that, among the 20 players who have assisted on the most 3s, James is the only one who has assisted on more corner 3s than above-the-break 3s.
Corner 3s, we know, are more efficient shots than 3s from above the break. This season, the league is shooting corner treys at 38.4 percent (1.15 points per attempt) and above-the-break 3s at 35.0 percent (1.05 points per attempt). In fact, corner 3s are barely less efficient than shots from the restricted area (1.17 points per attempt).
Most assists on 3-pointers, 2012-13
| Player | Corner | Above break | Total |
| LeBron James | 53 | 44 | 97 |
| Tony Parker | 37 | 56 | 93 |
| Jrue Holiday | 38 | 54 | 92 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 15 | 74 | 89 |
| Raymond Felton | 24 | 60 | 84 |
| Chris Paul | 34 | 48 | 82 |
| Ty Lawson | 25 | 56 | 81 |
| James Harden | 34 | 46 | 80 |
| Damian Lillard | 29 | 49 | 78 |
| Jeremy Lin | 22 | 55 | 77 |
James already has more assists on corner 3-pointers than he did all of last season (37). But, even at his pace of 1.4 assists on corner treys per game, he won’t match the 130 assists on corner 3s (to eight different teammates) that he had in 2008-09 with the Cavs. That was, by far, the most assists on corner 3s in a season since shot location started being tracked in 1996-97.
Most assists on corner 3-pointers, single season
| Season | Player | AST |
| 2008-09 | LeBron James | 130 |
| 2004-05 | Steve Nash | 113 |
| 2009-10 | LeBron James | 104 |
| 2007-08 | Chris Paul | 103 |
| 2008-09 | Chris Paul | 102 |
| 2002-03 | Stephon Marbury | 100 |
| 2007-08 | LeBron James | 93 |
| 2007-08 | Hedo Turkoglu | 92 |
| 2005-06 | Steve Nash | 91 |
| 2005-06 | Tony Parker | 91 |
Since 1996-97
This season, James has assisted eight different teammates on 3-pointers, led by 27 assists on Shane Battier 3s, with 21 of those 27 have coming from the corner. Overall, the teammate James has assisted most is Chris Bosh, who has received 63 dimes from the reigning MVP.
That pales in comparison to the number of assists Kevin Durant has received from Russell Westbrook. The Thunder pair leads the league in assists from one teammate to another.
Most assists from teammate to teammate, 2012-13
| Scorer | Assisted by | AST |
| Kevin Durant | Russell Westbrook | 121 |
| Blake Griffin | Chris Paul | 116 |
| Serge Ibaka | Russell Westbrook | 92 |
| Paul Pierce | Rajon Rondo | 91 |
| David Lee | Stephen Curry | 89 |
| Tim Duncan | Tony Parker | 87 |
| Brook Lopez | Deron Williams | 86 |
| Thaddeus Young | Jrue Holiday | 86 |
| Kevin Garnett | Rajon Rondo | 85 |
| Anthony Davis | Greivis Vasquez | 72 |
The Paul-to-Griffin combination was right on pace with Westbrook-Durant until Paul missed the last two games with a bruised right kneecap. Paul still easily leads the league on assists in the restricted area, however, with 77 of his 180 going to Griffin.
Most assists on shots in the restricted area, 2012-13
| Player | AST |
| Chris Paul | 180 |
| Andre Miller | 166 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 158 |
| Russell Westbrook | 153 |
| Rajon Rondo | 145 |
| Ty Lawson | 135 |
| Deron Williams | 133 |
| Jeremy Lin | 131 |
| Andre Iguodala | 122 |
| Jose Calderon | 122 |
So how does Rajon Rondo lead the league in assists per game? A whole lot of mid-range jumpers from his teammates. Of Rondo’s 368 assists, 130 have come on shots from between the paint and the 3-point line. That’s 40 more than any other player in the league.
Most assists on shots from mid-range, 2012-13
| Player | AST |
| Rajon Rondo | 130 |
| Jose Calderon | 90 |
| Goran Dragic | 90 |
| Russell Westbrook | 84 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 84 |
| Jrue Holiday | 82 |
| Damian Lillard | 82 |
| Chris Paul | 76 |
| Mike Conley | 70 |
| Tony Parker | 69 |
LEBRON JAMES IS OVERATED.
Do you follow NBA ? Numbers do not lie!
^ LOL you know nothing
PLEASE, STOP THE HATING.
WHY CAN”T YOU JUST BE HAPPY FOR THE MAN??????????????????
I hope they keep especialy playing on three’s,you can’t rely only spacing three’s without ‘real big men’,some defence,buying referee’s&flopping to repeat this season!!!The NBA has changed already,i doubt strongly that the cHEATer’s gonna repeat this year !!!Come on bandwagoners spit some more hate about the Lakers!!!
Congrats to;
“THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN BASKETBALL BUSINESS”.
yes. Mr John Schuhmann is the name =)
A lot ‘fake bandwagoners’ posting about ‘how many mvp’s'players should have know nothing about b.ball,just some ‘media attention price’ no real vallue!!! just only important for some ‘statistic kid’s'!
Rings are the real matter that counts,rings…baby!!!
@dj rgm9 If rings are all that matter then Jordan, Kobe, Bird, Magic, Kareem, Hakeem etc. are all worse than Bill Russell. How bout Jordan goes and get’s 5 more rings and then we’ll talk about him being great
Don’t be a fool just cause you dislike Lebron. Rings matter but there’s a lot more to being great than just rings
good 1 Ballfann
I guess Horry is greater than Jordan in this way. heck, even matt bonner is better than ewing and barkley altogether.
Overrated ??? Are you Blind?lol 20k 5k 5k Stat don’t lie Durant cannot make all of that stat Men ^^
@dj rgm9 do u know how to play Ball? LBJ is a great man not like u lol
king james is a beast…dont matter if your a hater or not, credit is given where credit is due..and lbj deserves all the credit..i bet all the haters if were asked to come up with an all nba star team and had the choice of choosing any player in the league the first person would be “lebron james” ,,,,,simply put, lebron is the best basketball player right now period..if you wanna win a game you pick him…
it’s funny how the haters say the dumbest things that hold no factual water. the numbers tell you how the man plays and you haters diced to pull some ish out you rears. LBJ has play this game with more pressure then any player to play this game has and lived up to the hype. he has been the face of the NBA for years and no one realizes it. Here is proof, all y’all haters still pay enough attention to what he dose to leave bumb comments on articles about him. I’ll enjoy watching greatness wither i like the player or not because it’s his game that matters to me not the person cause at the end of the day he has not changed my life beside give me something entertaining to kill time.
good comment. if people didn’t care so much about one player they wouldn’t be going out of their way to see everything they do. and people really should just watch him play the game. he doesn’t even have to try that hard to take over a game, and when he does try or has to, look what he did to the celtics, pacers, and thunder in the play-offs. and you’re right, he is the most hyped, pressured, and taunted player this league has even seen, and no one else even comes close. just watch the video “lebron james Recognize” on youtube and it is the best video of what he’s been through. i say to just sit back, relax, and watch greatness unfold.
although i dont like Lebron that much, me being an OKC kind of guy, people still need to give credit to where credit is due. He is statistically and athletically amazing, and I believe he can still go a long ways. Watch out for KD though.
^ If everybody could respect the game like you, despite team colour. Big ups.
Everytime someone says something good about Lebron, someone else has to downplay him like he’s legit trash. Have you heard of Michael Beasley
Everytime something good is said about Lebron, someone has to downplay him he’s legit trash. Have you heard of the myth that would be Michael Beasley?
*downplay him like he’s
Sit back & watch the Celts greatness get another ring this year!!!
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