Class never retires. Or rests. When Nikola Jokic passed him — literally, in this case — for the Nuggets’ all-time assist record late this past Wednesday, Alex English immediately fired off a tweet hailing the two-time reigning NBA MVP.
“I couldn’t think of a better player (to do it),” English explained to me by phone from his native South Carolina on Thursday. “I’m honored.
“Every record that I have there, he’ll break.”
Including the big one.
“Eventually, he’ll be the (Nuggets’) all-time leading scorer,” said English, whose 11 seasons of silky greatness have topped the franchise’s scoring charts since 1990.