With his basket in the second quarter of the game between the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers on ESPN, Suns point guard Chris Paul became the first player ever to accumulate 20,000 points and 10,000 assists in a single career.
Let me repeat: no NBA player has ever reached the 20k/10k threshold with points and assists.
Throughout history, Hall of Famers John Stockton (19.7k, 15.8k), Oscar Robertson (26.7k, 9.8k) and Gary Payton (21.8k, 8.9k) came close to reaching the 20/10 club.
Among active players, the Lakers’ LeBron James is 299 assists short of 10,000 which puts him on track to reach the same milestone at some point later this season, while Laker teammate Russell Westbrook is almost 2,000 assists short of the mark meaning he would need almost three more seasons of 10+ assists per game to join CP3 and LBJ.