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Another year, another instance of LeBron James etching his name in NBA history. Nothing new there, but it's always impressive when he climbs historic leaderboards.
On Sunday, his Philadelphia 76ers faced the Indiana Pacers and won 131-124 to improve to 11-3 on the season. Towards the end of the game, James recorded an assist by passing the ball to teammate V.J. Edgecombe for a layup. While it seemed like a normal assist, it was actually James's 12,092nd assist in his career.
This amount officially places him third all-time in NBA history for assists. He surpassed former Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd on the all-time leaderboard. He still trails Chris Paul's 12,552 assists and all-time leader John Stockton's 15,806 assists. Stockton's record will be extremely difficult for a player to surpass as James is in his 24th NBA season, which is a league record on its own, and isn't even near reaching Stockton's total.
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After the 76ers' win, James was asked about him jumping up in the list. He gave all the credit to his teammates over his 24-year career because without them scoring the baskets, he wouldn't have this many assists.
"It means I had a lot of great teammates. You gotta have teammates that can put the ball in the hole. My job is to try and put them on time, on target, lead them to the hole and hit it from layup, dunks, threes, mid-range, whatever the case may be," James told NBC Sports. "Whenever I'm on any list in NBA history, I love the history of the game, I love the players that came before me. It's super honorable."
James expressed how he's always loved helping his teammates score, dating back to when he originally started playing basketball as a kid.
"From the moment I picked up a basketball when I first started like recreation basketball, I always got a joy and a kick out of seeing my teammates score," James said. "It was a feeling that felt really good about me being able to help one of my teammates out who maybe couldn't dribble as well."
James's résumé is filled with records, including being the only NBA player in history to record at least 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists. He's already the league's all-time scoring leader, too. He continues to add to all these already impressive totals this season.
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