LeBron James is now the third player in NBA history with 18,000 points, 9,000 assists and 2,000 steals. He joins John Stockton and Chris Paul as the only three players to have ever reached those combined numbers. LeBron had the points and assists heading into the Los Angeles Lakers loss to Houston but pushed past the 2,000 threshold in steals with two takeaways against the Rockets.
NBA History announced the accomplishment on Twitter after LeBron went for 18 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds. Stockton retired in 2003 at the age of 40. He averaged 13.1 points, 10.5 assists and 2.2 steals for his Hall of Fame career. The original Dream Team member is currently the NBA’s all-time assists leader with 15,086. CP3 is No. 7 on the all-time NBA assists list, one spot ahead of LeBron at No. 8.
After remaining among the top facilitators in the league throughout his career, LeBron has a great chance to lead the NBA in assists this season. At 10.8 dimes per contest, James is nearly two assists ahead of Trae Young who is currently second at nine per game. LeBron is also No. 11 in scoring at 25.1 and No. 22 in steals with 1.3.
The Lakers will now look to respond to the Houston small-ball loss on Saturday. That’s when LeBron and company will meet a Golden State Warriors squad who just acquired former No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins in a trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that shipped out D’Angelo Russell.
