Against the Lakers on October 23, Paul hit his career regular season 20,000 in a 7:43 penalty in the second quarter, becoming the first player in history to have 20,000 points + 10,000 assists.
In this era of data explosion, LeBron rushing to 40,000 points + 10,000 boards + 10,000 assists, and Wei Shao has brushed into a historical triple-double king, is this achievement high?
High, and very high.
Not only because they are the first person in history, but also because of the limitations of the position, the number one position is still based on tandem teams and organizing attacks most of the time, and helping teammates score more and easier is their first job.
Looking at Paul's seventeen-year career, no one has ever questioned his sticky ball, greed, and data brushing. In this way, he slowly and slowly, understated, and naturally reached this historic achievement first.
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Paul is the 47th Mr. 20,000+ in NBA 75-year history, but in the top 46, only "Big O" Robertson, Young Master Wei and Gary Payton have the official position of organization guard. The first two are the famous "triple doubles" of the big package, and Payton was also famous for his scoring + organization + defense in the nineties.
Organizational defenders score 20,000 points, in addition to a long career and a stable core position, the most important thing is to have their own unique skills on the offensive end.
But the hardest part is 10,000 assists, which Paul did last season, and only Stockton, Kidd, Nash, Mark Jackson, The Magician and himself have been able to achieve that feat in history, for a total of only six.
Even if you count with 10 assists per game, you will have 820 assists in a single season, and to achieve this achievement, you will have to complete at least 12 seasons of "assist king".
So, first of all, you have to be long enough in your career, Stockton, Kidd, Nash, Mark Jackson are all over 40 when they retire.
At the same time, your passing skills and organizational skills should be prominent and stable enough, and Stockton and Malone's blocking, Kidd and Nash's fast attacks, and Mark Jackson's flower work were once dazzling landscapes in the league.
The only exception is probably the Magician, who has played 12 seasons with full play, but has nine seasons of assists in doubles and four assists. If it weren't for HIV, it would probably be the person most likely to challenge Stockton's god-sized assist number (15,806).
So to get 20,000 points + 10,000 assists,
Assists, first of all you have to be a master of the top organization in history. (Most of his career must be assisted king level)
You also have to have a long enough career (as strong as a magician also needs 12 seasons),
Scoring, you have to be a tough killer (Mark Jackson, Kidd, the early magicians all planted on this).
Plenty of shots and a desire to score (Stockton, Nash are incredibly efficient but have a mediocre desire to score).
In his 17th season, Paul was the first to accomplish the feat.
Although it is very likely that LeBron and even Young Master Wei will achieve it in the back, after all, the first one to do it is still very good.
Chris Paul, finally has his own unique record.
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When Paul entered the league in 2005, his vertical jump height could reach 0.98 meters, 3.2 seconds in 3/4 sprints and 11.1 seconds in the bottom line, compared to 0.98 meters, 3.1 and 10.9 seconds when young master Wei entered the line.
In 2006, he faced Howard's breakthrough dunk, showing people the huge energy contained in his 1.83m body.
When he was young, Paul was also a small rocket that could take off in an instant.
Of course, the most attractive thing is his skill as a point guard.
He has the best-in-history luck control skills, and the league describes him in a phrase that described another master of possession, Isaiah Thomas:
"He can dribble the ball to every corner of the pitch at will."
Dribbling well means that very few people can break the ball from his hand. His career turnovers have long been limited to 3.
And the pass is also atmospheric and stable, he rarely has the magic, Nash kind of wild passing, in the position battle he is more like Than Lups and Kidd, through the tactical grasp and advance prediction, finely pass the ball to the hands of teammates.
In particular, his organization is not very selective about his teammates, and the cover wall that can eat cake, the shooter who runs fast, and the solid middle shooter can take good care of it.
In the first few years of his career, he was able to create vacancies for the team through his own breakthroughs, create opportunities for his teammates, or schedule at half-court like a chess game, connecting the overall attack.
In the 2004-05 season, the Hornets won 18-64, the second-to-last in the league.
In his first year in the industry, the team won 20 more games, 38 wins and 44 losses.
In the basketball world, good point guards and centers are the two most obvious positions to improve the team.
In the 2006-07 season, the Hornets brought him inside tall Tyson Chandler, who later won the best defensive player before scoring as many as 5.3 points per game for the Bulls, but nearly doubled to 9.8 points by Paul.com.
In the 2007-08 season, he finally had a bunch of reliable teammates around him, the Kings' two veterans Peja Stojakovic and Bobby Jackson, Roshan forward Bunch Wells, plus Tyson Chandler and David West on the inside.
Wasps take off.
They were second in the West with 56 wins and 26 losses that year, while Paul led almost all offensive high-level stats and was second only to Bryant in the MVP selection.
At that time, the Hornets, Peja's long-range shot, West's mid-range shot, Chandler's pie, and Wells's empty cut almost all needed Paul to string together. He led this group of puzzle pieces with limited offensive ability to play third in the league, and finally lost seven games with the defending champion Spurs.
In his third year, he had already won the assists and played the playoffs with the Peak Spurs as the core of the team.
But an accident changed his career and playing style in advance.
In the 2009-10 season against the Bulls, he hit a camera on the sideline with his knee during a save, resulting in a knee injury. Paul then chose to undergo left knee microscopic surgery to repair the torn meniscus.
This injury prematurely ended his athletic ability and efficiency.
Before he was injured, people saw him as "Isaiah Thomas Jr.", who could not only connect attacks, but also kill with speed and explosiveness.
After the injury, he was already limited by his height, and his disadvantages in breakthroughs and confrontations were more obvious, and he could no longer become a sharp blade for the team to attack at key moments like the Assassins of the late 80s, he began to gain weight, practiced long-range shooting, and gradually became an offensive master who relied on experience, feel and rhythm.
An interesting statistic is that he has dunked 26 times in the first three years of his career, and only 11 dunks since the big injury.
A major injury caused him to "metamorphose" from a new version of Isaiah Thomas to an enhanced version of Billups.
After this serious injury, his style in the future has gradually changed and been stereotyped.
From a racing driver who can change the anti-shift at will, he has become a chess player full of wisdom.
No longer rushing into the penalty area like a small tank, but becoming more and more skilled at killing opponents in the middle distance, he practiced a precise withdrawal jumper, and gradually he became the league's fearsome "middle range killer".
He wasn't as fast as he was before he was injured, but he could burst up and down the free throw line with a block, using skilled dribbling to constantly "pluck" the inside defender.
Throw it out? He was able to give the interior a relay in the air, and Chandler, Jordan Jr., and Ayton all ate countless flying cakes with this trick.
Weak side confiscation? Peja in the Hornets, Redick in the Clippers, the Rockets' shooter and now Booker have all been given plenty of empty space opportunities.
Squat pit? Well, a steady mid-range or throw can easily score two points.
A good point guard actually comes with his own system.
They can use their skills and wisdom to combine all kinds of teammates into a whole, ensuring that the team has a very high lower limit.
Magic and Stockton have not missed the playoffs in their entire careers.
Kidd has missed twice in nineteen seasons,
In the 15 years since 2007, Paul has only been absent once.
In his rookie season, he took the Hornets from 18 wins the previous year to 38 wins.
11 years to the Clippers, he took the team from 32 wins to 40 wins (that year only 66 regular season games), and then for five consecutive years 50 wins +, into the most glorious period in the history of the team,
In 17 years to the Rockets, he helped the team rush from 55 wins to 65 wins, becoming the only opponent that made the Warriors jealous.
In 19 years, he went to the Thunder and pulled a team that was determined to be rotten into the playoffs.
Last year, when it came to the Suns, he let the team rush to the playoffs for the first time in a decade, and all the way to the Finals.
In the past ten years, any team that gets Paul will get a qualitative leap.
The NBA has never lacked talented players, but it's rare to be able to truly string teams together into a holistic group that works together to maximize their potential.
Talk about the team, then talk about the teammates.
Chandler became the league's elite defensive gatekeeper and interior finisher around Paul.
Jordan Jr. became a center under his command, shooting first in the league for five consecutive years 13-17, and until now his career total shooting percentage (67.4%) is still the first in history.
Harden could fire wildly at his side and get his first regular season mvp.
Alexander and Booker, the rising stars, experienced for the first time around him what it was like to be a "winner."
He is not a "good sir" like Nash and Curry, but closer to a "tyrant" who controls everything, forcing his teammates to pursue perfection like him.
In this league, not every team is as committed as the Thunder and the former 76ers, and they prefer to witness the growth of the team on a healthy track, and Paul is undoubtedly a competent Bole and the best mentor.
So this year, even though he is 36 years old, the Sun is still willing to renew his contract with 4 years and 120 million.
That's the value of a good commander, a great stadium brain.
20,000 points + 10,000 assists is far from the end, and his legend continues.