{"id":730285,"date":"2021-11-03T11:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T15:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=730285"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T20:30:50","slug":"chris-paul-passes-mark-jackson-and-steve-nash-for-no-3-all-time-in-assists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/chris-paul-passes-mark-jackson-and-steve-nash-for-no-3-all-time-in-assists\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Paul Passes Mark Jackson and Steve Nash For No.3 All-Time in Assists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phoenix Suns point god <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=chris+paul+\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=chris+paul+\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Paul<\/a> moved up to third in the all-time assist list during the team&#8217;s 112-100 victory against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, putting together an all-around performance with 14 points, 18 dimes, and seven boards, passing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=mark+jackson\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=mark+jackson\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Jackson<\/a> (10,334) and former Suns&#8217; MVP <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=steve+nash\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=steve+nash\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Nash<\/a> (10,335).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot, man. I\u2019m grateful and I thank god for this opportunity,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/story\/2877314\/suns-chris-paul-passes-steve-nash-for-3rd-in-nba-all-time-assists-total\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/story\/2877314\/suns-chris-paul-passes-steve-nash-for-3rd-in-nba-all-time-assists-total\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul said per the Arizona Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI say it all the time, not only to be on the team and still be in the league but to be playing. You know you don\u2019t take that for granted. \u2026 But to be third, man, and still be playing, I\u2019m grateful for it and still have a ways to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul Tuesday night:<br>14 points (5-5 in 4Q)<br>7 boards <br>18 DIMES <br>20 point <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Suns<\/a> comeback&#8230;<br>&#8230;On a night where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CP3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CP3<\/a> moved up from 5th to 3rd all-time in assists! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n82VmoberH\">pic.twitter.com\/n82VmoberH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1455878688449474563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Going into the matchup against the Pelicans, Paul was fifth all-time on the list, just six dimes behind<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=mark+jackson\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=mark+jackson\" target=\"_blank\"> Jackson<\/a> and seven behind<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=steve+nash\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=steve+nash\" target=\"_blank\"> Nash<\/a>. Paul pushed past Jackson at the end of the first quarter, giving a pass to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=devin+booker\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=devin+booker\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Booker<\/a>, who then hit a 27-foot three-pointer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul propelled past Nash with 1:34 left in the second from a dish to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=jae+crowder\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=jae+crowder\" target=\"_blank\">Jae Crowder<\/a>, who scored a three-pointer from the right-wing. At 36-years-old and playing in his 16th season in the League, Paul has more time behind him than ahead. However, he has ways to go before catching up to Jason Kidd (12,091) and John Stockton (15,806) on the all-time assists list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I first came into the League and I seen that John Stockton, I was like, \u2018I\u2019m gonna get it.\u2019 That shipped sailed. That shipped sailed a while ago when I started missing all them games,\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/story\/2877314\/suns-chris-paul-passes-steve-nash-for-3rd-in-nba-all-time-assists-total\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/story\/2877314\/suns-chris-paul-passes-steve-nash-for-3rd-in-nba-all-time-assists-total\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul told the Arizona Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, this is just the latest milestone that CP3 has achieved so far this season. Just last month, he became the first player in NBA history to record 20,000 points and 10,000 assists in a win against the Lakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul knocks down the free throw to reach 20,000 career points!<br><br>He becomes the only player in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAHistory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBAHistory<\/a> with 20,000 points and 10,000 assists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E2ryTafiz9\">pic.twitter.com\/E2ryTafiz9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1451745079719337989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Suns are now 3-3 and will play the Rockets on Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix Suns point god Chris Paul moved up to third in the all-time assist list during the team&#8217;s 112-100 victory against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, putting together an all-around performance with 14 points, 18 dimes, and seven boards, passing Mark Jackson (10,334) and former Suns&#8217; MVP Steve Nash (10,335). \u201cIt means a lot, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":730287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,62493,62711,62716],"tags":[167,10410,8056,1208,12990,9499,119,327],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-730285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-newswire","category-new-orleans-pelicans","category-phoenix-suns","tag-chris-paul","tag-devin-booker","tag-jae-crowder","tag-mark-jackson","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-steve-nash"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730306,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730285\/revisions\/730306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730285"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=730285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}