For many years, people have claimed that Nikola Jokic is one of the best passing big men to ever play the game, but after Thursday night, the stats are there to back it up. In the Nuggets’ 126-115 win over the Magic, with his 13 assists, Jokic passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most assists by a center in NBA history.
Jokic entered the game trailing Kareem by six assists for the overall crown and blew past him, as he now has 5,667 career assists and counting. The ‘and counting’ part may be the most incredible bit of this, as Jokic is still just 30 years old, and playing to the absolute peak of his powers with no signs of slowing down.