During the previous season, a fascinating compilation appeared of the players LeBron James had facilitated the most throughout his time on the court. Below is the comprehensive rundown, brought to you by Redditor u/beepbop24. Here’s a brief overview of the top 10 players:
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas – 785
- Kevin Love – 502
- Chris Bosh – 481
- Dwyane Wade – 428
- Drew Gooden – 356
- Anderson Varejao – 354
- J.R. Smith – 288
- Kyle Kuzma – 248
- Anthony Davis – 246
- Mo Williams – 231
We have now taken an additional step and factored in the number of possessions James shared with each teammate to determine which individuals he assisted the most, relative to their playing time together. Given that LeBron has teamed up with over 150 players during his career, we have narrowed down the list to those who received at least 50 assists from him.
Here is the breakdown:
- Anthony Davis (11.33%)
- Kevin Love (8.57%)
- Carlos Boozer (8.15%)
- Chris Bosh (7.67%)
- Kyle Kuzma (6.77%)
- Dwyane Wade (6.66%)
- Zydrunas Ilgauskas (5.80%)
- Jeff McInnis (5.79%)
- Avery Bradley (5.71%)
- JaVale McGee (5.70%)
- Kyle Korver (5.61%)
- J.R. Smith (5.25%)
- Brandon Ingram (5.25%)
- Mo Williams (5.21%)
- Drew Gooden (5.18%)
- Anthony Parker (4.88%)
- Jae Crowder (4.81%)
- Kyrie Irving (4.78%)
- Montrezl Harrell (4.77%)
- Channing Frye (4.64%)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (4.44%)
- Ray Allen (4.43%)
- Shaquille O’Neal (4.38%)
- Timofey Mozgov (4.37%)
- Danny Green (4.08%)
- Donyell Marshall (4.08%)
- Jeff Green (4.03%)
- Mario Chalmers (3.74%)
- Larry Hughes (3.66%)
- Delonte West (3.40%)
- Anderson Varejao (3.39%)
- J.J. Hickson (3.30%)
- Damon Jones (3.17%)
- Daniel Gibson (3.08%)
- Tristan Thompson (3.06%)
- Dwight Howard (2.81%)
- Iman Shumpert (2.63%)
- Richard Jefferson (2.49%)
- Matthew Dellavedova (2.42%)
- Wally Szczerbiak (2.23%)
- Udonis Haslem (2.18%)
- Alex Caruso (2.18%)
- Shane Battier (2.16%)
- Ira Newble (2.12%)
- Eric Snow (2.07%)
- Mike Miller (1.86%)
- Sasha Pavlovic (1.81%)
- Norris Cole (1.59%)
- James Jones (1.27%)
Who could have guessed that Carlos Boozer was a frequent target of LeBron’s? Or that Anthony Parker and Drew Gooden eclipsed Kyrie Irving? Spare a moment for James Jones, a sharpshooter with a 40 percent three-point accuracy, who rarely received opportunities to score from LeBron.
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