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Old 04-07-2015, 10:11 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother View Post
FBS, it seems like you are reading it as Greatest Canadian Athlete of all time.

I read it as Greatest on a world stage.

I agree he deserves to be in the discussion of Canadian Greatest, but not sure I buy into the world.
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NBA career highlights
  • 2× NBA Most Valuable Player: 2005, 2006
    • One of only two Point Guards in NBA history to win at least two MVPs (the other being Magic Johnson)
  • 8× NBA All-Star: 2002–03, 2005–08, 2010, 2012
  • 7× All-NBA selection:
    • First team: 2005, 2006, 2007
    • Second team: 2008, 2010
    • Third team: 2002, 2003
  • 2× NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge winner: 2005, 2010
  • 5× NBA regular season leader for assists per game: 2005 (11.5), 2006 (10.5), 2007 (11.6), 2010 (11.0), 2011 (11.4)
  • 6× NBA regular season leader for total assists: 2005 (861), 2006 (826), 2007 (884), 2010 (892), 2011 (855), 2012 (664)
  • 2× NBA regular season leader for free-throw percentage: 2006 (.921), 2010 (.938)
  • 7× NBA regular season leader for assists per 48 minutes: 2004 (12.6), 2005 (16.1), 2006 (14.2), 2007 (15.8), 2008 (15.5), 2010 (16.1), 2011 (16.4)
  • 4× member of 50–40–90 Club: (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010)
    • Has more 50–40–90 seasons than any other player in NBA history
    • One of only six players to have ever shot 50–40–90
    • One of only two players (the other being Larry Bird, who did it twice) to have shot 50–40–90 more than once
    • Retired with a 49-43-90 career average, missing out on being a career 50-40-90 shooter by 1% from the field
  • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (NBA award for outstanding citizenship and community service): 2007
  • Highest career free throw percentage in NBA history (minimum 1200 career attempts), 90.42 percent
  • Third-most career assists in NBA history
I'm going to have a hard time taking you seriously after this thread.

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