Yes, the first part of your intuition is correct, 17 assists IS the most assists any player has had this season. The second part is totally wrong though. 25 points isn’t even close to the most points any player has scored this season. Some dude just scored 60, I don’t remember his name. Kimbo Slice or something.
Normally I get really resentful when I have to show assists, but not this time. It’s just so many that it becomes incredible. Most of them were legit, too. That was the most surprising part. Only, like, two or three wouldn’t be assists in Europe. Trae Young was setting everybody up for dunks. It’s also harder to be mad when the player in question is a rookie. Especially a hyped rookie like him.
The scoring part of this vid is a little lackluster, because all he does is finish around the rim. I thought this guy was supposed to be a good shooter? He banked in the one three he made. He has some crafty finishing ability, I’ll give him that, but I was really expecting a whole lot more threes from him. Not just this game, but this whole season.
I know a really good shooting coach who totally fixed a similarly broken rookie named Markelle Fultz. Maybe Young should call him up.