E-N: Full-Court Press: What's 10,000 more points?

[duncan228]

Full-Court Press: What's 10,000 more points? (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Full-Court_Press_Whats_10000_more_points.html)
By Jay Nanda - Express-News

Of the NBA's 45 active members in the 10,000-point club, five reached that plateau this season. Two — Charlotte's Stephen Jackson and Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire — achieved the feat in the same game Saturday night. Those five have a long way to go to catch the six active members of the 20,000-point fraternity — soon to be seven once Tim Duncan scores another 15 points — or they may never get there. Here's a look at the guys they're trying to emulate, and their chances of reaching them:

Active

20,000-point club

Shaquille O'Neal

Points: 27,998

Year/teams: 18th — Magic, Lakers, Heat, Suns, Cavaliers

Place all-time: fifth

Next on all-time list: Wilt Chamberlain (31,419)


Kobe Bryant

Points: 24,970 entering Monday's late game

Year/team: 14th — Lakers

Place all-time: 15th

Next on all-time list: Jerry West (25,192)


Allen Iverson

Points: 24,247

Year/teams: 14th — 76ers, Nuggets, Pistons, Grizzlies

Place all-time: 16th

Next on all-time list: Patrick Ewing (24,815)


Kevin Garnett

Points: 21,712

Year/teams: 15th — Timberwolves, Celtics

Place all-time: 25th

Next on all-time list: Larry Bird (21,791)


Ray Allen

Points: 20,298

Year/teams: 14th — Bucks, SuperSonics, Celtics

Place all-time: 32nd

Next on all-time list: Mitch Richmond (20,497)


Dirk Nowitzki

Points: 20,102

Year/teams: 12th — Mavericks

Place all-time: 33rd

Next on all-time list: Ray Allen (20,298)


2009-10 10,000-point club

Dwyane Wade

Points: 10,977

Year/team: 7th — Heat

Path to 20,000: Very good — unless he and LeBron James team up to rule the world next season.


Gilbert Arenas

Points: 10,575

Year/teams: 9th — Warriors, Wizards

Path to 20,000: If justice is handed down, the NBA may not be around by the time he deserves to get out of jail.


Ron Artest

Points: 10,135 entering Monday's late game

Year/teams: 11th — Bulls, Pacers, Kings, Rockets, Lakers

Path to 20,000: Chances are inversely proportional to the longer he plays alongside Bryant.


Stephen Jackson

Points: 10,026

Year/teams: 10th — Nets, Spurs, Hawks, Pacers, Warriors, Bobcats

Path to 20,000: Port Arthur native may have the best opportunity of these five — scary considering his own brushes with the law.


Amare Stoudemire

Points: 10,013

Year/team: 8th — Suns

Path to 20,000: Given his past knee injuries, teammate Steve Nash has a better chance of running his fingers through his hair 20,000 times per game.

[wildbill2u]

Guys like Jackson and Artest who took ten year or more to get to 10,000 points would have to play another 10 years or DOUBLE their previous point production for five years to get there. Not likely to happen.

[TIMMYD!]

Guys like Jackson and Artest who took ten year or more to get to 10,000 points would have to play another 10 years or DOUBLE their previous point production for five years to get there. Not likely to happen.

That's what I was thinking, they don't have a chance of making it and the most likely to do so is D-Wade.

[Dro210]

10,000 points is roughly 20ppg for 6 full seasons.

If Jackson remains a #1/2 option for another 4 years, he will have an decent shot at it. I don't see how the author could ever think he has a better chance of getting there than D-Wade tho. That's just crazy. As long as he stays healthy, D-Wade will probably need the end of this season and 4 more to get there.

[duncan228]

Shaq tops 28,000 career points (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txcavaliersoneal&prov=st&type=lgns)

Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal has become the fifth player in NBA history to score 28,000 points.

With his first basket Tuesday night, a layup in the lane in the opening minute against Toronto, O’Neal joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928), Michael Jordan (32,292) and Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) as the only players to reach the milestone.

O’Neal, who is in his first season with Cleveland, was saluted by the crowd during a timeout in the first quarter.

[Bukefal]

Nice shaq!

[CubanMustGo]

Shaq would have 30,000 points if he could hit 75% of his FTs.

[duhoh]

Shaq would have 30,000 points if he could hit 75% of his FTs.

i think he'd be at least 33,000 :lol