<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">John Stockton is the NBA's all-time leader in assists and steals, but Andrei Kirilenko has overtaken the future Hall of Famer in one unofficial statistic. According to Jazz assistant coach Gordon Chiesa, Kirilenko has 585 "deflections" this season, including seven in Utah's 82-69 victory over Houston on Saturday at the Delta Center. Stockton held the previous team record of 565 "deflections," which he set during the 1997-98 season. At the time, Stockton was 36. The Jazz coaching staff monitors "deflections" throughout the season. They include knocking away passes, recovering loose balls, taking charges and similar type plays that disrupt an opponent's offense.</div> Link
I never knew they recorded deflections. I mean the assistant coach anyways, that's pretty impressive. Those deflections must have been that year Stockton avg about 3.2 spg. JS got a total of 263 steals I think.
