For further context, Jokic did it in ~3500 game minutes. Sengun did it within 3800 minutes.
Sengun taking like 10% longer while being even younger is still really good. Who knows if he will reach that same ceiling, but Baby Jokic is pretty fitting at the moment.
🚨 Alperen Şengün is now the youngest Center in NBA History to reach 500 assists, surpassing Nikola Jokić.
Alperen Şengün — 21 Years, 99 days
Nikola Jokic — 22 years, 40 days pic.twitter.com/eQ3joYT51a— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) November 2, 2023
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What was Jokic’s usage like his first three years?
Looks like Sengun had higher usage his rookie year but lower his second year compared to Jokic. So overall on a per minute basis it’s probably a wash or close enough
If you try to normalize second year assist counts by usage then Jokic comes out ahead by a bit. I never watched that team so idk how many of his touches came through hand offs