The NBA season starts Tuesday night, and here are 10 storylines to follow for the 2019-20 campaign:
NO. 2 IN 3S
Golden States Stephen Curry is about to become No. 2 on the leagues all-time 3-pointers made list.
Curry enters this season with 2,483 made 3-pointers, leaving him 78 away from passing Reggie Miller for No. 2 on the list.
That will leave only Ray Allen 2,973 ahead of Curry.
NO. 2 IN TRIPLE-DOUBLES
Houstons Russell Westbrook is one triple-double away from passing Magic Johnson on the NBAs all-time regular season list.
Westbrook has 138 triple-doubles, matching Johnsons total. Westbrook enters this year 43 away from the record of 181, held by Oscar Robertson.
Westbrook had eight triple-doubles in his first six seasons. Hes had 130 in the five seasons since.
LEBRONS MILESTONES
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is nearing several milestones.
Hes 1,101 points from passing Kobe Bryant for No. 3 on the all-time regular-season scoring list, is two games away from becoming the 40th player in league history with 1,200 appearances, and two starts from passing Bryantagain for No. 10 on the career games-started list with 1,199.
Hes also 522 field-goal tries away from 24,000, and will be the sixth player in league history to get there.
VINCE IS OLD
Vince Carter is about to become the first player in NBA history to appear in 22 seasons. And if he plays for Atlanta at Denver on Nov. 12 or any game after that he will become the fourth-oldest player to appear in an NBA regular-season game.
The three oldest: Nat Hickey (45 years, 363 days in his last appearance), Kevin Willis (44 years, 224 days) and Robert Parish (43 years, 232 days). On Nov. 12, Carter will be 42 years and 290 days old one day older than Dikembe Mutombo was in his final regular-season game.
Carter turns 43 on Jan. 26. Hes older than four current NBA coaches Charlottes James Borrego, Memphis Taylor Jenkins, Minnesotas Ryan Saunders and Sacramentos Luke Walton.
Carter enters this season with 1,481 games played. Thats fifth all-time; hes 24 games from passing No. 4 John Stockton, 42 games from passing No. 3 Dirk Nowitzki and 80 games from passing No. 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Parish leads the list with 1,611 games.
DEANDRE DOESNT MISS
Among players with 2,000 field goals in NBA history, Brooklyns DeAndre Jordan has the best shooting percentage of anyone .670 entering this season, well ahead of second-place Artis Gilmores .599.
To put that in perspective: If Jordan took 554 shots this season and missed every one of them, hed still be ahead of Gilmore.
