http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamih ... key-assist
James first heard about the hockey assist when he was a teenager at St. Vincent-St. Mary's high school in Akron, so it's no surprise that he's racking them up.
"We always talked about hockey assists back in high school," James said. "I just come from an unselfish brand of basketball, that's how my little league coaches taught me all the way up through high school."
Wade was introduced to the concept in college playing at Marquette for coach Tom Crean, now the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers. According to Wade, Crean actually placed greater importance on hockey assists than regular assists because it promoted another level of ball movement. Crean was so big on hockey assists at Marquette that he left a little note on each player's locker with their hockey assist count after each game.
If you don't know what the buzz is about, check out the Nets-Heat postgame interview by Spo:
http://www.nba.com/heat/video/2012/11/0 ... ov-2286331
