what is the average assist per game for an nba starter

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged 2.5 assists per game as a starter in his career.

	NAME	APG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2.5	549	30.7	18.8	6.6			7.8	13.8	56.4	0.0	0.0	7.7	3.2	4.3	74.1	59.8				16,880	10,299	3,615	1,352				1,574
2	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.1	267	28.7	13.4	6.4	1.4	0.7	5.5	11.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.4	2.9	83.3	54.6	1.9	4.5	2.7	7,658	3,572	1,722	1,101	367	190	708	928
3	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3.6	619	33.6	23.4	5.6			9.1	18.6	49.0	0.4	1.4	29.4	4.7	6.3	74.9	54.6			2.9	20,804	14,468	3,448	2,230			1,791	1,860
4	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	5.3	507	33.6	14.3	3.4			5.7	11.8	48.3	0.9	2.4	39.3	2.0	2.3	85.4	55.8				17,019	7,242	1,717	2,707				1,438
5	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	4.7	64	25.8	8.3	1.6			3.2	7.1	45.2	0.1	0.4	26.1	1.8	2.8	66.7	50.2				1,653	534	103	301				114
6	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	3.1	258	34.2	15.1	6.4			6.5	13.6	47.8	0.1			1.9	2.4	79.3	51.3				8,811	3,897	1,660	798				656
7	Gene Banks G. Banks	3.6	260	32.9	13.3	6.8	1.1	0.3	5.4	9.7	55.7	0.0	0.1	4.0	2.5	3.4	73.2	59.4				8,561	3,461	1,762	929	283	68		801
8	Kent Benson K. Benson	1.8	161	23.8	8.3	5.8		0.8	3.6	6.8	52.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	1.2	1.5	81.1	56.0				3,834	1,342	940	284		129		475
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.8	648	38.7	25.2	9.8			9.9	19.8	49.9	0.9	2.2	38.4	4.6	5.2	89.6	57.2				25,105	16,350	6,329	4,387				1,498
10	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	3.8	295	31.6	16.8	2.6			7.4	14.7	50.4	0.1			1.9	3.2	59.1	52.1				9,336	4,965	774	1,112				789
11	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	3.4	799	35.3	19.7	3.6			7.7	15.5	49.5	0.2	0.7	34.1	4.1	4.9	84.7	55.8			2.0	28,218	15,745	2,840	2,698			1,628	1,343
12	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	1.4	63	29.0	11.7	2.1	1.2	0.5	5.0	11.7	42.9	0.1	0.2	26.7	1.7	2.0	83.3	46.8	0.8	1.4	1.4	1,830	739	135	90	75	29	91	110
13	Joe Bryant J. Bryant	2.7	56	28.2	10.8	3.8			4.7	10.4	45.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	1.3	1.9	66.7	48.0				1,581	603	210	152				184
14	Kenny Carr K. Carr	1.9	187	31.4	13.8	9.3	0.7	0.5	5.4	10.1	53.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	69.5	57.7	2.6	6.7	2.5	5,879	2,581	1,740	355	139	87	459	661
15	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	2.1	458	34.0	19.3	7.8	1.2	1.7	7.8	16.5	47.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.0	75.6	51.7	2.4	5.4	3.0	15,550	8,843	3,557	973	534	782	1,375	1,442
16	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1.5	626	27.7	11.5	6.2			4.2	8.3	50.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	75.6	56.9				17,325	7,183	3,885	929				1,812
17	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2.5	685	34.2	21.2	6.8			7.8	16.6	46.6	0.3			5.4	6.5	82.3	54.2				23,438	14,493	4,653	1,707				2,407	-29
18	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.2	657	34.5	12.8	2.9		0.3	5.1	9.8	52.4	0.1	0.2	23.0	2.5	3.1	80.3	57.4				22,643	8,387	1,877	4,760		175		1,240
19	Don Collins D. Collins	2.3	27	24.9	10.0	3.4			4.4	9.1	48.8	0.0			1.1	1.5	73.2	51.1				673	270	92	61				82
20	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	2.3	288	32.0	12.0	7.4			4.8	10.0	48.5	0.0			2.3	3.0	77.1	53.1				9,212	3,461	2,132	662				779
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	3.0	465	34.9	24.4	4.8		0.1	8.4	15.7	53.6	0.0	0.1	12.5	7.6	9.2	82.6	61.9				16,217	11,367	2,242	1,388		50		1,158
22	Brad Davis B. Davis	6.7	314	30.7	10.9	2.4			4.1	7.8	53.1	0.3	0.9	34.9	2.3	2.7	85.3	60.7			1.7	9,650	3,426	745	2,107			541	793
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	5.0	361	32.4	21.0	2.7	1.4	0.1	8.8	17.5	50.2	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.2	3.8	85.9	55.0	0.8	2.0	2.7	11,688	7,589	988	1,793	499	34	961	860
24	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	1.4	196	27.7	14.3	5.8			5.5	9.3	58.9	0.0	0.0	40.0	3.3	4.7	70.2	62.7				5,428	2,800	1,133	279				923
25	John Douglas J. Douglas	0.0	1	9.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
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4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
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Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
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DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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