Larry Steele was the first player to lead the league in steals with 2.7 a game. His nickname was “Man of Steal.”
The first player to lead the league in blocks was Elmore Smith. Not quite as cool of a name.
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The first player to lead the league in blocks was Elmore Smith.
He is also a professional BBQ sauce chef - https://elmoresmithbbqsauce.com/
The league was filled with plumbers and BBQ sauce chefs back in the day.
Some mad lad probably had 100 steals in a game, but no one tracked that before the 70s. So he remains unknown
Hence his nickname “Larry Legend”
Were Larry Steele’s steals totals audited by Ernst & Young?
Just sayin…
Yeah, uh, can we count these things?
P.S. Oh, the word KA-REEM sounds like somebody who is prolific at something… like blocking shots, or scoring…
P.P.S. Magic Johnson getting lots of triple doubles… that tracks too.