Fifteen thousand.
  In annual salary, it's not much.
  In frequent flier miles, it's 10,000 short of a free ticket.
  In career assists in the NBA, it's off the charts: a number that is impossible to comprehend and probably won't be equaled.
  Sometime during the Jazz's five-game trip, John Stockton will record the 15,000th assist of his career. With 14,987 heading into today's game at Houston, Stockton's number already dwarfs the totals of the other great point guards in history.
  Magic Johnson?
  Second on the all-time list, Johnson handed out 10,141 assists in his career -- almost 5,000 fewer than Stockton.
  Oscar Robertson?
  Third on the all-time list, Robertson finished his career with 9,887 assists. Stockton passed him seven years ago.
  In all of professional sports, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak is considered the record that will never be broken. But Stockton's assist total is so staggering, it would be the equivalent of a 75-game hitting streak.
  Stockton became the NBA's all-time assist leader on Feb. 1, 1995. Over the next seven years, he he has been building upon a record few believe will ever be approached, much less broken.
  "I honestly don't think so," teammate John Crotty said. "They say records are made to be broken. But that one right there is going to be around a long, long, long time."