Half-FTA-Man, Half-3PA-Amazing (95 views)

[eric]

Vince Carter has attempted 109 three pointers and 17 free throws so far this year.

So what?

So doing so puts him at a cool 6075 3PA and 6070 FTA for his career.

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There are two other players in NBA history with 6000+ of each.

Reggie Miller retired fifteen years ago with 6486 and 7026 respectively.

Last Friday (really!), James Harden attempted 12 threes to give him 6009 career, and with his 6955 free throw attempts that got him in the club.

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The only other active player with even 5000 in each is LeBron James. At his current career high rate of 6.0 3PA per game, it will take him 127 games to reach 6000.

The Lakers have 46 games left this season and every team has 82 left next season.

46+82=...
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128

[jhb]

How common is it for players with any significant shooting volume to take more threes than FTs

[eric]

Jan 8, 2020 4:14:43 GMT jhb said:

How common is it for players with any significant shooting volume to take more threes than FTs

pretty common these days

of the 44 players with 15+ career PPG and 3PA>FTA and 100+ G, 28 are active (29 if you count Joe Johnson)

and the first player to retire with those figures was Mark Price in 1998

also, the highest retired career PPG for 3PA>FTA is Ray Allen's 18.9, and there are ten players active right now with higher PPGs

the top three

Stephen Curry
Damian Lillard
Luka Dončić

...listed in REVERSE ORDER


Luka Rules #1, 23.8 PPG

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excellent use of the diacritical marks, robot