Larry Bird was no slouch from behind the arc. For his career, the Boston Celtics legend shot threes at a 37.6 percent clip, and his efficiency spiked a few years into his professional play, when he found his NBA sea legs. By some pundits’ estimation, Bird can even be ranked among the top long-range shooters of all time. Larry loved to embarrass opponents from behind the arc. Remember this three-point shootout? ; All of which makes the statistic that ESPN’s Tom Haberstroh just tweeted out all the more mind-blowing. Just dropped on @SportsCenter: Steph Curry is on pace to make more 3s in his last 2 seasons than Larry Bird …
Larry Bird was no slouch from behind the arc. For his career, the Boston Celtics legend shot threes at a 37.6 percent clip, and his efficiency spiked a few years into his professional play, when he found his NBA sea legs. By some pundits’ estimation, Bird can even be ranked among the top long-range shooters of all time. Larry loved to embarrass opponents from behind the arc. Remember this three-point shootout? ;
All of which makes the statistic that ESPN’s Tom Haberstroh just tweeted out all the more mind-blowing.
While Curry drilled 286 triples in his 2014-2015 campaign, in just 20 games thus far this year he’s already hit 102 ;– meaning that, if he keeps shooting at this clip, he’ll have tallied roughly 410 made threes on the year before the playoffs even tip off. ;
At the rate that Curry’s going, the league’s annals will be smattered with his name by the time he calls it quits. ;Sorry, Bird, and everyone else.
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