These days I am also thinking, how important is the record of the historical three-point king?
Why has this record received so much attention?
Why does the library that usually ignores the data also mess up the rhythm of this record?
Madison Square Garden has witnessed countless great nights, allowing 2974 three-pointers to be born here, which is indeed worth commemorating and celebrating for the parties, the media, fans and the entire basketball world, but the paving for this moment is somewhat grinding.
This record is more like a spell for warriors in recent times. For Warriors fans, like the final exam at the end of the year, you know there's nothing more joyful in the world than the holidays, but there's no more anxiety than exam preparation before you walk out of the exam room.
Curry finally struck the blow that hung in his mind, allowing Wiggins to steal the honor of being part of history from Green. Curry laughed happily, the game was suspended, he hugged with his family, coaches, teammates and celebrities who came to congratulate him, the camera of the media recorded the whole process in the language of images in cinematic quality, and what you saw was that people who waited too long were relieved, quite a kind, "Of course, we know that the children will eventually grow up, who will become him or her, but in order to welcome this moment, you always have to choose a good day, right?" ”
This painting style is very special.
Make a comparison.
On the basic data technology statistical table, there are the following items:
Scoring, rebounding, assists, turnovers, steals, blocks, turnovers, fouls, shots, three-pointers, free throws, plus or minus.
In today's high-level data, there is too much data that can be found, but no matter what website, the panel statistics of each game will contain the above items.
In these data, some of the individual cumulative data are obviously not of honor. For example, the cumulative data of "mistakes" and "fouls" are only relatively neutral descriptions of reality. "Free throws" are originally a positive statistic, but they are not considered an important cumulative record due to their "human controllability" and fan preferences. "Shooting" and "scoring" are certainly not the same, but unlike three points, they can accurately reflect a type of scoring performance, and the meaning is shared in the scoring, three-point and free throws.
Therefore, in the cumulative data statistics, the greater record significance is:
Historical scoring king, historical rebounding king, historical assist king, historical steal king, historical block king, historical three-point king.
Historical scoring champion, Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar is not the label of the NBA's strongest scoring ability, he represents the enduring Bonjour that spans 3 to 4 eras. This record for Abdul-Jabbar rhymes with history, not the scoring king;
Historical rebounding king, Chamberlain. This record is placed on Zhang Dashuai, the temperament fits, but after all, this record was produced in the era of rebounding output and harvesting more crazy, and latecomers want to touch this record, to average 20 rebounds per game to play close to 1200 games, so this has become an impossible record to be broken, and there is a certain era;
Historical assist king & steal king, Stockton. These two records are very difficult to break, but like the historical scoring king, the rhyme foot is pressed on history. The passing masters of every era have their own unique side, and no one can fully define "passing". The involvement of steal masters is not small. In both of these individual areas, Stockton is one of the best, but it is not fully endorsed.
The King of the Historical Caps, Olajuwon. Big Dream leads the historical cap king, and the absolute ability of a single item is excellent, but on this list, the few behind Big Dream, whether it is Uncle Mu or Mark Eaton, they are also a label-level presence in this field.
The historical three-point king is not special about the award itself, in fact, in terms of the time period of existence of technical statistics, three points are undoubtedly inferior to three points. But there is an unspoken temperament between this record and Curry, truly achieving the best player in a single field, becoming the label of the cumulative record in this field, the perfect combination of quantity and quality, as if the record and the owner are completely integrated, separated for many years, and today is just a continuation of the frontier.
So, every smiling face is full of two words — relief.
Of course, just as people know that the historical three-point record has long been an award scheduled for Curry, most people will admit that it is only a matter of time before the historical three-point record is broken by later people, which has a completely reverse era with the historical rebounding king - modern players cannot be as crazy as Chamberlain, but the three-point wave led by Curry swept the league, and also deeply affected the young people behind him, in this era when everyone shot more and more, Curry had to face more and more catch-ups, and in the early years of his own career, This ethos has not yet been formed, and time is clearly unfavorable for Curry to keep records.
Dream Green said that maybe 5 or 6 years after Curry retires, this record will be broken again - is this really the case?
I'm afraid it's not that easy.
The point here is that while the league as a whole is shooting more and more three-point shots, there is still a bottleneck in the growth of the production of top three-point shooters. Ray Allen has hit a maximum of 269 three-pointers in a single season, and this number is now also outside of Curry's T0 slot, which needs to be close to 100% attendance, averaging 3.2 to 3.3 three-pointers per game, which is the current level of several prolific three-pointers in the league.
So far, only Curry has hit 400 three-pointers in a single season, in addition, Curry has 3 times 300 plus, Harden has 1 time 300 plus, and other players have not yet scored 300 three-pointers in a single season. Of course, if the 19-20, 20-21 seasons are complete, Lillard and Hield have a chance to touch 300 plus three points, but this season they will have a hard time challenging that goal.
The league wants to quickly collectively challenge the all-time three-point record, requiring top scorers to cross the 300 three-point mark in a single season. After all, the current historical three-point record is close to 3,000, and as Curry shoots more three-pointers, this record will only get higher and higher, and just more than 3,000 three-pointers will require 10 300 three-point seasons, and the farther away from the peak level of a single season, the more seasons need to maintain high standards. This hurdle is not simple, Donovan Mitchell, LaVine and other new generation three-pointers, they maintain the current production to play until the end of the season, in the case of attendance guaranteed, but also more than 260 three-pointers, which is no different from Ray Allen's best season.
So, Dream Chasing said that someone will break this record 5 or 6 years after Curry's retirement, I am afraid it is not so easy - this time means that the players who can surpass Curry's record are already in the league, but a closer count will find that the chasers behind them have difficulties:
Harden is the closest man to Curry in the accumulated three-point field, and he also once took out a step backward three-pointer that threatened Curry's all-time cumulative three-point king status in the peak season. Throughout his career, Harden has had better attendance than Curry and has unlimited ability and tactical standing to develop three-point shooting with the ball. But Harden after going to the Nets three-point production sharply reduced, this season also showed a sharp decline in the level, as the same star as Curry, in the absence of an absolute career duration advantage, Harden may become the second in the history of this record, but it is difficult to come to the first;
Lillard has challenged Curry in the field of super three-point shooting in the peak of the past two years. But not to mention Lillard's current state, because he is only 2 years younger than Curry, from the perspective of playing style, and more dependent on ball holding and explosiveness, although attendance has always been very good, Bi Curry may not have the advantage of peak time, he is 868 points behind Curry in the cumulative number of three points, it is difficult to catch up.
Among the players of the same generation, only these two have theoretical possibilities.
Young players have come up with a super-high three-point shooting frequency earlier than Curry's generation, which makes them a record challenger in the future, Curry can average 2.1 three-pointers per game in his rookie season, Doncic's rookie season is 2.3 times, and Mitchell and Edwards are 2.4 times. They all have a higher starting point than Curry, but there are two problems:
First, what kind of evolutionary speed will they maintain on the three-point line?
Mitchell has been one of the toughest playoff three-pointers in the past two seasons, and as a result, he still averaged 3.3 points per game this season, which is the fifth season of his career, and Curry's fourth season of his career has raised this number to 3.5. Doncic and Trae Young, two youngsters who fired heavily from outside the three-point line, did not average more than three points per game in their fourth season (Young averaged 3.4 three-pointers per game in the second season of his career, and then fell back). It can be seen that there is also a bottleneck in the production of three points, and it is a hurdle to 3.3 to 3.5, although there are signs of a collective breakthrough of 3.5 times by top shooters in the past two seasons, and this season has cooled down.
That is to say, the advantage of young people starting high production three points earlier is not as great as imagined;
Second, what criteria will Curry leave them in the end?
With Curry's style of play and status, it doesn't seem too difficult for him to shoot another 1,000 three-pointers before retiring (averaging 4 shots per game, just 250 games), then the historical three-point record is likely to exceed 4,000. This means that a player who has averaged 3.3 three-pointers per game in his career (at Mitchell's level this season) will need to play 1212 more games to break that record.
Of course, a high-level shooter could have a long career, and this record is not safe. But it is not difficult to see that although the three-point wave has inspired the entire league with unstoppable momentum, it is still not easy to surpass Curry's record, and the potential energy of the times will not easily drown out the myths left by the legends of the previous generation.
So, if someone refreshes Curry's record one day, will the three-point field have his new owner?
It's like the historical cumulative scorer can't fully endorse the field of "scoring", Curry's three points, at least in the future within reach, have irreplaceable significance - he is indeed too special, even if it does not talk about his profound influence on the style of play of the sport, just the three-point technology itself, the reason why he is different from others, is not just a technical difference one step ahead, but really unique. He is the most perfect player to combine three-point shooting and no-ball technology, he can first use the ball to attract three people to defend, and then suddenly appear at the three-point line to catch the ball three-pointers after 3 seconds, which is a wonderful freedom to switch, which gives him the ability to break through the bottleneck of production while maintaining the shooting rate.
This season, Curry can make some more shots from outside the three-point line that is already in the Red Sea area, just as the way a roll king solves the problem is to roll some more, and you have to admire his creativity in this field.
Oh yes.
Dale Curry's career three-point shooting percentage is 40.2%;
Since the league has this statistic, the most accurate player in the vacant three-point position is Seth Curry.
In addition to the technical generation difference, the talent that flows in the blood is something that cannot be learned.
The three-point record of history has come to his established destiny, the third god and his avatar are one, which is a legend that must be recorded in an epic, and we are honored to be witnesses to history, and we are glad not to miss the times that the legend experienced, witness his ups and downs, and share his happiness and ease.
Then he realized that the Trinity would be eternally cast, but Curry, the dazzling brilliance that belonged to him, like every statue on the Pantheon, this magnificent myth, might hardly have the same reproduction.