The date of Thompson's comeback is infinitely closer. After the Warriors and Heat's pre-game training, Thompson held six fingers aloft at the fans as he left the court, hinting that he would return in six days against the Cavaliers. The active second-highest scorer after Curry is about to return to the NBA after three years, which undoubtedly makes many fans look forward to it.
As the holder of many NBA three-point records, Clay hit 14 three-pointers in a single game - the most in NBA history; 9 three-pointers in a single quarter - also the first in history, in the hearts of many fans, Clay is undoubtedly the second-largest scorer in NBA history after Curry. And now, Curry has successfully surpassed Ray Allen and reached the top of the NBA's all-time three-point list, so I don't know if all fans have ever wondered whether Thompson can also surpass Ray Allen and become the second person after Curry in the three-point shooting number in the regular season?
First of all, we need to see how many three-point shots Thompson has hit in his current career, as of the injury, Thompson has hit a total of 1798 three-pointers in the NBA regular season, ranking 21st in history, and the 20th place is the famous Kobe Bryant, but the gap they only see is only 29, if there is no accident, Tang Shen will not be long after the comeback to surpass Kobe Bryant to become the top 20 in history. And you know, Thompson shot nearly 1800 three-pointers, only 8 seasons, an average of 225 shots per season, this data is quite scary.
So if Thompson hadn't been injured for two years, 1800+480 three-pointers would have been 1800+480 in terms of his previous single-season efficiency, and if not reimbursed for two years, Thompson would have hit 2280 three-pointers at the moment! This statistic is quite scary, it will become the 8th in NBA history, and you know, Thompson is only 31 years old at this time, and the future will surpass Ray Allen faster than Curry.
But injuries did happen, and Thompson was "stolen" of his precious time for two and a half years. At present, although Thompson ranks 21st in history, but the active duty can only rank 8th, the first 7 people are Curry, Harden, Lillard, James, Joe Johnson, Lowry and George, it seems that Curry and Curry are tied for the first and second places in the NBA's history three-point list, after all, in addition to James, singles Joe, Lowry, Harden, Lillard and George are in the year of playing, three points will continue to accumulate, especially Harden's current 2522 three-pointers, it seems that they will immediately surpass Ray Allen.
But does this mean that Tang Shen has no chance? Fallaciously, at present, Thompson is still 1175 three-point difference between Ray Allen, and Tang Shen is only 31 years old, according to the previous average of 3 three-point attempts per game, Tang Shen has 240 three-pointers in a season, and it only takes less than 5 seasons to complete the surpass, when Tang Shen is 36 years old, it is obviously promising. But if you want to stand shoulder to shoulder with Curry and become the first and second in the three-point list, it is a bit difficult, after all, you have not played for two and a half years, which is too much of a loss for data accumulation! （ikuet）