Congrats to Rashard Lewis!

by malars on Jan 24, 2010 3:09 PM EST

In last night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats, with Rashard Lewis' first three-pointer made in the 1st quarter, he became the 11th player in NBA history to reach the career milestone of 1,500 three-pointers made. Granted that the three-point shot has only been around in the NBA since the 1979-1980 season, it is still impressive that Rashard is in such exclusive territory with the likes of Reggie Miller, Ray Allen and Dale Ellis.

Not only has he reached the above milestone, he is going to quickly move up the ladder into possibly the top 5 three-point shooters of all-time territory, possibly by the end of this season. He has a few active players ahead of him, so it's uncertain where he will finish by the end of the season, however he should most likely (barring injury *knockonwood* ) climb all the way to at least 7th. Here is the list of players ahead of Rashard on the all-time list (Name - # of makes):

Reggie Miller - 2560
Ray Allen - 2366
Dale Ellis - 1719
Peja Stojakovic - 1661
Jason Kidd - 1566
Glen Rice - 1559
Eddie Jones - 1546
Tim Hardaway - 1542
Nick Van Exel - 1528
Chauncey Billups - 1509
Rashard Lewis - 1503

Based on his per game averages for his career, his time in a Magic uniform, and this season, he should finish somewhere between 1571-1605 makes by the end of the season, barring any unforseen setbacks. That would put him past all of the retired players ahead of him with the exception of Miller and Ellis and based on what Kidd and Billups do through the end of the season, he could end as high as fifth, though it's likely he'll finish the season sixth. Congrats to Ice-O and keeping tickling the twine with those silky smoove treys!

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Very cool. Im happy for Rashard, and I bet it will be 3rd in the whole league when its all said and done.

by derekk on Jan 24, 2010 5:44 PM EST reply actions

Third seems realistic, as long as he stays healthy.

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by erivera7 on Jan 24, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions

I am planning on updating this thread throughout the season to track his progress up the all-time leaderboard.

If I get enough recs to keep it on the main page that is… ;-)

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by malars on Jan 24, 2010 6:00 PM EST reply actions

I'll probably update this with a new post once a week with the updated list.

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by malars on Jan 25, 2010 9:11 AM EST up reply actions

Other former and current Magic players and their rank amongst the all-time great three point shooters...

…to put into perspective what Ice-O has accomplished:

27. Vince Carter – 1246
33. Dennis Scott – 1214
34. Jason Williams – 1196
35. Mike Miller – 1192
46. Cuttino Mobley – 1085
50. Nick Anderson – 1055
52. Tracy McGrady – 1021
60. Rafer Alston – 978
62. Mark Price – 976
73. Chucky Atkins – 930
74. Darrell Armstrong – 923
76. Hedo Turkoglu – 907
92. Doug Christie – 805
108. Steve Kerr – 726
111. Dominique Wilkins – 711
130. Pat Garrity – 631
145. Steve Francis – 575
160. Scott Skiles – 524
167. Anfernee Hardaway – 503
169. Keith Bogans – 502
177. Mickael Pietrus – 461
178. Tyronn Lue – 460
180. Troy Hudson – 452
185. Brian Shaw – 431
191. Gerald Wilkins – 418
200. Corey Maggette – 402
227. Jameer Nelson – 360
245. DeShawn Stevenson – 329
248. Maurice Evans – 326

Now, obviously most of the above players made a majority of their three-pointers with other teams, but it is interesting to see how many former and current Magic players there are in the all-time top 250 and there are some surprise names there. Forgive me if I may have missed a player or two. I was going based on memory here as to which players donned a Magic uniform from the list.

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by malars on Jan 25, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions

It would be interesting to see what the rankings are based on three-pointers made while in a Magic uniform. If I have time, I may try to compile that list.

If anyone knows any tricks to get that type of search on basketball-reference without having to manually compile the list, that would be great! :-)

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by malars on Jan 25, 2010 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I found the top 10 based on makes while with the franchise:

1. Dennis Scott 981
2. Nick Anderson 900
3. Darrell Armstrong 654
4. Pat Garrity 624
5. Hedo Turkoglu 616
6. Rashard Lewis 530
7. Tracy McGrady 509
8. Scott Skiles 384
9. Anfernee Hardaway 366
10. Jameer Nelson 360

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by malars on Jan 25, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

11-20:

11. Mike Miller 351
12. Keith Bogans 310
13. J.J. Redick 189
14. Brian Shaw 152
15. Mickael Pietrus 144
16. Gerald Wilkins 95
17. Troy Hudson 88
18. Tyronn Lue 86
19. Gordan Giricek 85
20. Courney Lee 82

The Magic have had 162 players over their existence. 97 have hit at least one three-pointer. The players that have hit only one:
Derek Strong
Anthony Parker
Britton Johnsen
Sidney Green
Michael Doleac
Pat Burke
B.J. Armstrong
John Amaechi
Marcin Gortat
Dwight Howard
Shaquille O’Neal

"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"

by The Dark on Jan 27, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

Nelson has less than I thought he would.

by derekk on Jan 25, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions

01/30/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller – 2560
2. Ray Allen – 2373
3. Dale Ellis – 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic – 1667
5. Jason Kidd – 1572
6. Glen Rice – 1559
7. Eddie Jones – 1546
8. Tim Hardaway – 1542
9. Nick Van Exel – 1528
10. Chauncey Billups – 1513
11. Rashard Lewis – 1512

BOLD denotes active players

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by malars on Jan 30, 2010 10:01 PM EST reply actions

lol, Rashard can already get around 6th this year.

by derekk on Feb 2, 2010 12:23 AM EST up reply actions

02/07/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller – 2560
2. Ray Allen – 2380
3. Dale Ellis – 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic – 1680
5. Jason Kidd – 1580
6. Glen Rice – 1559
7. Eddie Jones – 1546
8. Tim Hardaway – 1542
9. Chauncey Billups – 1529
10. Nick Van Exel – 1528
11. Rashard Lewis – 1521

BOLD denotes active players

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by malars on Feb 7, 2010 5:29 PM EST reply actions

Includes today's games

Chauncey went off against the Lakers, moving him past Nick Van Exel and stretching his lead back up on Rashard.

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by malars on Feb 7, 2010 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

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by malars on Feb 12, 2010 7:16 PM EST reply actions

2/21/10 Update

1. Reggie Miller – 2560
2. Ray Allen – 2340
3. Dale Ellis – 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic – 1696
5. Jason Kidd – 1599
6. Glen Rice – 1559
7. Eddie Jones – 1546
8. Tim Hardaway – 1542
9. Chauncey Billups – 1540
10. Rashard Lewis – 1534

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by malars on Feb 21, 2010 10:52 PM EST reply actions

3/1/10 Update

1. Reggie Miller 2560
2. Ray Allen 2396
3. Dale Ellis 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic 1701
5. Jason Kidd 1612
6. Glen Rice 1559
7. Chauncey Billups 1551
8. Eddie Jones 1546
9. Tim Hardaway 1542
10. Rashard Lewis 1539

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by malars on Mar 1, 2010 12:42 PM EST reply actions

Chauncey has really stepped it up in the last couple of weeks and moved all the way to 7th all-time and probably will be 6th by the end of the week.

Rashard should be 8th by the end of the week.

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by malars on Mar 1, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions

3/8/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller 2560
2. Ray Allen 2404
3. Dale Ellis 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic 1702
5. Jason Kidd 1618
6. Glen Rice 1559
7. Chauncey Billups 1556
8. Rashard Lewis 1550
9. Eddie Jones 1546
10. Tim Hardaway 1542

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by malars on Mar 8, 2010 11:47 PM EST reply actions

3/15/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller 2560
2. Ray Allen 2409
3. Dale Ellis 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic 1703
5. Jason Kidd 1629
6. Chauncey Billups 1562
7. Glen Rice 1559
8. Rashard Lewis 1553
9. Eddie Jones 1546
10. Tim Hardaway 1542

NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!

by malars on Mar 15, 2010 9:21 PM EDT reply actions

3/22/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller 2560
2. Ray Allen 2422
3. Dale Ellis 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic 1703
5. Jason Kidd 1630
6. Chauncey Billups 1567
7. Rashard Lewis 1561
8. Glen Rice 1559
9. Eddie Jones 1546
10. Tim Hardaway 1542

NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!

by malars on Mar 22, 2010 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

3/29/10 Update:

1. Reggie Miller 2560
2. Ray Allen 2428
3. Dale Ellis 1719
4. Peja Stojakovic 1703
5. Jason Kidd 1641
6. Chauncey Billups 1574
7. Rashard Lewis 1567
8. Glen Rice 1559
9. Eddie Jones 1546
10. Tim Hardaway 1542

NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!

by malars on Mar 29, 2010 1:43 PM EDT reply actions