When Steph may change into first to succeed in eye-popping 3-point milestone initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Bay Space
Steph Curry was the first-ever NBA participant to make 3,000 profession 3-pointers, and barring one thing unexpected, the Warriors famous person will change into the primary to succeed in 4,000 through the upcoming 2024-25 season.
Curry enters the upcoming season with 3,747 profession 3-pointers, needing 253 from downtown to determine the 4K membership.
If Curry does not miss any video games the primary few months of the season and he carries over his 2023-24 season common of 4.8 made 3-pointers per sport, he would want 52.7 video games, or 53, to succeed in 253 (h/t ESPN).
The Warriors’ 52nd sport of the 2024-25 season is on Feb. 12 towards … Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks at American Airways Middle.
If Curry wants one other sport to get there, the Warriors subsequent contest is Feb. 13 towards the Houston Rockets at Toyota Middle — the ultimate sport earlier than the NBA All-Star break.
Throughout the 2023-24 season, Curry made 252 3-pointers in his first 50 video games (Warriors’ 53rd sport) and made six extra in his 51st sport on Feb. twenty second. At that time, he had missed three video games.
Because the 2012-13 season, the one two occasions Curry did not make not less than 253 3-pointers had been the 2017-18 season (212 in 51 video games) and the 2019-20 season (12 in 5 video games), each of which had been impacted by accidents.
So it is a secure guess, damage however, that Curry will eclipse the 4,000 3-pointer mark in some unspecified time in the future in February.
Let the countdown start.
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