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Alex Speers

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The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

And now we're talking about Khan breaking that record in 59 games played.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Forget rookie records.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

What we're seeing from Khan Kanipal is rare, period.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

He has 209 threes through 59 games.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

I looked it up on StatHead.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

There are only 15 other players in NBA history, I don't care what year of their career it was, who reached that number through their first 59 games of the season.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

And to really put this in perspective,

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Klay Thompson, Klay, Splash Brother, one of the greatest shooters of all time.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

He only did it once in his career, reaching 209 three-pointers by his 59th game.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

I triple-checked that because it sounded so wrong, but it is true.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

And Khan is doing that as a rookie at 20 years old.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Those other 15 guys I mentioned, the youngest to ever do it, just hit 209 through your first 59 games.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

It was Anthony Edwards last year at age 23.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Khan is 20.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

We may very well be watching the first chapter in one of the greatest shooters in League history.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

And I think that is well deserving of a what.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

All right, Andrew, it's time for the Wheel of Fandom, the weekly segment where we spin a wheel, it lands on a team, and we become fans of that team for the next week.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Last week, the wheel landed on the Dallas Mavericks and their exciting rookie Cooper Flagg.

The Athletic NBA Daily
The NBA’s Best and Worst Shooters + The Mavs Vision | Slam N Jam

Oh, boy, finally a chance to lock in on Cooper Flagg for a week.