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    Former IU basketball one-and-done star Eric Gordon reaches elite NBA milestone

    Mike SchumannBy Mike SchumannMarch 5, 2024 IUBB NBA 2 Comments
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    After he suffered a wrist injury in January of his lone season in Bloomington, Indiana never got the best of Eric Gordon’s sustained prowess as a long range shooter.

    He’s left no doubt in the NBA.

    On Sunday the Indianapolis native became just the 15th player in league history to surpass 2,000 made three-pointers in an NBA career.

    2K 3PM 👌

    EG becomes just the 15th player in @NBA history with 2,000 career three-pointers made! pic.twitter.com/dfFnrLxX27

    — Phoenix Suns (@Suns) March 4, 2024

    Now at 2,002 makes from deep, Gordon is eighth all-time among active players.  Here is the all-time leaderboard:

    1. Stephen Curry 3671
    2. Ray Allen 2973
    3. James Harden 2909
    4. Reggie Miller 2560
    5. Damian Lillard 2555
    6. Kyle Korver 2450
    7. Klay Thompson 2400
    8. LeBron James 2382
    9. Vince Carter 2290
    10. Jason Terry 2282
    11. Jamal Crawford 2221
    12. Paul George 2190
    13. Kyle Lowry 2146
    14. Paul Pierce 2143
    15. Eric Gordon 2002

    Gordon has averaged 2.3 made threes per game over his career while shooting 37.2%.  Now in his 16th NBA season, the 6-foot-3 Gordon is 17th all-time in three-point attempts.

    Gordon was the seventh overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2008 NBA Draft. He spent three seasons with the Clippers and five with New Orleans before signing as a free agent with Houston in 2016.

    He was the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2016-17 and was runner-up for the award in 2017-18. Over a seven-season span from 2013-14 through 2019-20, Gordon was one of seven players with at least 400 games played to have averaged at least 2.5 3-pointers made while shooting 37.0% or better from behind-the-arc.

    He hit 200+ 3-pointers while playing fewer than 2,200 minutes in consecutive seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19, joining J.J. Redick as the only players in league history to have accomplished that feat in multiple seasons.

    Gordon was an early entry candidate for the 2008 NBA Draft following his freshman season at Indiana.  As a freshman for the Hoosiers, Gordon averaged 20.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

    He set the Hoosiers and conference all-time record for scoring as a freshman with 669 points and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Big Ten. Gordon earned Second Team All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Third Team distinction from The Associated Press.

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