Are you living out in the Bay Area, a fan of watching circular objects go through circular hoops, and feeling especially bored, with 40 minutes and 37 seconds of free time to spare? Boy, do I have an activity for you.
As is the case fairly often, Warriors superstar Stephen Curry led the NBA in three-pointers in the 2020-21 season, sinking 337 treys on a 801 attempts, which also paced the league. It was the sixth time in his career that he's been atop the association in both makes and attempts, and his totals from this campaign were second to his record 402 makes and then-record 886 attempts in 2015-16, which has since been broken thanks to James Harden hoisting up a *light* 1,028 three-pointers in the 2018-19 season.
And in case you missed any of those 337 satisfying, long-range bombs, the Warriors' social media and video teams have you covered. That's right — every single one is available in a nice little package on YouTube, from each of the unforgettable wins, abysmal losses and all the in-between.
The video already has around 80,000 views and counting, though I'm insanely curious as to what the average "time spent watching" number is. But hey, considering their only other video of this kind — a compilation of all 402 threes from his 2015-16 MVP year — got 460,000 views, it definitely couldn't hurt to give the audience more of what they love to see.
The fact of the matter is that Curry's 2020-21 season is statistically more impressive than his MVP campaign, though, and it doesn't take too long to figure out why. For one, he averaged two more points per game. He also had a worse supporting cast this time around, is five years older, was coming off a serious injury and had to deal with playing in uncertain circumstances throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. And considering he made 337 threes in 801 attempts in only 63 games, you can only imagine the heights he would have reached had he played a full 82-game season without injuries or any time missed. Expanding his per-game numbers out over the course of 79 games, which is how many he registered in 2015-16, he would have made 422 threes in 1,004 attempts.
Perhaps it may have been more prudent to wait until the Warriors' playoff run had come to an end to post the full three-point compilation video. Though you may not expect much from a No. 8 seed in a Western Conference that's overflowing with talent, especially considering the Warriors' first opponent will be the LeBron-led Lakers, anything is possible when Stephen Curry is at the helm, and the threes are going to keep piling on.
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