50/40/90 watch

[Murphy3]

Just to update you, Dirk is getting close to the 50/40/90 marks in shooting percentages. He's at .495 FG%.. .398 3pt%.. .901ft%. If he can have a hot run to end the season, he has a great shot of re-joining this exclusive club.

[Vinsanity]

Sooo close, hopefully he gets it. Crazy to think that he's doing this at 35 years old!

[Murphy3]

He averages about 16 FGA's a game. If he can average hitting 9 of the 16 shots, he's there. Really only needs to go about 5 of 12 in the final 3 games from beyond the arc.. he's extremely close.

[Melonhead]

Only 3 games left...it'll be a long shot.

[Sportstudi]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

He averages about 16 FGA's a game. If he can average hitting 9 of the 16 shots, he's there. Really only needs to go about 5 of 12 in the final 3 games from beyond the arc.. he's extremely close.

Not really. If he averages 9 hits out of 16 shots for the last three games he will end up with 632 FG's out of 1270, which equates .4976 percent. If he averages 16 shots over his last three games he needs to hit 12 out of 16 per game. That would mean 641/1270, which equates .5047 percent. To be an official member of the 50/40/90 club rounding up the numbers does not count. It's also stated this way on wikipedia.

If not for that shooting slump he had from right after the ASG until mid of March he would have already been over the threshold. If he makes it it would a great accomplishment considering Dirk's age.

[Underdog]

Close enough as far as I'm concerned - just hovering near the mark is a great feat.

[Murphy3]

You're right.. He'd need to average 10 of 16 basically if he were to receive his average number of attempts.

Obviously, the odds are against him, but it's definitely within the realm of possibilities.