Pelicans are a -9.3 in 3 Point attempts this year. They are firmly secured in last place in this category.

Next are the Kings at -5.7
21 of the 30 teams in the NBA or at -2.2 or better.

We were 2nd to last in 2025 at -5.4 (30)
We were 3rd to last in 2024 at -6.1 (70)
We were 3rd to last in 2023 at -5.9 (29)
We were 2nd to last in 2022 at -3.4 (0)
We were last in 2021 at -7.7 (61)
We were 9th in 2020 at +3.0 (24)

(Zion played games)

We cannot keep doing this and expect to win.
A roster with Zion and no 3 point shooting threats from the 5 position or backup 4 has been the downfall of this franchise since we drafted him, outside of Zion's laziness.

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Posted by Balsamic_duck

Member since Jun 2017

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Posted on 1/29/26 at 1:04 pm to TeddyPadillac

I’ve been complaining about this for years. We will never be a serious team unless we start taking more 3s.

Fears has got to take more 3s. Queen has got to take more 3s.

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Posted by ned nederlander

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 1/29/26 at 2:52 pm to TeddyPadillac

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A roster with Zion and no 3 point shooting threats from the 5 position or backup 4 has been the downfall of this franchise since we drafted him

A roster with no 3 point shooting threats will not compete in the modern nba. I appreciate you sometimes want to buck trends, and I still liked the attempt to pair AD and Boogie, but 3 is much, much bigger than 2.

My guess is you could stretch this stat back even further and the pelicans/hornets would be at the back just about every year.

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Posted by BigPerm30

Member since Aug 2011

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Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:08 pm to TeddyPadillac

When you shoot at a 12% clip, do we really want them chunking volume threes? Trey is the only one I trust shooting at volume. Jose can knock down a clutch from time to time and Bey has a nice corner three but frick the rest of the team.

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Posted by ScoopAndScore

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Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 1/29/26 at 8:40 pm to Balsamic_duck

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I’ve been complaining about this for years. We will never be a serious team unless we start taking more 3s.

This is what sucks about today’s basketball game. The 3 point shot being 1.5 times more valuable than any other FG shot is borderline ridiculous. It has ruined the game of basketball. I wish they could make the shot behind the arc count for 2.5 points instead of 3. But obviously the math gets a little silly then. But in its current state the 3 point shot provides WAYYYY too much point value.

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