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Back to Earth for Barkley the Birthday Boy
These numbers will put a damped on Charles Barkley birthday week.
We hope that Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has finished digesting all of his Birthday Cake (or Cakes), because this could give him indigestion. The 50-year-old former Sixer is by far the worst three-point shooter in NBA history.
Since the shot was instituted in the NBA for the 1979-80 season, Barkley is the only player with at least 2,000 three-point field-goal attempts to shoot under 30%. And he is well under 30%; he would have to come back and make his first 98 three-pointers to break into the 30s.
As it turns out, former Sixers have the first-, second- and fourth- worst 3FG percentages on this list: