Fun Facts: Carmelo's getting close to Elvin Hayes and his 10th spot. Dame needs 143 3s to pass Paul Pierce. https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Carmelo all time points: 27318 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16588 is 103rd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2020 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th ORtg: 5th NRtg: 14th (+0.6) Here, you can see who Lillard is about to pass in the points race (note: * indicates HOF): For those that kept reading, here's career 3s made:
Fun Facts: Lillard needs to get to 16828 points to reach top 100 all time in scoring. ----->6 games left in the season, he needs 208 points (34.7 ppg) in those games to achieve milestone. ----->I don't think this counts playoffs, so he's unlikely to make it this season, but not out of the question. This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard reached top 10 all time in 3s made. Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Carmelo all time points: 27334 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16620 is 103rd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2026 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 4th NRtg: 13th (+1.0) Here, you can see who Lillard is about to pass in the points race (note: * indicates HOF): For those that kept reading, here's career 3s made:
Fun Facts: Lillard needs to get to 16828 points to reach top 100 all time in scoring (NBA only, not NBA/ABA) ----->5 games left in the season, he needs 170 points (34.0 ppg) in those games to achieve milestone. This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard reached top 10 all time in 3s made. Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Carmelo all time points: 27337 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16658 is 103rd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2031 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 4th NRtg: 13th (+1.1) Here, you can see who Lillard is about to pass in the points race (note: * indicates HOF): For those that kept reading, here's career 3s made:
Fun Facts: Lillard needs to get to 16828 points to reach top 100 all time in scoring (NBA only, not NBA/ABA) ----->4 games left in the season, he needs 140 points (35.0 ppg) in those games to achieve milestone. This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard reached top 10 all time in 3s made. Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Data: Carmelo all time points: 27337 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16688 is 103rd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2035 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 4th NRtg: 13th (+1.4)
Going into tonight's game with the Rockets: Carmelo is 10th on the all-time NBA only list with 27,337 points. Trails Moses Malone @ 27,409 at 9th. (73 points needed to take over 9th) Dame is 103rd on the all-time NBA only list with 16,688 points. 102. Latrell Sprewell - 16,712 - Dame needs 25 points to pass 101. Buck Williams - 16,784 - Dame needs 97 to pass 100. Elton Brand - 16,827 - Dame needs 140 to pass 99. Rudy Gay - 16,854 - Since Gay is still active, this is a moving target
For what its worth, CJ is about 2500 points away from hitting the top 250 all-time NBA only scoring list.
So, Dame will reach #100 and Carmelo will reach #9 in Game 1 next year after the Championship banner is raised to the rafters? I can see it now, S2'ers will be more angry with Melo still on the team than they are happy with a Championship. And we'll have threads questioning whether it's the worst ring ceremony ever, and will Stotts lose his job before the banner reaches the top.
Fun Facts: Lillard needs to get to 16828 points to reach top 100 all time in scoring (NBA only, not NBA/ABA) ----->3 games left in the season, he needs 106 points (35.4 ppg) in those games to achieve milestone. ----->Lillard was sitting in the 103 spot for weeks, but has now passed Sprewell - the poor guy who can no longer feed his family. This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard reached top 10 all time in 3s made. Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Data: Carmelo all time points: 27337 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16722 is 102nd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2041 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 4th (only 0.2 behind 2nd) NRtg: 13th (+1.6 -basically in a 3-way tie for 11th) Note: next year, I'll be tracking Lillard and CJ (assuming both are still on team, and Carmelo isn't)
It's weird to think that at the time of his retirement, Dan Issel was the 4th all time leading scorer when combining ABA and NBA points.
Going into the Jazz game tomorrow NBA only scoring: 100. Elton Brand - 16,827 (106 points needed to pass) 101. Buck Williams - 16,784 (63 points needed to pass) 102. Damian Lillard - 16,722 If Dame can pass Buck in the Jazz game, fair chance he will pass Elton as well. However, most likely he'll pass Buck by the end of the season but not quite catch Brand for #100.
106 points tonight? Knocking Wilt off the single game scoring throne would definitively answer whether Dame is the best Blazer ever, that's for sure.
Fun Facts: Lillard needs to get to 16828 points to reach top 100 all time in scoring (NBA only, not NBA/ABA) ----->2 games left in the season, he needs 76 points (38 ppg) in those games to achieve milestone. ----->Lillard was sitting in the 103 spot for weeks, but has now passed Sprewell - the poor guy who can no longer feed his family. This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard reached top 10 all time in 3s made. Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Data: Carmelo all time points: 27355 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16752 is 102nd in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2044 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 4th (only 0.1 behind 2nd) NRtg: 11th (+1.7) Note: next year, I'll be tracking Lillard and CJ (assuming both are still on team, and Carmelo isn't)
Going into the last game of the season: Carmelo is 10th place in the NBA only all-time list. With a 50 point game he can pass Moses Malone for 9th. Dame is currently 101 on the NBA only all-time list. With a 35 point game he can pass Elton Brand for #100. Dame is currently 10th on the all-time 3pointer list. If he can get 98 3 pointers against the Nuggets, he can pass Paul Pierce for 9th. If Dame gets that many 3 pointers against the Nuggets, I think he'll pass a lot more people that just Elton Brand on the all-time scoring list.
I will go out on hopefully a very strong limb and say that Dame will move into 100th and Melo will move to 9th Sunday against Denver!!!!
Fun Facts: This season (2020-2021) Lillard jumped from 143rd to 101st in scoring all time (regular season). This season (2020-2021) Carmelo reached top 10 all time in scoring. This season (2020-2021) Lillard jumped from 30th to 10th in 3s made all time (regular season). Blazers finish season 2nd in Offense, 29th in Defense - one of the most unbalanced teams in league history. thanks, everyone for reading and posting! Data taken from: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/pts_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fg3_career.html https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html Data: Carmelo all time points: 27370 is 10th all time (need 27410 to pass (former Blazer, ouch) Moses Malone) Lillard all time points: 16815 is 101st in NBA history. Was 143rd at beginning of season. Lillard all time 3s made: 2051 is 10th (Paul Pierce is 9th with 2143). Was 30th at beginning of season. Right before Nurk and Powell play their first game, game 45. let's see if defense improves! DRtg: 29th ORtg: 6th NRtg: 20th (-1.0) Current: DRtg: 29th (Bless you Sacramento Kings!) ORtg: 2nd NRtg: 12th (+1.7) Note: next year, I'll be tracking Lillard and CJ (assuming both are still on team, and Carmelo isn't)
