Warriors' Klay Thompson passes high-flying legend, hits 3-point...

Warriors’ Klay Thompson passes high-flying legend, hits 3-point milestone vs Celtics

Although Klay Thompson’s difficulties with the Golden State Warriors this season have received a lot of attention,

the five-time All-Star is eager to remind everyone that he is among the best shooters

in basketball history. In Tuesday’s game against the Boston Celtics, he accomplished exactly that,

Thompson moves above Vince Carter, who, despite being best known for his iconic performance

in the 2000 Dunk Contest, shot 37.1 percent from distance across his 22-year NBA career.

He has a good chance of leaping past LeBron James as well at some time in the future.

This season, Thompson’s 3-point field goal % is far lower than his lifetime 41.5,

but he is beginning to fire up once more. He is having another strong performance against Boston at the Chase

Center after shooting 60 percent or higher in two of Golden State’s previous three games.

With the greatest shooter of all time, Steph Curry, frequently sharing the court with

the four-time champion for more than a decade, it is simple to miss the man.

Hence, achieving milestones such as this one rightly allows Klay Thompson to enjoy the spotlight a bit more.

Though, Warriors fans have never doubted his importance and his critical role

in helping the franchise become a modern-day dynasty. With his free agency looming at the

end of the season, this might be one of the last special moments the home

crowd gets to share with the Splash Brother.