Milwaukee Bucks

StaTuesday: Bucks' Brogdon among best 3-point shooting rookies ever

Published Mar. 7, 2017 2:03 p.m. ET

Dave Heller

Malcolm Brogdon of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots the ball against the San Antonio Spurs.

Malcolm Brodgon has come out firing since the All-Star break.

The Milwaukee Bucks guard has six straight games scoring in double figures and is averaging 14.6 points in the seven games since the long layoff. He is also shooting 52.7 percent from the field and has made 12 of 25 3-pointers (48.0 percent).

That last part shouldn't be so surprising.

Brogdon is making 42.8 percent of his 3-point attempts this season, which ranks seventh in the NBA among qualifiers.

Player	Team	3P%
Otto Porter	WAS	45.3
Kyle Korver	ATL/CLE	44.7
Joe Ingles	UTA	44.1
Allen Crabbe	POR	43.5
Darren Collison	SAC	43.3
Seth Curry	DAL	43.2
Malcolm Brogdon	MIL	42.8
C.J. Miles	IND	42.6
Goran Dragic	MIA	42.4
Luke Babbitt	MIA	42.3

Despite being a second-round pick, Brogdon is now a leading contender for NBA Rookie of the Year. His sharpshooting is one reason why.

Since the NBA adopted the 3-pointer in the 1979-80 season, Brogdon is tied for eighth all-time among 3-point percentage for rookies. And it isn't because of a lack of shots. If Brogdon keeps up his current 3-point shots rate (2.5 per game), he will finish with 202 attempts, which would be fourth-most among that top-10 percentages list.

Also, if Brogdon can keep up his current rate of making 3-pointers, or improves on it, it will be the best by a rookie this decade and highest percentage by a first-year player since some guy named Stephen Curry.

Player	Team	Season	3PM	3PA	3P%
Anthony Morrow	GS	2008-09	86	184	46.7
Drazen Petrovic	POR	1989-90	33	74	45.9
D.J. Augustin	CHA	2008-09	108	246	43.9
Stephen Curry	GS	2009-10	166	380	43.7
Wesley Person	PHX	1994-95	116	266	43.6
Mike Iuzzolino	DAL	1991-92	59	136	43.4
Michael Dickerson	HOU	1998-99	71	164	43.3
Hersey Hawkins	PHI	1988-89	71	166	42.8
Malcolm Brogdon	MIL	2016-17	65	152	42.8
Chris Copeland	NY	2012-13	59	140	42.1

Apart from his ranking in NBA history, no Bucks rookie has ever shot the ball as well as Brodgon does from downtown.

Only five Bucks rookies have qualified for 3-point shooting leaders. Brogdon reigns supreme among Milwaukee rooks.

Player	Age	Season	3PM	3PA	3P%
Malcolm Brogdon	24	2016-17	65	152	42.8
Ray Allen	21	1996-97	117	298	39.3
Brandon Jennings	20	2009-10	145	388	37.4
Glenn Robinson	22	1994-95	86	268	32.1
Todd Day	23	1992-93	54	184	29.3