The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

Chavano “Buddy” Hield has reached another career milestone as one of the premier shooting guards in the NBA.

Hield moved into 50th place in career three-point field goals made with 1,397 through his six-year career.

The Indiana Pacers guard achieved the mark in a 132-123 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on March 28. He shot 5-7 from three-point range and finished with 26 points on the night.

Hield surpassed former Three Point contest champion Brent Barry and trails the Hawks’ Danilo Gallinari - ranked no.49 on the All-Time list with 1,413.

He currently ranks second across the league in three-point field goals made this season with 242.

Since being traded to the Pacers at the deadline, Hield has averaged 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.9 triples per game.

Despite the three-point career milestone, Hield said the move to Indiana has afforded him new opportunities that have allowed him to display his skillset on the floor.

Prior to the trade, Hield averaged 14.4 points per game and made 182 three pointers and was shooting a career low 37 percent with the Sacramento Kings.

“I’m proud of myself,” Hield told reporters after the milestone performance against the Hawks.

“I was able to do a lot of things I wasn’t able to do over there in Sacramento. I make plays for my teammates. [Rick Carlisle] has trusted me a lot to do more, and that’s something I wanted to do. In Sacramento, they didn’t let me do that. “I was just a guy to stand in the corner and just catch and shoot. Change is great for me. I’m happy with the change.”

He played in 385 of 388 possible games during his time with the Sacramento Kings. He left as the franchise’s all-time leader in three-point field goals made.

Also on his résumé, Hield made more three-point field goals than any other player through the first 400 games of their NBA career. He set the mark of 1,209 three pointers in his 400th on November 12, 2021.

He heads the list of top three-point shooters through their first 400 games, well ahead of Stephen Curry (1,121) and Klay Thompson (1,098) of the Golden State Warriors, and Damian Lillard (1,050) of the Portland Trail Blazers. Hield also became the fastest player to make 1,000 career three-pointers in NBA history.

Hield set the mark in just 350 games to reach the milestone faster than Curry, who held the previous record of 369 games.