How many threes does a player have to make in a game before they earn the title of “three-point specialist”? Is it six? Because Al-Farouq Aminu has now officially made six of them in one game. If the threshold is indeed six, then there can be no doubt: Al-Farouq Aminu is a three-point specialist. If the threshold is four, then Aminu has possessed that title since 2010; apparently he hit four threes in a single game while playing for the Clippers.
More semantics questions: what percentage do you have to shoot from three before you earn the “3 and D” title? The “D” part is easy to define because you don’t define it. If the player looks like he’s playing defense and everybody says he plays defense, then he gets the D. But the “3”? Is 36% a good enough percentage? Is there a volume or rate requirement? If Aminu dunks it too often, does he forfeit his “3 and D” status because he’s not overly reliant on the three ball?
Third question: on a scale of one to ten, how bad do the Clippers wish they had Aminu instead of a Jeff Green/Wes Johnson/Paul Pierce SF rotation? I’m going with nine. Final answer.