Move over Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics have a new king shooter in second-year guard Aaron Nesmith.
Nesmith made the proclamation himself as he revealed that he broke Tatum's practice record for the most 3-pointers without missing two in a row. According to the 22 year old, he just made 244 3-pointers during Monday's practice.
While we're not sure just by how many did Nesmith break Tatum's record, it's definitely crazy to think that the youngster went over 240.
Aaron Nesmith says he just broke Jayson Tatum’s Celtics practice record of how many 3-pointers he could make without missing two in a row.
He made 244 🤯
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) October 18, 2021
Is Aaron Nesmith poised for a breakout year with the way he is developing? Celtics fans certainly hope so. Or at least he can take a significant leap in his shooting averages from his rookie season.
While Nesmith was labeled as the best shooter from his class coming out of the 2020 NBA Draft, he largely struggled and was unable to show his potential as a three-point threat. Given his lack of playing time at 14.5 minutes per game, he just shot 37.0 percent from deep on a meager 2.3 attempts per game.
If he's able to improve those numbers alone, there is no doubt he could find a bigger role with the Celtics in 2021-22, now under head coach Ime Udoka.
For now, though, he can bask on the glory of surpassing and breaking the crazy record of the Celtics' best player in Jayson Tatum.
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