Tony Snell has captivated NBA observers with his head-turning stat lines throughout his nine-year career. He pulled off another vintage line for the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
Tony Snell played in four minutes during the Pelicans' win-or-go-home Play-In Game. In that span, he tallied zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists, zero steals and zero blocks. It wasn't as impressive as when he did the same with seven times more minutes on the court almost five years ago, but he did do this on a bigger stage with real stakes for New Orleans' season.
Tony Snell masterclass pic.twitter.com/zvaToupfDt
— Mike Litoris (@yayme1236) April 16, 2022
Kidding aside, Tony Snell undoubtedly has had a peculiar NBA career. He's made various bits of NBA history for such random things. One was when he made efficiency history by becoming the first player with 50/50/100 shooting splits.
Tony Snell is officially the first player in NBA history to have a 50/50/100 season (min 100 attempts).
50.9 FG%
56.9 3P%
100 FT%— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 17, 2021
The Pelicans wing also owns the record for the most minutes played with attempting a single free throw. He went more than 471 minutes without ever drawing foul shots.
TONY SNELL HAS DONE IT!!!
The NBA record holder for most minutes played during a single season without attempting a free throw is OVER at 471.
big drama ensues as Luke Walton CHALLENGES but the call is upheld.
Snell steps to the line and drills them both, now 38 in a row! pic.twitter.com/XQGgJMkNdy
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 14, 2021
But when he has gone up to the charity stripe, he's been sure to sink them. He hasn't missed one going 51-for-51 from the line since the 2018-19 season, going 1-for-1 as a member of the Pelicans this season and 3-for-3 during his time with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Tony Snell once again finishes a regular season without a missed FT. He went 4/4 this year in 822 mins.
– Last miss was 3/12/19
– He's made 51 FTs since then
– That's 51 FTM in over 3,558 mins and 165 games
– He was 1/1 with NOLA this season— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) April 11, 2022
Tony Snell continues to be the king of box score oddities. Hopefully he continues his run as the Pelicans enter their first-round series against the Phoenix Suns.
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