Zaza Pachulia has had a nice NBA career so far and has been a really good role player for a couple of NBA teams, but there is still one thing he is looking for: a made three-pointer in the NBA. That's right. In 15 career seasons, Pachulia has yet to hit a single three-point shot.
Zaza Pachulia is still trying to get it dialed in from deep. He's 0-26 in his career. #shootersshoot https://t.co/Hymu3Qt7XK
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 20, 2018
More surprising that he hasn't made any shots from deep, might be the fact that he has taken 26 of them in his career. It would be a good guess to assume most of those were as time expired or near the end of the shot clock because he isn't getting any plays drawn up for him to pull up from deep.
Pachulia has made a really nice career for himself after being drafted in the second round in the 2003 draft by the Orlando Magic. His best seasons were with the Atlanta Hawks, where he was the starting center with the team. In the 2005-06 season, he averaged 11.7 points and 7.9 rebounds in a season where he started all 78 games he appeared in.
As solid of a player that he's been, around the league, he has also been known as a dirty player.
Zaza took an extra step after Kawhi released the ball
Dirty as all hellpic.twitter.com/MJhNLAVn1h— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) May 14, 2017
In game one of the playoff series last year between the Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs, it appeared Pachulia took an extra step to land under Kawhi Leonard's foot and ultimately knock him out of the game. He has had a few run in's with the Spurs over the years including pulling down Leonard by the arm a few years back as well.
This year for the Warriors though he hasn't done anything that was considered dirty but he also hasn't been getting as minutes as he is used too.
So far this season he has played in 48 games, and started in all of them, but is only averaging 14.8 minutes a night putting up 5.9 points.
The 15-year veteran actually came close to getting his first career three-pointer back on December of 2012 during his tenure with the Atlanta Hawks. In a game against the Orlando Magic, Pachulia threw up a three-point shot attempt from the opposite three-point line. It went in, but the official review determined that his shot came just after the 3rd quarter buzzer.
He is a player that doesn't complain though, and at this point in his career all he wants is that second NBA title, and maybe a made three-pointer.
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