Marcio Lassiter believes that it won’t be as simple as it seems to top the PBA’s all-time three-pointers made list, even if he appears to be close.
“I don’t know the number … but that number, it seems like it’s right there but trust me, it’s not gonna be easy,” the San Miguel sniper offered.
Lassiter said as much moments after the Beermen’s 120-100 rout of NorthPort to go 7-0 in the Season 48 Philippine Cup on Sunday night at the Philsports Arena in Pasig.
And in the game, he rose to no. 4 on the prestigious list.
He finished with 14 points on four triples and now has 1,197 career treys and counting, three more than what Blackwater’s James Yap has to his name.
The Gilas pioneer is now lurking behind Barangay Ginebra’s LA Tenorio, who’s at third with 1,218. At the very top is former MVP Jimmy Alapag with 1,250 triples, with the legendary Allan Caidic sitting at no. 2 with 1,242.
Doing the math, Lassiter is just 54 threes away from surpassing Alapag. But as he said, it may not be that easy.
Yap and Tenorio, for one, are still active and could add more to their total, which could make it an interesting race.
Plus, the constant pressure the opposing defenses give him every given night makes it all the more difficult for him to achieve as much.
“The defense is always gonna be, you know, dictating towards me or June Mar,” he said. “Some nights it’s gonna be let’s have June Mar go 1-on-1, or like today they wanted to double June Mar so I had to be prepared.
“You just never know what night it will be. Or if I’m on, I’m on. So I just have to continue my craft,” added the 36-year-old winger.
Still, wins matter the most for Lassiter although it would be nice, too, if he could ‘chip away’ and see if he could climb the ranks as high as he can.
In this conference alone, the 10-time PBA champion, who’s the second fastest player in league history to make 1,000 treys, has been shooting an average of 5.4 threes per game, making it interesting to see how far he’d go.
“I’m more focused on the win as I say but if I can make a few, that would be great. To slowly chip away and we’ll see where it goes from there,” he said.
Stats as of April 21, 2024, courtesy of PBA stats chief Fidel Mangonon III
