There were times early in Joe Ingles’ NBA career when his coaches and teammates had to encourage him to shoot when he was open.
The end result?
The No. 1 3-point shooter in Utah Jazz history.
On Friday night, Ingles made his 846th 3-point bucket, passing Hall of Fame point guard John Stockton (845) for the most 3-point makes in franchise history.
Ingles may not lack confidence in his shot now, but even he is a bit surprised to find himself ahead of the Jazz’s legendary point guard on that list now.
“If you told me back then there would be a chance I would break any of those guys’ records, Karl [Malone] and John and those guys that are huge to this organization, I definitely would have laughed in your face,” Ingles said Friday with the record in striking distance.