# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 150
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2981 "2023-09-02T18:37:33Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert 8. Arthur Ashe 9. Rene Lacoste 10. Bobby Riggs New category: **Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2982 "2023-09-02T18:42:56Z")
**Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert 8. Arthur Ashe 9. Rene Lacoste 10. Bobby Riggs 11. Martina Hingis 13 in a Baker’s Dozen ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2983 "2023-09-02T18:46:33Z")
That’s what I’ve always thought. 😉 **Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert 8. Arthur Ashe 9. Rene Lacoste 10. Bobby Riggs 11. Martina Hingis 12. Jimmy Connors ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2984 "2023-09-02T18:49:18Z")
Oops. **Retired Tennis Players** 1. Ashleigh Barty 2. Steffi Graf 3. Bjorn Borg 4. Serena Williams 5. Billie Jean King 6. John Isner 7. Chris Evert 8. Arthur Ashe 9. Rene Lacoste 10. Bobby Riggs 11. Martina Hingis 12. Jimmy Connors 13. Martina Navratilova _Now_ new category. **Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2985 "2023-09-02T19:20:02Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird Won the first-ever NBA 3-Point Contest during the NBA All-Star Weekend in 1986. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2986 "2023-09-02T19:34:09Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr His career .454 3-point shooting percentage is the all-time best in the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2987 "2023-09-02T19:53:08Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2988 "2023-09-02T20:13:16Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2989 "2023-09-02T20:18:38Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Pistol Pete Maravich Well, yes, I suppose. But Pistol Pete played well before the NCAA instituted the 3-point shot, and it was only in his last season (1979-1980) that the NBA introduced the 3-point shot. In limited action that season, Maravich attempted 15 3-pointers and made 10, for a career average of .667. ---
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**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2991 "2023-09-02T21:34:05Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic Best international 3-point shooter in history ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2992 "2023-09-03T03:12:48Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2993 "2023-09-04T01:11:14Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard 9. Danny Ainge In 1988, he became the first player to make over 100 three-pointers in a season ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2994 "2023-09-04T01:13:18Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard 9. Danny Ainge 10. Sam Perkins One of the first great three-point-shooting centers. Still a lifelong borderline starter. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2995 "2023-09-04T16:14:37Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard 9. Danny Ainge 10. Sam Perkins 11. Kyle Lowry ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2996 "2023-09-04T16:16:08Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard 9. Danny Ainge 10. Sam Perkins 11. Kyle Lowry 12. Kyle Korver Probably the highest-scoring yet underrated player in the league. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2997 "2023-09-12T06:03:25Z")
**Basketball players known for being great three-point shooters** 1. Reggie Miller 2. Larry Bird 3. Steve Kerr 4. Pistol Pete Maravich 5. Steph Curry 6. Ray Allen 7. Peja Stojakovic 8. Damian Lillard 9. Danny Ainge 10. Sam Perkins 11. Kyle Lowry 12. Kyle Korver 13. LeBron James Next subject. **College football stadiums (name stadium and school)** 1. Husky Stadium - University of Washington ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2998 "2023-09-12T06:17:03Z")
**College football stadiums (name stadium and school)** 1. Husky Stadium - University of Washington 2. Kibbie Dome - University of Idaho Only holds 16,000 people ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2999 "2023-09-12T06:23:08Z")
**College football stadiums (name stadium and school)** 1. Husky Stadium - University of Washington 2. Kibbie Dome - University of Idaho 3. Varsity Stadium - University of Toronto ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3000 "2023-09-12T07:05:27Z")
**College football stadiums (name stadium and school)** 1. Husky Stadium - University of Washington 2. Kibbie Dome - University of Idaho 3. Varsity Stadium - University of Toronto 4. Camp Randall Stadium – University of Wisconsin - Madison The stadium name derives from a Civil War training camp that had occupied the site, which was established in 1861 and named for Alexander Randall, who was the governor of Wisconsin at that time. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=151)