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Canaan’s three-point field goal total from this past campaign ranked fourth on the Sixers’ all-time list.
Isaiah Canaan, “Canaanball”, was a niche basketball player who never found his niche in Philadelphia. Oh but he loved to shoot the three-pointers. And surprisingly,the three-pointer seemed to adore him a little as well.
Isaiah Canaan was never short of heart, but he was just a 6-foot-0 guard. His skillset was that of a shooting guard, but his stature was that of a point guard. And so, he became a challenge to his head coach to find the proper role.
Ultimately, when point guard Ish Smith arrived, Canaan was relegated to a reserve role at shooting guard. There, he became the three-point specialist, coming in to fire long range artillery. He shot 485 shots from three-point range, and scored on 176 attempts. His 176 three pointers in a single season propelled “Canaanball” into the team’s record books, to land him fourth on three points made.