A Missed 3 Pointer Could Cost Trail Blazers' Moe Harkless $500,000 Tonight

SBN - Bonuses are a funny thing. Some give players the incentive to push for milestones they may not have otherwise achieved. Others are listed as likely, and they merely provide an additional chunk of change for guys getting after it every night.

This bonus, however, may not leave Portland Trail Blazers forward Moe Harkless smiling if he isn’t careful.

Harkless stands to make $500,000 if he finishes the regular season shooting at least 35 percent from three-point range. He’s made 68-of-194 threes for a three-point percentage of 35.1 with one final game, against the New Orleans Pelicans. Tonight.

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Moe Harkless should come down with the flu or something within the next couple of hours. Maybe go lick some bus poles or something of the sort. Because there is absolutely nothing that should get in the way of him and that $500,000. Imagine there being 3 seconds left in the game with the Blazers down by 2 and the ball ends up in his hands. What does he do? He has to travel or something. Throw the ball out of bounds. Anything but shoot a 3. Tyler gets it:

And for the record, he is absolutely 100% well aware of this stipulation. Check out the 3’s he’s taken the last 3 games he’s played:

Toe on the line, every time. There’s no other option. Get that 500k, my dude.