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LeBron James quietly turned himself into one of the best midrange shooters in the NBA this season.

According to NBA.com's StatsCube, LeBron made 45 percent of his midrange jumpers this season, which is an incredibly efficient mark for a high-usage perimeter player. Paul Pierce made 44 percent of his midrange jumpers. Kobe Bryant made 42 percent. Derrick Rose made 40 percent. Dwyane Wade, 40 percent. Kevin Durant, 42 percent. Carmelo Anthony, 42 percent.

Ray Allen shot 46 percent, barely edging out LeBron. Statistically speaking, out of all the high-usage perimeter players in the league, LeBron was the best midrange shooter not named Dirk Nowitzki (Dirk shot 53 percent -- he's a freak).

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Posted by floridatigah

Member since Oct 2004

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Posted on 1/11/12 at 2:32 pm to TulaneTigerFan

It's like people who doubt LeBron's mid range game don't watch him play very much. They've created an image of him only scoring in transition because of his athleticism and want to stick to it. That's crazy that Dirk is so far ahead of everyone too.

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Posted by YoungJR24

Member since Jul 2007

1090 posts

Posted on 1/11/12 at 2:40 pm to TulaneTigerFan

Shot selection
Shot

Att.

eFG%

Ast'd

Blk'd

Pts
Jump
69% .473 31% 2% 12.3
Close
25% .641 28% 6% 6.0
Dunk
5% .974 55% 0% 1.9
Tips
1% .667 0% 0% .2
Inside
31% .697 34% 5% 8.1

Lebron

Shot selection
Shot

Att.

eFG%

Ast'd

Blk'd

Pts
Jump
85% .463 38% 3% 15.6
Close
14% .577 37% 13% 3.1
Dunk
2% 1.000 48% 0% .6
Tips
0% .429 0% 0% .1
Inside
15% .614 38% 11% 3.8

Kobe

69% Jumpshots vs 85% Jumpshots with only a 1% higher shooting percentage

31% Inside vs 15% Inside and only a little over a point per game more last year. Your making my point for me. Kobe takes harder and longer shots and his percentages and ppg are close to Lebron's

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