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re: Top 15 shooters in NBA history: CBS Sports ranks the greatest of all time
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:11 pm to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:11 pm to TheCaterpillar
But BIRD was the best player AND shooter of this group. it doesn't have to be all about three pointers... Bird could make ANY shot from ANYWHERE.... The other three??? Not so sure...……..
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:28 pm to Boomshockalocka
1. Durant
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:36 pm to ATrillionaire
If someone told me that golden state had the three best shooters of all time, I would not disagree.
Truly the GOAT nba team ever assembled. No one compares when it comes to talent.
Truly the GOAT nba team ever assembled. No one compares when it comes to talent.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:37 pm to Boomshockalocka
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Agreed that GOAT has/had the two greatest shooters of all time.
Boom, when they were at their apex, they had 3
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:38 pm to Lester Earl
No love for Allan Htine
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:09 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Larry flat out didn't shoot enough 3s for me to consider him in the top 5 for greatest shooters.
That’s a non-starter of an argument imo. You’re acting as if Bird couldn’t hit threes. He most certainly could, but the game wasn’t played on the wings as much back then. Bird would have been a top 3 point guy in this day as well.
Also you have to add in that Bird had many more moves to get his buckets than either Steph, Klay, or Ray Allen who are all ahead of him in this list.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:09 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Peja Stojakovic
Loved watching him play
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:23 pm to okietiger
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Steve Kerr averaged less than 1 three made per game for his entire career.
The guy was an 8th or 9th option on multiple Championship teams and benefited from playing with some of the greatest players of all time, literally.
One of the most overrated basketball players (and coaches by the way) of all time.
Overrated coach? Lol.
-benched All Star David Lee for Draymond Green
-convinces Iggy, their free agent signing, that the team is better if he runs the second unit
-installs an actual offense that truly unlocks GSW
Yeah every coach needs talent, but stop pretending Kerr isn’t a great coach, (or worse that Mark Jackson is) Kerr will be an all timer when it’s said and done.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:24 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Stupid, CBS must not have anyone over 35 on their staff.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:35 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
NBA Youngboy left off your list. All time great shooter.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:35 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Only NBA jersey I owned was a Reggie Miller one. I loved his attitude and his shooting ability.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:37 pm to ThanosIsADemocrat
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-benched All Star David Lee for Draymond Green
-convinces Iggy, their free agent signing, that the team is better if he runs the second unit
-installs an actual offense that truly unlocks GSW
The final point, if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the offense Kerr implemented was so revolutionary that basically every team in the league has copied it to some extent.
People talk about the 3 point revolution, Kerr was the coach who put that in place for the Warriors.
Of course talent plays a role, but it does for every coach. Phil Jackson is never famous if he'd been hired to coach a Bulls team led by Dave Corzine and Orlando Woolridge. But, he got Jordan/Pippen, handled them well and the rest is history.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:37 pm to tke_swamprat
Drazeb was grat. Did nobody play basketball till the late seventies?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:45 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Bird would have been a top 3 point guy in this day as well.
Bird had a worse 3 pt % than those guys. You think if he shot 5x as many threes he would make 4% more of them like Klay?
I love Bird and probably pick him to get me 2 points at the end of a game over anyone, including Michael.
But he wasn't as good of a 3 pt shooter as those guys I listed earlier. If I need a 3, he's not top 5 and I think that disqualifies him from being the best shooter ever.
His moves on short jumpers and his high release were unstoppable though, I'll give you that.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:48 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Bird had a worse 3 pt % than those guys. You think if he shot 5x as many threes he would make 4% more of them like Klay?
Bird didn’t practice the 3 or shoot as much as Klay and Steph, whose entire game revolves around that shot.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:49 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Bird had a worse 3 pt % than those guys. You think if he shot 5x as many threes he would make 4% more of them like Klay?
If he practiced shooting three pointers more? Yes. If they put more of an emphasis on the three back then like they do now, I'm sure he would've adapted his game
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:49 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Bird had a worse 3 pt % than those guys. You think if he shot 5x as many threes he would make 4% more of them like Klay?
-shot chart/selection and defensive attention
-training and drills
-today’s strategy
Completely blow up this argument.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:52 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Bird had a worse 3 pt % than those guys. You think if he shot 5x as many threes he would make 4% more of them like Klay?
A lot of that was his first couple years. He came into the league the year they adopted the 3 point shot, and teams didn't know how to use it.
From 84-85 on, he was at or above 40% from 3 basically every year. Bird totally belongs where he is on this list, and I'm not even a particularly big fan of his.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 3:36 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 6/4/20 at 3:13 am to mattz1122
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And still no Jeff Hornacek
This was the first name that popped in my head from a pure shooting standpoint. He didn't shoot a lot but when he did it was money.
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