Khris Middleton just might be the best mid-range shooter in the 2019-2020 NBA season. Mullin converted on only 32.8 percent of his long-range attempts in his first seven seasons but caught fire in the 1992 Olympics by making just under 54 percent of his shots from behind the arc. Chris Kaman | L.A. Clippers | 1.7 makes/game | 90.2% assisted Found inside – Page 88Above all, Curry is by far the greatest shooter in NBA history: with 402 ... James has been considered the best small forward of all time and overall among ... Not once in his career did he shoot below 35.6 percent from behind the arc. The NBA has had its fair share of knock down shooters, dating all the way back to the 80s. Curry might be the better, more versatile shooter, but nobody is more flammable than Thompson. 10. In his final nine seasons, he hit over 42 percent of his 3-pointers. 12. Found inside – Page 198Mr Stats Sets the Record Straight on the Top 50 NBA Players of All Time Elliott ... forwards who rarely took a mid - range shot , much less a threepointer . Even in the 1990s, his stroke was pure enough to earn the No. Stojakovic was a key floor-spacer with the early 2000s Sacramento Kings, one of the most entertaining teams the NBA has seen and perhaps one of the best to never win a title. A great spot up shooter from the mid-range, Aldridge converted assists on 75 percent of his spot up makes from the 16-23 foot range last year while making 2.1 per game. 24. His ability to shoot off the dribble, with easy range to 30-plus feet, has warped floor-spacing and detonated defensive strategies beyond anything anyone would've recognized before he came around. That steadiness was evident in his numbers. Paul will go down as one of the greatest mid-range shooters of all-time. A tremendous all-around point guard who was ahead of his time in terms of his style of play, Price has the third-best career free-throw percentage in NBA history (90.4), and shot 40.2 percent from 3-point range during his 12-year career. Rich Paul Reportedly Reveals LeBron James and Anthony Davis May Change Positions, Celtics Could Have Interest in Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine, Matt Barnes Names Vince Carter Most Gifted Teammate, The Undeniable Greatness of Tamika Catchings, Sylvia Fowles and Katie Smith, DiDi Richards’ Journey is a Testament to Her Strength and Resiliency, Layshia Clarendon’s Impact and Influence Transcends the Game, Amar’e Stoudemire Contemplating an NBA Comeback, Report: Amar’e Stoudemire To Join BIG3 League, Amar’e Stoudemire Considering NBA Comeback. On the reverse side of this is the point guards, like Chris Paul and Steve Nash, who create almost all of their attempts in this region and deserve some credit for their shot creation and selection abilities. Found insideSpanning from that first match through the “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry in 1977 to Watson’s miraculous near-victory at Turnberry as he approached sixty, and informed by interviews with both players over many years, The Secret of ... Basketball on Paper doesnat diagram plays or explain how players get in shape, but instead demonstrates how to interpret player and team performance. Found inside – Page 198The 28-year-old NBA rookie drew glowing praise from his peers for his ... one of the NBA's most prolific three point shooters, ranking tenth on the all time ... When former Warriors coach Mark Jackson said Curry and Thompson were the greatest shooting backcourt in NBA history, people laughed at him. Found inside – Page 177He famously retired from the game in the mid-1990s to play professional ... Celtics to three NBA championships and was one of the best shooters of all time. Top NBA free throw shooters of all-time. trademarks of Slam Media Inc. All rights reserved. Known as a shooter coming out of college, Curry only helped his reputation as a rookie. Williams favorite spot is the top of the circle, where he pulls up from with regularity. Had off the wrong foot layups that were almost unblockable/unable to be timed. Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 2.0 makes/game | 23.8% assisted Found insideReddick do naturally the things that Isaac Newton says they should. While playing for Coach D’Antoni Lee got the chance to strut his stuff on Broadway and he made the most of it these past few seasons. Miller was a five-time NBA All-Star and is inarguably the greatest Pacer of all time. 1 option with an entire offense running through him, and having to deal with the defensive attention that comes with that, he might have numbers closer to a guy like Reggie Miller, who was surprisingly just a 39 percent career 3-point shooter. Found insideHe's probably the best shooter ever to play at a Virginia public school. ... was drafted by Orlando with the fourth pick and played 10 years in the NBA. 2. A 6-10 small forward, Stojakovic shot 40.1 percent from behind the arc for his career and hit 41 percent on nearly six attempts per game during his prime with the Kings. © 2004-2021 CBS Interactive. Better late than never. He shot 47.4% on 6 attempts in the 2009-2010 season. He never looked back. Something people might not know about Williams is that he has gotten a lot better off the catch and shoot in the mid-range, hitting 69 percent of his shots from this area in this manner. Unlike Kobe, LeBron does not have the footwork that helps to create easy opportunities. He currently sits second behind Allen (2,973), though he is likely to be passed by Curry (2,285) in the near future (he has already been passed by Curry in the GOAT shooter conversation). At year’s end, Williams hit 43 percent of his mid-range shots and nearly 2 per contest. His Nets were on the rise with young stars Kenny Anderson and Derrick Coleman, but never accomplished much in the postseason without him. Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | 1.2 makes/game | 67.8% assisted Mayo is a very good isolation player who is capable of taking a shot over almost any defender, but the key for his mid-range game is figuring out which shots are his best ones to take during games. LeBron James | Miami Heat | 2.2 makes/game | 15.7% assisted Over the course of his 1389 game career, Miller averaged 18.2 points per game and shot 39.5 % from beyond the arc. The newest New York Knick is best known for his ability to tear down the rim, but what most people forget is that he has one of the most consistent 18-foot jump shots in the League for a power forward. He also ranks 23rd with 7.4 APG. We weighed skill, numbers and historical context in order to land on the 15 greatest shooters in NBA history. As chaotic as his legendary game-tying 3-pointer at the end of Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals may have appeared, for Allen, it was a simple matter of muscle memory. Found inside – Page 47In fact, Sharman would probably fit very well in today's “let it fly” NBA. He would certainly be capable of hitting from 3-point range, and his mentality ... LaMarcus Aldridge | Portland Trail Blazers | 2.1 makes/game | 74.5% assisted Stephen Curry is a professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and is often regarded by many as the greatest shooter of all time. Or, view "Trailers" for Season Field Goal Pct, or Career Blocks Per Game. In statistical terms, they might have a point. Found inside – Page 37Understanding the 3 - Point Line The 3 - pointer has done some good things ... Most of the players you think of as great 3 - point shooters only averaged ... Here's all you need to know about Drazen Petrovic: he spent only three seasons as a starter in high-level professional basketball (one for Real Madrid and two for the then-New Jersey Nets), yet anecdotally speaking, there are still those who will swear he's several spots too low on this list. Sitting just behind him at No. NBA: DeMar DeRozan And The 10 Best Midrange Scorers In The League. Here we go, ready to count down the top 25 players in the mid-range area, the part of the game that is a so called “lost art.” Before we jump straight in to the rankings, though, the criteria for this list has to be examined in advance. 6-keys: media/spln/nba/reg/free/stories, at A great spot up shooter from the mid-range, Aldridge converted assists on 75 percent of his spot up makes from the 16-23 foot range last year while making 2.1 per game. 25. Why should it matter that this one happened to come with a championship on the line? This is not even a debate. His unorthodox shot delivery where he brought the ball up closer to the left side of his body made contesting the right-handed Stojakovic difficult, particularly given his size. The NBA has emphasized the three-pointer and shots at the rim, but midrange shots are still valuable in providing spacing. This forte makes them much more difficult to guard in the grand scheme of things. Even in its wake, he left such an indelible mark on the game of basketball that he could not be denied a spot on this list. With the added freedom in New York that he used to have in Phoenix though, watch for Amar’e to increase his attempts in the mid-range from the 3.9 per game that he took in Phoenix this past season. Describes the skills and strategies for effective basketball shooting, covering long-range three-pointers, jumpers, bank shots, and free throws, and includes tips, techniques, and drill exercises for individuals and teams. Mayo, like other stars, has the ability to hit tough shots from the perimeter but he could move up this list in a big way if he learns the value of shot selection a bit more, which would help him to improve upon his 40 percent shooting and 1.6 makes per game. Perhaps the Blazers could've beaten the Pistons if they'd recognized his talents. Redick's shooting has been a constant. Not to mention, he is also shooting a healthy 47.7% from 16 feet to three-point territory. A wing scorer, Deng is first known for being athletic and getting to the rack. Kerr is the all-time NBA leader in career 3-point percentage (45.4), and holds two of the five best single-season 3-point shooting percentages in league history (52.4 in 1994-95 and 51.5 in 1995-96). He became a full-time starter in Los Angeles, and by the time he reached Philadelphia, the market deemed him worthy of a $23 million salary. In the end, some of the calls were judgment calls but one thing is certain: The guys on this list all have talented mid-range games that help their team win. 6? Found inside – Page 5SHARPSHOOTERS. TheBoston. Celtics are one of the NBA's best teams. They began play in 1946–47 before the league was called the NBA. An opinionated tour of the past, present, and future of pro basketball, written by ESPN's "Sports Guy" columnist, shares insights on everything from major NBA events and underrated players to how Hall of Famers should be selected. His MVP season in 2006-07 was historic because he became the first power forward to join the 50-40-90 club, which only has eight members in the history of the NBA. This year Duncan shot 43 percent from the mid-range. Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs | 1.2 makes/game | 67.8% assisted. Kd is mostly a 49% midrange shooter on about 5-6 attempts. The player with the highest Mid-Range Shot Attribute Rating among current players on NBA 2K21 is Bryn Forbes. NBA Scores. His pull-up jumper is the present-day version of Kareem's Skyhook -- by simply shooting over the top of people, Durant warps the way we think of what's "open" and what's not. Had he played with modern spacing and a green light, his numbers would look significantly better. For a power forward, Boozer shoots the ball well from the mid-range area, knocking down 44 percent of his shots from the area. This season Ray-Ray hit 45 percent from mid-range and made 1.2 shots per game while converting assists on nearly 80 percent of his makes—a sign that he played within the offense and took shots as they came to him. You know fellow list-mate Deron Williams appreciates it. This is just the beginning for Steph and we expect him to be much further up the list for years to come. His elbow jumper is lethal and extremely hard to defend . In five-and-a-half years in Orlando, he started only 41 games, and this came on a fairly innovative Magic team that led the NBA in 3-point attempts in each of his final three full seasons there. This is possible because, over the last 12 years, he has become somewhat of a sports scientist, studying his movement patterns and tweaking his shot accordingly. Shot probably the most unassisted shots for any player. He proceeded to win the event while wearing his warm-up jacket. Quickly. Nash's only real flaw as a shooter was that he didn't shoot enough. Seasons. Ladies and gentlemen, the fifth greatest mid range shooter of all time, Chris Paul! Copyright 2021 © SLAM Media Inc. SLAM®, SLAMTV®, SLAM MEDIA® and the SLAM® logo are registered When put in pick-and-roll sets with that two-time MVP he used to play with, Stoudemire was excellent at popping out and knocking down the open jumper. He didn't take as many 3s as some of the more modern players on this list, but Kerr has mentioned how taking fewer attempts in limited minutes added to the pressure of each shot, particularly when they came in key postseason situations like so many of his did en route to five NBA titles. -- Brad Botkin. Below is the list of top 100 current players with the best Mid-Range Shot Attribute on NBA 2K21. This season, Thaddeus Young, Dorian-Finney Smith and Gorgui Dieng average five attempted 3s per 36 minutes. If we are talking purely about the act of shooting of a basketball, Korver deserves to be higher on this list. As the analytics community grows, one of the most common debates in basketball is the role of the mid-range jump shot in the modern NBA. Such consistency is unparalleled among shooters that made their name prior to this past decade's boom. These point-makers rarely miss the bucket. -- Sam Quinn. Copyright 2021 © SLAM Media Inc. SLAM®, SLAMTV®, SLAM MEDIA® and the SLAM® logo are registered In terms of having an all-around game, LeBron is probably number one all time. He is capable of hitting tough shots going either way off the dribble and is especially dangerous when he gets in to a rhythm using his step-back jumper, which is lethal out to about 20 feet. Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have a lefty. Mid-range shooting stars were forgotten as a number of teams tried to copy their remarkable run to a championship run. Curry is the best shooter ever, and his 43.3% shooting from deep ranks 3rd all-time. Despite missing out on a title with the Kings, Stojakovic finally got his ring with the 2011 Dallas Mavericks in his last NBA season, knocking down 37.7 percent of his 3s during the postseason run. In 1979, the three-point line was painted onto NBA courts, and this sparked an ongoing debate over the shot's value compared to mid-range jumpers (defined as shots outside of the paint but . Richard Hamilton | Detroit Pistons | 2.8 makes/game | 79.2% assisted During an era where power forwards were still considered post players who rarely stepped out of the post, Nowitzki stretched the floor all the way out to the 3-point line and was a serious threat. 17. Found inside – Page 42But he became a great defender. Plus, he was one of the NBA's all-time best shooters. In 1984, their teams met in the NBA Finals. He revolutionized the power forward position and started the wave of players 6-10 or taller to pull up from deep. This is a player who made 42.8 percent of his career 3s but never attempted even five of them per 36 minutes. When he first came in to the League, Lee could knock down the 15-footer but didn’t seem to have as much confidence as he does now. Any time a defence leaves Middleton open for a jump-shot, they're playing with fire. He can punish you in so many different ways. Found insideWith intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, When the Game Was Ours transports readers to this electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another. It took years of change on the part of the basketball world to properly appreciate it. Found inside – Page 234The NBA's all-time leader in three-point field goals, Allen also ranks among the game's best-ever freethrow shooters, successfully converting nearly 90 ... David Lee | Golden State Warriors | 2.1 makes/game | 81.4% assisted Shooters are a valuable asset for any team. Found inside – Page 47Kobe Bryant: NBA Scoring Sensation. ... National Basketball Association nba.com Loaded with everything NBA: player ... The Best NBA Guards of All Time. This season, Middleton is shooting an insane 53.5% from 10-16 feet. The infamously meticulous Allen maintained the same pregame regimen for his entire career. Found inside – Page 1988Once named to the All-NBA 1st team, twice to the 2ndTeam, once to the 3rd Team) ... that Chris Mullin was one of the best shooters wandering the planet. It would be interesting to see how Thompson would fare without a shooter like Curry alongside him. But this list isn’t all about numbers, and that will show. Found insidewith back-to-back NBA Championships in 2017 and 2018. And they did all of this ... Some experts still argue that he is the best 3-point shooter of all time. -- Colin Ward-Henninger. Found inside – Page 185Training the NBA's Best and Finding the Keys to Greatness Rob McClanaghan ... Not all players who score a lot of points are necessarily great shooters, ... Playing for an out of control Golden State Warriors team, Curry easily could have jacked up shots left and right and not worried about doing things the right way, but as his mid-range (and shooting numbers in general) show, he didn’t abandon ship but rather just tried to improve the whole time. Even when defenders can keep up, there is no surefire method of stopping Redick as he expertly fades, tilts and otherwise contorts his body to get shots off in the tightest of windows. It's because of his game that you see players like Durant, Kristaps Porzingis and Anthony Davis pulling up from long range. Joe Johnson | Atlanta Hawks | 1.9 makes/game | 31.3% assisted 1. Just five years ago, he had perhaps the best shooting season in history, non-Curry division, with a 69.9 true shooting percentage and a 49.2 percent 3-point percentage. Hall of Famer Reggie Miller comes in as the tenth-best free throw shooter of all-time, sinking . When it comes to shooters who have changed the game, Nowitzki should be high on that list for the pure fact that he was a 7-footer pulling up from beyond the arc without hesitation and knocking them down with ease. Duncan is one of the best mid-range big men of all time, as he has proven over the years that you . Found inside – Page 62Nate Archibald – Nicknamed “Tiny,” Archibald was one of the NBA's first great scoring point guards. Through 2013, Archibald was the only player to lead the ... 23. -- James Herbert. Lee is getting much more comfortable taking a dribble in to his shot these days, which helps to explain his 43 percent shooting and 2.1 makes from this distance. Ray Allen is history's greatest endorsement for routine. He might still be refining his game (he’s 21, for god’s sake) but when he catches the ball after coming off a screen and curls to face the basket, just book it. But no one with similar stats is about 7 feet tall with the ballhandling skills to create a shot at any time and a release so quick and high that defenders are hopeless to affect it. A two-time MVP and seven-time All-Star, the Canadian Nash has made seven All-NBA teams in his 14-year career. Leaders. 16. Ranking: Micheal Jordan. And he did all of that after injuring his finger in a softball game the summer before his rookie year. Reggie Miller. They're the two best shooters ever, period. 22. No single player's career more closely mirrors the growth of the 3-point shot as a whole than JJ Redick's. Were it not for that tragic accident in 1993, the consensus surrounding Petrovic is that he would have been among the greatest shooters in NBA history. The mid-range game is becoming a bit of a lost art in the NBA, and for good reason: according to Hoopdata.com, NBA players make 64% of their shots at the rim and 36.2% of their threes (which translates to an eFG% of 54.3%), but only make 38.4% of their shots from 10-15 feet and 39.7% of their shots from . #1 . Dirk Nowitzki. Mid range game very elite. After winning the NBA's first two 3-point contests, he walked into the locker room before his third and asked his fellow contestants "who's coming in second?" Found insidebetween the lane and three-point line, the crowded mid-range area where games ... Larry Bird, one of the best shooters of all time, averaged only 1.9 ... And then, secondarily, he’s known as an outside player. With a total of 2,560 made three-point attempts, Miller ranks second on the all-time three-point shooting list, behind only Ray Allen. Nash's 90.4 percent mark from the line is tied with Mark Price for second all-time, just behind Curry, and the balance and technique he had on his pull-ups and floaters should be studied today. Mike Budenholzer even realized the Hawks could use him as a creator of sorts when defenses panicked at the sight of him coming off screens and DHOs. Of course, given his resume, he likely would've made this list no matter which appendage he used to shoot. As evidence of his shooting brilliance, Stojakovic twice led the league in free-throw percentage, making nearly 93 percent in 2003-04 and 2007-08, and shot 89.5 percent from the line for his career, good for fifth all-time. -- James Herbert. 15. Believe it or not, that 75 percent is actually a four-year low for the power forward from Texas on his jumpers, meaning that he might be comfortable putting the ball on the floor, taking a dribble or two and then shooting the jumper. 4 time 50-40-90 shooters and #1 free throw percentage leader of all time. Additionally, by checking out hoopdata.com, I glimpsed the mid-range — 16-23 feet — depth shooting numbers to put some fact behind my opinion. All Rights Reserved. NBA rankings: These players are the best mid-range shooters . Curry. Redick is the NBA's perpetual motion device, damn near running a marathon every time he steps on the floor in an effort to get open. This season was no different as he was sixth in the League in shots made at 2.6 while shooting a solid 40 percent. Found inside – Page 50He was a good mid - range shooter whose 54 three - pointers were second on the team to Gary Buchanan's 101 . " He was a great scorer , ” Wright said . Williams also excels in the mid-range when he stops on a dime on the fast break near the foul line. He has every shot in the bag. Season Points, Career Rebounds, Active Assists, Yearly Steals, Progressive Blocks . Kerr proved his clutch mettle numerous times throughout his career, most memorably by hitting a series-winning 17-footer off of a pass from Michael Jordan to lead the Chicago Bulls to the 1997 NBA title over the Utah Jazz. Most shooters crave order, to catch the ball in the same spots every time and fire it in one fluid motion. 19. 2. When his feet were still, however, you could forget about it. When he gets hot, the net is getting burned down. It's not just his 3-point shooting either. View photos for Ranking 50 Greatest 3-Point Shooters in NBA History 20. -- Sam Quinn. Here are the NBA's 10 best. -- Brad Botkin. That he averaged his career-high in scoring at the age of 34 says it all. Some of the names on this list may surprise you, but before bugging out, make sure to look at their FGA and FG%, and compare those to the players on the Top 25 list . The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar. Their extreme stylistic contrasts spring out of the nine-inch height difference between them, yet they both fit comfortably under the "greatest shooters ever" umbrella. Found inside – Page 32The great irony is that the NBA embraced change—and thrived on it: the ... Now, said Rick Barry, one of the best shooters in basketball history, ... Curry shot 44 percent from the mid-range, made 2 per game and created 76 percent of those makes off the dribble. As Redick aged, though, the NBA aged with him. He was so good that he once scored 47 points in a game using only his left-hand, declaring that the Portland Trail Blazers weren't worthy of his dominant side by saying "I'm saving my right hand for the Lakers." Mar 23, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) shoots the ball over Miami Heat shooting . 14. . Found insideIf you want to understand how the modern NBA came to be, you’ll need to read this book.” —Nate Silver, editor of fivethirtyeight.com From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic ... Larry Bird and Reggie Miller, below Allen on our list, combined to do so eight times. Kevin Durant | OKC Thunder | 2.2 makes/game | 54.2% assisted He once needed just 29 minutes and 11 dribbles to score 60 points. Durant moves around like a taller Reggie Miller on the floor and wiggles his way to openings without the ball. Ray Allen | Boston Celtics | 1.2 makes/game | 78.9% assisted Another stat I took in to account was the amount of shots converted off of assists in that range. That's great in theory, but what sets Redick apart is how he thrives in the chaos that permeates actual NBA games. 19. Korver is 39, and even now he is a 41.5 percent 3-point shooter, right in line with his career mark of 42.9 percent, while launching 8.9 3s per 36 minutes, the second-highest volume of his career. Today, we begin with the age-old question of who did it best. Here, we take a look at the best shooters in NBA history, ranking shooters from 20 to one. Are games decided in the final few minutes? Does the team with the best player usually win?Thinking Basketball challenges a number of common beliefs about the game by taking a deep dive into the patterns and history of the NBA. This wasn't a guy standing in the corner waiting for wide-open looks -- he was creating those looks himself, usually under duress, and knocking them down with proficiency. The NBA continues to emphasize shots from beyond the arc, but the midrange game still drives the scoring output of some of the league's best players.The recent trend of NBA offenses seems to be . Amar’e Stoudemire | New York Knicks | 1.6 makes/game | 68.1% assisted 2020-21 , 2019-20 , 2018-19 , 2017-18 , 2016-17 , 2015-16. Yesterday's Games and Scores from any date in BAA/NBA or ABA history. Boozer is another player who, like Garnett, will knock down the open shot but has a tough time creating for himself in this range, as he hits 86 percent of his shots in this area off the catch. Shooting is a deceptively complicated act. Rip makes his money in the mid-range by staying in perpetual motion and curling around screens to get open for good shots. Ray Allen also has a side of mid-range to go along with the main dish of 3-pointers that he serves up every night. Luol Deng | Chicago Bulls | 2.6 makes/game | 73.0% assisted For my money, Curry's 2015-16 unanimous MVP season in which he hit 402 3-pointers at a 45-percent clip has never been, and might well never be, topped. Mayo has always had an advanced pull up game, as he combines his good size with a quick and skilled dribble to get his shots up. Before creating this list, I went through all of the active players on NBA.com and wrote down the guys who I expected would be top 25 mid-range players in today’s game. While the fundamental idea of putting an orange ball through a white net is universal, the methods players use to do so vary wildly. Mullin's early-career 3-point numbers were fairly pedestrian as he relied on the mid-range game that got him through college, but boy, did he make up for lost time later on. 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