NBA's best shooter ever?

[mvblair]

I voted for Reggie.

A quick question to all you fans of shooters out there: If the Great Oscar of Brazil played in the NBA, would he have been in the top 3 or top 5 shooters of All time?

Yes. Absolutely. He may have been the best ever.

[Alyosha12]

My pick is Nash the most underrated shooter ever, his stats say it all.

[Czarkazem13]

Whew...tough one.

Let's see combing FT%, 3-point FG%, 2-point FG%, ability to create their own shots, clutch shooting and so forth...

I'm having problems choosing between Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Drazen Petrovich and Mark Price.

[mvblair]

I'm having problems choosing between Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Drazen Petrovich and Mark Price.

Reggie! Reggie! Reggie!

The man scored 8 points in 8.9 seconds. It doesn't get better than that, man.

And it hasn't gotten better for Reggie. He's a terrible commentator now. Not as bad as Marc Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, but he's pretty bad.

[nic39]

kobe i guess

[Czarkazem13]

kobe i guess

Really?

[trunky]

I think Larry Bird ist the best shooter ever

[mvblair]

A fun statistical article:

An Alternative Look at Great Shooters - by Kevin Pelton, March 9, 2010, Basketball Prospectus

.....A classic junk stat, my “shoot” score takes three-point percentage squared times threes per minute, multiplies by 100 and adds free throw percentage. Is there anything statistically rigorous about this process? Absolutely not, but it rewards players first for three-point accuracy, second for three-point frequency and uses free-throw percentage to help distinguish among players who don’t shoot threes......

....If you add each player’s year-by-year standardized scores, here are the all-time leaders.

Player Yrs Shoot

Reggie Miller 18 40.89
Dale Ellis 17 39.50
Dell Curry 16 33.52
Steve Kerr 15 30.39
Dana Barros 13 29.45
Ray Allen 13 28.52
Brent Barry 14 27.45
Danny Ainge 14 27.07
Terry Porter 17 26.95
Trent Tucker 11 26.69


.....What if we change things to look at average standardized shooting rating per year (minimum five seasons qualifying) instead of total? The new top 10 looks like this:

Player Yrs Shoot

Craig Hodges 10 2.53
Trent Tucker 11 2.43
Mark Price 11 2.40
Dennis Scott 10 2.39
Dale Ellis 17 2.32
Reggie Miller 18 2.27
Dana Barros 13 2.27
Kyle Korver 6 2.24
Hubert Davis 11 2.20
Ray Allen 13 2.19

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[RoseDaniels]

Mine are Larry Bird , Jerry West and Pete Maravich

So, how about you all?
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[webfrontier]

My vote goes to Larry Bird as the NBA's best shooter ever. Well, he is also my favorite player that's why I'm a Celtics fan ever since I learned how to play basketball during my childhood days.

[Ace-Basketball]

miller al the way