NBA: Best Shooter Ever?

Name your picks, mine are

1) Larry "Legend" Bird

2) Jerry "Mr.Clutch" West

3 "Pistol" Pete Maravich

So, how about you all?

reggie miller

micheal jordan

jerry west

i would say reggie miller is the best pure shooter

Reggie Miller

Jerry West, no doubt

toss up between Bird and Miller. Jordan didnt really have a 3-point shot.

Pega, Glen Rice (hornet days), Wesley Person, M. Jordan(later in his career) Ray Allen, and Reggie Miller.

oh, and Paul Pierce, and Derk N.

Larry Bird is way better than most of those people you named. Granted Glen Rice is one of the best ever, but not #1. Jordan couldnt shoot 3s like Bird or Miller, so he's out. Person was a fvcking fantastic shooter...i had forgotten about him. Dirk Novitzki still has some practicing left to do to become the best ever... and Paul Pierce needs to take better shots. Pega??...do you mean Peja Stojacavich? great shooter, not the best...yet. he may be one day.

yeah, I typed it wrong, him and derk... 🤪 I knew it was wrong, so I spared his last name as well. And Jordan had the mid-jumper, he did more shooting than dunking than a common ESPN highlight reel.

well, later in his career he was the best mid-range shooter, but if we are talking overall, 3 point shots included, then he isnt the best. his 3 point FG average isnt that good.

paul pierce? i dont think he's one of the top shooter's in the league and he certainly isnt one of the best shooters ever and jordan never really took alot of the 3s but he could hit than...he tied the record for most 3s in the nba finals when when played the lakers

six in a row with a "i don't know" expression..and Clifford Robinson looks so young back then..like a young Jamie Foxx.

Paul Pierce is good, they don't play games on T.v.and when they are they fail miserable, Pierce is the Main Guy to take shots in a game..bein' doubled teamed. Personally, I'd like to see Pierce in a diffrent uniform, maybe with YAO!!

yea i'm not saying he's not good he's bostons best player and an all star for sure but he gets alot of his buckets with drives and by creating his own shot and not really a catch and shoot guy...he's one of the most talented players in the league but he's not one of the best shooters in the league

This thread is somewhat pointless. For every person you name, someone else can name 2 more that are argueably better shooters.

You say Jerry West, but in his day competition wasn't as tight. And he didn't even have a three point line his entire career.

Reggie can fire threes, but he's not extremely consistant. I highly question his mid-range game, turn around jumper, and skills near the hoop.

Bird was just a pure shooter...he deserves to be on everyone's list.

Glenn Rice....had like 2 good years. He was like league MVP one year...then feel completely into obscurity.

Jordan had an all around game like Kobe Bryant. Sure he wasn't known for his 3 point skills, but he could hit them in the clutch and when his team need fuel for a come back.

Peja Stojacavich has a really nice touch, quick release, and nice rotation on his shot. But he can't create shots for himself. Being strictly a 3 point thread leaves you in a class with shooters like Steve Kerr and Dennis Scott.

Ray Allen is just a wee bit young to be on this list, but in time, I think he'll show that he's one of the best shooters in NBA history. He's got a really pure shot with a really quick release...and he's deadly from all over the court.

If you're going to name Wesly Person. Then you might as well include shooters like Steve Smith and Terry Porter.

Dirk is a great outside shooter for a big guy, but inside play counts as shots too. I don't think Dirk is very good with his back to the basket at all...so i wouldn't include him on my list.

all valid ponts. also, Dan Marljie was a great shooter, and you pointed out Steve Kerr, and i also think early Mitch Richmond was a great shooter...not so much later in his career though....he kinda just went away

well, i was looking it over, and curiously, there are guards and other forwards who shot better than Larry Bird....percentage wise anyway. i discounted Power Forwards and Centers because they take high percentage shots all game. http://www.nba.com/history/players/index.html

Bird was clutch....no.....make that Super Clutch.

And he was tall like big Bird. Then you take into account his 3 point championships...and boom. He's just sick.

Now why hasn't someone named someone like the silky smooth Tim Legler? 🙄 I mean...the guy wont the 3 point championship back to back to back....didn't he?

nono, Bird was Uber Super Clutch. only ones i can think of as good as he was in the clutch are Jordan and Mr. Clutch himself, Jerry West.

Originally posted by Linkalicious
Bird was clutch....no.....make that Super Clutch.

And he was tall like big Bird. Then you take into account his 3 point championships...and boom. He's just sick.

Now why hasn't someone named someone like the silky smooth Tim Legler? 🙄 I mean...the guy wont the 3 point championship back to back to back....didn't he?

no he only won it one year the only players to win it 3 times in a row are craig hodges and larry bird

Why doesn't anyone like Pistol Pete?