Best Career Pure Shooter w/o 3pt Range

rookie year Patrick Patterson never seemed to miss at midrange

 

Of guys that actually played in the 3 point era

Dwayne Wade
Rip Hamilton
Jordan
Tony Parker
Karl Malone

 

How about the ScoLandry days? Those 4's had the midrange game on lock.

 

Elliot Perry.

Lol.

I remember his midrange game was so automatic.

 

Chris Webber
Yao Ming's mid range jumper was bomb as well

 

Calvin Murphy?

 

Scola was money, and did not shoot many 3s with the Rox.

 

How about juwan Howard.

 

David Robinson

 

Range is all about technique, the less power you have to put in a shot means the better range you have. That's why Curry kills it and all the catapult athletic jumpshots are far worse outside. The ammount of strength they'd have to put in shooting from the outside compared to midrange is too big and the form+parabole is affected. While midget like curry just shots it the same no matter if its free throws or 10 feet outside of 3pt area

 

Mo Taylor never shot above 50% in his career. How do you figure he fits this list?

 

Seconded Olajuwon, will raise you a Yao.

Malone and King are great picks too.

Would add Duncan.

 

Could this include players before they started shooting 3s?

Because Al Horford shoots well above 50% from midrange for his entire career, long before he became a volume 3 point shooter.

 

Here, I think, is the best 3pt shooter without FT range:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bowenbr01.html

 

Shaq

 

World B Free's shot looked really cool. Does that count?

 

Mo Taylor basically got paid big to be a player that would not be playable anywhere in today's game

 

Seems like Shaun Livingston doesn't miss when we play GSW. I dread every time he pulls up with his unorthodox jumper.

 

Had some similar Achilles type of injury like Cousins. Dang.

 

Rip Hamilton was the Klay Thompson of the mid range. Fast release, laser accuracy, always running around screens and a good defender.