For me, it’s Dame Lillard’s shooting.
I recently saw a post of Twitter asking who is the best shooter of all time not including and Steph, and just as I suspected I saw a bunch of people saying Dame.
I routinely see him put in the same category with guys like Steph, Klay, Ray Allen, Reggie Miller etc and it just blows me mind that people put him at the level.
Dame is a good shooter. An above average shooter. He is not a great shooter, nevermind an elite shooter.
He is 226th all time in 3 point percentage at .3707%
The league average is usually around 36%. So he is a slightly above average three point shooter.
I will give him credit as he is good at creating his shots and hitting difficult or deep ones, but why is it that people think he is elite?
Is it because he is known for taking deep 3s? Is it because he hit a couple of clutch threes in the playoffs?
I recently asked and someone said it’s because he won multiple 3 point contests. To me, that’s like saying Ichiro is one of the greatest power hitters of all time because he hit home runs at will in batting practice. It literally doesn’t mean anything in the context of real NBA games.
It has to be the long shots right? Because I’ve also seen people say Trae is an elite shooter but he is a below average shooter so it’s got to be the depth?
What aspect of a players game do y’all think is the most overrated???
Jrue Holiday was an excellent 3 and D this season. Calling him that seems a bit unfair as he was more than that when the situation called for it but he shot .429 from 3 on almost 5 attempts a game, while playing excellent defense.
3 & D was kind of his floor and then he went up from there
No see he was wayyyyy more than a 3 n D guy. What I’m talking about is the PJ Tucker, Bruce Bowen type where fans are like “ get LeBron 3 3 n D guys and they will be good” it’s an overused term like using it for Jrue and a true 3 n D guys usually can’t dribble, pass. End up not being as valuable as the media and fans think they are