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Every NBA team’s greatest shooter of all time

By Brandon Jefferson

OAKLAND, CA - 1995: Kenny Smith #30 of the Houston Rockets stretches against the Portland Trail Blazers during a game played circa 1995 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Brad Mangin/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - 1995: Kenny Smith #30 of the Houston Rockets stretches against the Portland Trail Blazers during a game played circa 1995 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Brad Mangin/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Golden State Warriors: Stephen Curry

The greatest shooter in NBA history doesn’t really need a 250-plus word slide on why he deserves to be on this list, but you’re getting one anyway.

Dating back to his explosive NCAA Tournament run as a sophomore at Davidson, Stephen Curry has mastered the art of the jump shot. He’s quickly silenced any critics over the course of his eight-year career and it’s mostly due to that beautiful jumper.

Curry has hit 43.8 percent of his 3-pointers to date and his 90.1 free throw shooting percentage is only a couple tenths off the pace for tops in NBA history.

With Curry, the greatness is that there isn’t a shot type that he can’t do. Catch-and-shoot? Check. Off the dribble? Check. Pull-up jumpers? Check. Transition 3-pointers? Check. Floaters? Check. Even his layups have exaggerated arcs on them.

He has what can only be defined as “gravity”, just having him on the floor attracts extra defensive attention and results in higher percentage looks for his teammates. Last season, only Kevon Looney and Anderson Varejao saw their effective field goal and true shooting percentages increase with Curry off the floor according to nbawowy.

During the last five seasons Curry has led the NBA in three-pointers made and attempted. He’s the active leader in 3-point percentage and ranks third all-time. Curry also places second overall in career true shooting percentage with a career average of .616.

In his second of consecutive MVP seasons, he finished with a true shooting percentage of .669, which led the NBA. He also topped the league in made field goals with 805.

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