Best Mid-Range shooters in NBA History?

[dubeta]

Who do you have?

IMO the list should be


Rip Hamilton
Alex English
Dirk
Adrian Dantley
Bernard King
George Gervin
LeBron
Steve Nash
Paul Pierce
and finally
Ray Allen


IMO its a lot of older players in this list, the mid range has become a lost art in today's NBA, it was more specialized in the past.

[JohnFreeman]

Dray
Klay

[GIF REACTION]

John Cena

[stalkerforlife]

Who do you have?

IMO the list should be


Rip Hamilton
Alex English
Dirk
Adrian Dantley
Bernard King
George Gervin
LeBron
Steve Nash
Paul Pierce
and finally
Ray Allen


IMO its a lot of older players in this list, the mid range has become a lost art in today's NBA, it was more specialized in the past.

Tried sneaking it in. :roll:

[90sgoat]

Weak.

Stick to 1-9 and emoticons.

[GOBB]

How is Larry Bird not listed?

[GIF REACTION]

How's the lottery gobb

[dubeta]

Tried sneaking it in. :roll:

Like you with your kids

http://www.fungeek.cz/288-607-large/tricko-meme-poker-face-panske.jpg

[JohnFreeman]

How is Larry Bird not listed?
We are only listing people who had to play against defense

[TripleA]

Like you with your kids

http://www.fungeek.cz/288-607-large/tricko-meme-poker-face-panske.jpg

:biggums:

[dubeta]

Whos this 90sgoat poster? :oldlol:

The autistic version of 3ball (whos also autistic)?

[90sgoat]

Whos this 90sgoat poster? :oldlol:

The autistic version of 3ball (whos also autistic)?

:lol

2/6

[90sgoat]

Yup, suspicion confirmed

http://epmgaa.v-media.lionheartdms.com/img/photos/2013/09/03/da-real-lambo.jpg

[GOBB]

We are only listing people who had to play against defense

Uh huh, Bird played against no defenses. :rolleyes:


How's the lottery gobb

Not bad, currently with the 8th slotted pick Kings have a good chance for a top 3 pick. :oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

Damned near everybody that played ball in the 70s and 80s.

[rodman91]

Jordan
Karl Malone

[dubeta]

Jordan
Karl Malone


:biggums: :wtf:

[Paul George 24]

Who do you have?

IMO the list should be


Rip Hamilton
Alex English
Dirk
Adrian Dantley
Bernard King
George Gervin
LeBron
Steve Nash
Paul Pierce
and finally
Ray Allen


IMO its a lot of older players in this list, the mid range has become a lost art in today's NBA, it was more specialized in the past.
lebron ????????? :roll: :roll: :roll:

[dubeta]

lebron ????????? :roll: :roll: :roll:

LeBron midrange >>> kawhi

[Prime_Shaq]

Sam Cassell

[Milbuck]

How's the lottery gobb
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[GOBB]

:cry:

Why you so mad bro? :oldlol:

[Pushxx]

Delonte West.

[Angel Face]

Delonte West, when he creampied Gloria from mid range.

[bizil]

When it comes to this question, my criteria is being a great scorer numbers wise. And from there, putting a FOCUS to dominate a game from the midrange area consistently:

MJ
Bird
Kobe
King
Dantley
English
McAdoo
Dirk
Iceman
Pierce
Melo
Mullin

[Gus Hemmingway]

People really sleeping on Mark Price and Garnett huh :no:

[3ball]

only a few guys from today's game - players go for the easy stuff nowadays - midrange shots are too hard.
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[3ball]

When it comes to this question, my criteria is being a great scorer numbers wise. And from there, putting a FOCUS to dominate a game from the midrange area consistently:

MJ
Bird
Kobe
King
Dantley
English
McAdoo
Dirk
Iceman
Pierce
Melo
Mullin



Basically any decent player from the 80's or before.. They had no choice - defenders didn't guard the 3-point line, so they just crowded the paint.

When the paint looks like this, ballhandlers don't even CONSIDER getting to the rim - the only option is a midrange jumper:


http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/9-17-2015/dzzsgE.gif.

[Harison]

Few names to add most are missing here:

Bird
Mark Price
Garnett
Jerry West
Reggie
Durant
CP3

[akts]

Tom chambers
Mitch richmond
Jeff hornacek
Eddie johnson
kiki vandeweghe


the list can get rather extensive to be honest. There were alot of great midrange shooters.

[zeerghit]

is dubeta retarted? real question here..

[feyki]

Oscar or Dirk .

[3ball]

NBA.com defines "midrange" as all shots outside the paint that are inside the 3-point line.

In Jordan's 63 point game against the Celtics' #1 defense, 12 of his 22 made field goals were 2-point jumpshots outside the paint (midrange):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsRu0x_bQeY


3 more jumpshots were made slightly inside the paint... Overall, 15 of Jordan's 22 made field goals were jumpshots.

And that was just Game 2... In Game 1 of that series (his 49 point game), 9 of his 18 made field goals were jumpshots outside the paint (plus 1 more jumper that was slightly inside the paint):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wId1-GdesWU


So in Games 1 and 2 combined, 21 out of his 40 made field goals were 2-point jumpshots outside the paint (midrange), with another 4 jumpers coming just inside the paint.. Overall, 25 of his 40 made field goals were jumpshots.. Contrary to what many people think, Jordan was an elite midrange jumpshooter from the outset of his NBA career.

[Orlando Magic]

How the **** did only one or two posters in this thread(besides 3balls) mention MJ's name?

The **** is wrong with you ******?

[dhsilv]

How the **** did only one or two posters in this thread(besides 3balls) mention MJ's name?

The **** is wrong with you ******?

I really doubt MJ is a legit answer to be honest. He's clearly the first guy to come to mind, but while he was a great shooter in that range. He's not the best from shooting.

A guy like Jerry West might come to mind though many reasons why his stats won't look as such. Bird is a good choice. But bottom line is MJ was a great shooter but not all time great. his greatness was in large part to his abiltiy to get to the basket. and being a great shooter made that easier.

[JohnMax]

CP3 is the best midrange shooter in the league.

[Dr Hawk]

Jordan

small gap

Dirk

small gap

West

[SexSymbol]

Dirk
Kobe
Rip
Bird
MJ
Nash


Lebron being on this is list is a joke even for a troll that doesn't believe what he's saying

[AirFederer]

Delonte West and that Da real Lambo guy :cheers:

[HOoopCityJones]

Jordan

Kobe

[ClipperRevival]

K. Malone had an absolutely devastating 15-17 footer. And Rip might be the GOAT at coming off screens and getting of a quick, accurate midrange shot.

But as others have said, you really needed to be efficient from the midrange before the popularity of the 3ball because that's where guys took a lot of their shots. So most guys were very efficient from the midrange.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Gail Goodrich Jerry West and Rick Barry

[MiseryCityTexas]

Elvin Hayes was a beast from midrange also.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Randy Smith had a sick midrange jumper also.

[tontoz]

Havent read through the thread but for me Dirk is easily number 1. Not only was he very accurate he could shoot it with a guy right in his face.

Among older guys Bernard King was money will his pullup J.

[GrapeApe]

Bosh deserves a mention. His elbow jumper is as smooth as it gets.

[G0ATbe]

Kobe
Ray Allen
Mo Williams
Bosh
Garnett

[Papaya Petee]

Bosh deserves a mention. His elbow jumper is as smooth as it gets.
agreed

[bizil]

I'm on board with Bosh too. Among the PF's, I think he's in the top 10 of all time for the midrange shooting. And in terms of his scoring skillset, Bosh could have the most swingman style skillset of the 6'10 and up PF's. He has the great midrange game, is a legit threat from the three ball area, and is very effective slashing to the rack. A guy like Dirk is a better shooter BUT Bosh is much more athletic and better slashing to the rack. When he was coming out of college, many analysts thought Bosh had the necessities to play some SF in the NBA if he had too.

[zizozain]

Tried sneaking it in. :roll:
:roll: :roll:

[Hey Yo]

NBA.com defines "midrange" as all shots outside the paint that are inside the 3-point line.

Mid-range is pretty much considered 12-17ft

18ft to the 3pt line is considered a long 2