
#164: The best shooters ever
Thinking Basketball
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The Greatest Shooters of All Time
There were just some great shooters of those early eras where we don't have the outside data and Cody I don't know what to do with them. The players before 1980 it's very difficult. We didn't have the three point shot. If you go back to the 50s and 60s you will occasionally see guys shooting from like 30 feet away. That is a sign of pretty ridiculous shooting. Dolph Shays as a stretch big he had a he had a set shot. He was an 88% free throw shooter and you can see him stroking it from deep. And then even someone like Jerry West who for me probably falls more into that category.
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