Ushering in an explosion of three-pointers Side by side with Stephen Curry Klay Thompson literally changed the game we know and love over the past decade. Once the Golden State Warriors proved you could win championships on the perimeter, the entire league tried to replicate that model. While no one can do it quite like the Golden State Warriors, it has produced a lot of guys shooting 3-pointers at will and setting new records at an astonishing rate.Having said that, the idea is absolutely crazy Draymond Green will be out The player with the highest three-point shooting percentage in NBA history Larry Bird.
No, that’s not a typo, Green surpassed Larry Legend on the all-time three-pointers list. Without context, this all sounds like the greatest contradiction in NBA history. But in an era where everyone can shoot three-pointers at will, Green has spent his entire career transcending a player considered one of the purest shooters to ever step onto a basketball court.
Bird is one of only two players to win the association’s annual three-point contest three times. Former Chicago Bulls sharpshooter Craig Hodges was another, but Bird was so good at it that he won the first three games the NBA hosted. The Boston Celtics great also won three consecutive league MVP awards in the mid-1980s. There’s something between Bird and No. 3.
Larry Legend was one of the most feared shooters of the 1980s and was known for trash-talking his opponents—he would call his shots Babe Ruth-style and then Tell you this. But in an era where shots are considered worse the further away from the basket they are, statistically he’s become a footnote in many three-point shooting metrics.but when you go back Watching Bird, it’s easy to see why He is viewed as a threat anywhere on the pitch.
None of this is to disparage Green, because after understanding his style, most people would be shocked to find out that he has made 650 (and counting) 3-pointers in his career. For younger fans who only hear Bird’s name mentioned occasionally, more context is always helpful. The attempts in each game tell a big part of the story. So far, Green is averaging 2.6 three-pointers per game. Bird averaged less than 2 shots per game at the time, and ended up taking only 1.9 shots in his career.
These were two completely different eras, but it’s still crazy to see Green surpass Bird on this list.his look Filmed this year (shooting over 43% from beyond the arc), Green will be passing to more shooters before all is said and done. This has nothing to do with what Bird accomplished, he just came out of an era where there was still an emphasis on getting high percentages rather than showing off your range. If Bird were to show up in such an open game decades from now, there’s no telling what kind of gaudy numbers he might be dropping on his operations.
