With the beginning of the small ball era, no matter what position you are in, you are now required to have a certain amount of shooting ability. Now if a center does not have a certain three-point ability, it will be difficult for him to survive in the league, and the team is trying to get the ability. Centers with three-point ability spend a lot of money. The US media has listed the ten best big three-point shooters in history. Let's take a look at which players have been selected.
No. 10 Markkanen
Markkanen was selected by the Bulls with the 7th overall pick in the first round of 2017. His biggest selling point that year was his precise shooting. Before he entered the league, he was considered by scouts to be A good long-distance shooter with excellent catch-and-shoot ability. Markkanen has played for five seasons and has proven to be one of the best big pitchers in the league.
Markkanen has made 629 three-pointers, and has maintained an above-average three-point shooting rate in the past five seasons. The current three-point shooting rate per game can reach 36.4%, and now it is only 25 At 20 years old, if he continues to maintain this efficiency, he will occupy a place on the three-pointer list in the future.
No. 9 Bargnani
Bargnani was the No. 1 pick in 2006. He played for a total of 10 seasons in his career. In the past, when the requirements for inside shooting ability were not high, Bargnani was an alternative existence. , with a height of 2.14 meters, he can play both inside and outside. He is not only good at mid-range shooting and low-post offense, but can also pull up from the outside to shoot three-pointers. This is why he became the No. 1 pick. The team originally hoped that he could become the next Nootianwang .
After Bosh left Raptors , Bargnani's scoring average once reached 21.4 points per game. However, even with such gorgeous offense, it was still difficult to cover up his defensive weaknesses. As an inside rebounder, Bargnani has been averaging steadily per game. About 5, his ability to protect the inside frame is not very good. In the end, he faded out of the league due to injuries. Would Bargnani be even better now?
No. 8 Brook Lopez
Lopez Possibly the most successfully transformed post player in the league, he did not make a single three-pointer in the first six seasons of his career, but now he has increased his three-point shooting percentage to about 35%, and both in terms of production and The quality is quite good.
Although Lopez, who is now in Bucks , has developed three-pointers, his power has been weakened a lot. He now plays more of a space center to open up space for Antetokounmpo. You must know that Lopez's low-post skills are very delicate. He is still the scoring leader in the history of the Nets, but his positioning and tactical status are not high now.
No. 7 Charlie Villanueva
Everyone must remember this big man without eyebrows. He was also a high-ranking player. He was selected with the 7th overall pick in the first round of 2005 and played a total of 11 games in the league. In this season, he hit a total of 716 three-pointers. His shooting ability has supported him in the league for many years.
Villanueva's best season was in the 2010-2011 season. He made 125 three-pointers. This was his only season with more than 100 in a single season. He has the worst defensive performance in the league. He performs poorly in one-on-one defense. His lateral movement and foot speed need to be improved. The most terrible thing is his attitude on defense.
No. 6 Olynyk
Olynyk was selected with the 13th overall pick in the first round of 2013. His three-point shooting rate so far in his career is 36.5%, which has reached the requirement of the best three-point shooter. Now Olynyk has already shot He scored 734 three-point goals. His style of play is similar to Villanueva. Both are very good scorers, but their defense is a weakness.
Olynyk has made more than 100 three-pointers in a season three times, but it seems that the 31-year-old Olynyk will play for a long time. After all, in today's league, big players with accurate shooting skills like him This player is very popular, not to mention Olynyk's skills are very delicate, passing and finishing offense are his strengths.
No. 5 Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Wallace was selected with the 4th pick in the first round. Compared with his superb shooting, it seems that fans remember his nickname "Roaring God". This stems from his single-season technical fouls. He has repeatedly refreshed his own record. In the 1998-99 season, he made people remember himself with 40 technical fouls.
Apart from his grumpy temper, Rasheed Wallace is actually a very good player. He is tall, has great physical fitness, and has a wild yet delicate style of play. He has also been polishing his skills, and the three-point shot has gradually been After being developed, he made a total of 1,086 three-pointers in his career, which is a record that many big players can hardly achieve.
The fourth place Memet Okur
When it comes to Okur, Chinese fans hate him to the bone. That was the last playoffs of a healthy Yao Mai. Jazz used Boozer and O'Cull. Ku took turns to consume Yao Ming . Okur was the first line of defense against Yao Ming at that time. Okur hit a key three-pointer in the tiebreaker to help the Jazz advance and at the same time shatter the Rockets 's hope of advancement.
Okur scored more than 100 three-pointers in a season twice in his entire career. He hit 596 three-pointers in 10 seasons and averaged a three-point shooting rate of 37.5% per game. This was due to injuries at the end of his career. The illness caused Okur to be in poor condition. Okur, who was truly healthy and gained a tactical position, was a great three-point threat in the game. In the 2008-09 season, Okur shot 44.6% from three-point range and played 72 games that season. field.
No. 3 Channing Frye
Channing Frye was selected with the 8th overall pick in the first round of 2005. He played a total of 13 seasons in his career and made 1,049 three-pointers, five times in one season. Scored over 100 three-pointers, including a career-high 172 three-pointers with the Suns in 2009-2010.
Channing Frye is an underrated player. Although he has not averaged 20+ per game in his career, he has always been an excellent shooter, with a career three-point shooting rate of 38.8%. If he gets more tactical status in the team, Channing Frye will be an even better scorer. After playing like this for 13 seasons, his output of three-pointers is still quite impressive.
No. 2 Towns
Although Towns' career has not long started, he has already locked in the big pitcher in history second only to Nowitzki . Towns has only played 6 seasons now, and he has already He has made 779 three-pointers, and he is only 26 years old now. Based on this efficiency, Towns can break the 1,000 three-pointer record before he is 30 years old.
Has anyone seen a center who averaged 7.9 three-pointers per game in a season? Towns is such a player. Although he has been ridiculed by fans for his soft style of play, in today's league, Towns can be said to be like a fish in water. Staying healthy, Towns can stabilize his three-point shooting rate at around 40%. The competition championship is the best proof of Towns' shooting ability.
No. 1 Nowitzki
Nowitzki is the best big pitcher in the history of NBA. In that era of internal fighting, Nowitzki was an alternative, but it was also the emergence of Nowitzki that rekindled Defined the position of power forward and opened up a different option to people.
Nowitzki has made a total of 1,982 three-pointers in his career. He has maintained an average shooting rate of 38% per game in his 21-year career. What an outstanding performance. Even Michael Jordan was impressed by Nowitzki: "Only four players, Duncan, Kobe, James, and Nowitzki, could succeed in my era."
