02-04-2022, 03:55 AM
(02-04-2022, 12:29 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Andre Miller was not the mid range pull up assassin out of pick and roll that Brunson is. I just can’t stress enough how important the skill is, especially in today’s game. It is literally the thing that has made Chris Paul who he is.
Never say never.
Really? I mean I don't think Miller ever got up enough volume to be considered an elite mid range shooter, but he was always respectable. He was a career 40.3% mid-range shooter. But looking at Millers first 3 years in the league the same time as Brunson is now, he shot 43%. Brunson's first 3 years were 48.5%
Should Brunson continue this efficiency he'd land statistically as the greatest mid-range shooter in the last 20 years. Beating out
1. Nash (47.9%), 2. Dirk (47.2%), 3. Al Horford (47.02%), 4. CP3 himself (47.00%) and 5. David West (46.97%), and Jet being rightfully 6th with 46.70%. (parameters being over 12000 mins played and had attempted 1000 shots between 2000-2021).
Source (https://www.pbpstats.com/totals/nba/play...02,2000-01&SeasonType=Regular%2BSeason)
Point is, the odds that Brunson can continue this kind of efficiency are impossibly slim. Especially accounting for the entire picture where Brunson isn't a great FT shooter nor 3pt shooter. Literally only Michael Jordan had a higher mid range shooting %. In fact we might see some serious correction to the mean. After doing some digging on this it makes me even more motivated to sell high on Brunson.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.