Three-point shooting has become one of the biggest pillars of modern basketball. Todayās NBA is perimeter-oriented, with players like Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson being guarded from all over the court.
Thatās why players nowadays work tirelelessly in their shooting skills. Just a handful of players like Jimmy Butler or DeMar DeRozan have been able to be dominant scorers in todayās NBA without being solid three-point shooters.
Fortunately for the Portland Trail Blazers, theyāre more than covered in that regard. They have the second-greatest three-point shooter to ever lace them up, at least, according to Damian Lillard.
NBA News: Damian Lillard Says Only Stephen Curry Is A Better Shooter Than Him
āI always see stuff on social media where they talk about the greatest shooters of all-time and they always act like itās just crazy for people to mention me,ā Lillard told NBA.com. āI think for how many threes Iāve made, for how consistent I make them, the level of difficulty that I shoot threes with over years and years and years, I just think itās kind of crazy people donāt mention me in those discussions.ā
āObviously I think Steph is the greatest ever, but I think after him, I donāt see why Iām not clear-cut in that discussion, not just by makes, but how I shoot it, how I make tough ones all the time, how easy I shoot the ball. Iām looking forward to keep climbing that list so once I get up there in that top two, top three, Iām curious to see what people will say about me as a shooter at that point,ā the point guard concluded.
Thatās most definitely a bold take, considering thereās also Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Peja Stojakovic, and even Klay Thompson. But Lillard has definitely worked his way upthat ladder, somaybe, time will tell.
