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by https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/ft_pct_career.html

Curry 0.9044 FTA 2595
Nash 0.9043 FTA 3384
Price 0.9039 FTA 2362

Rick Barry is ranked very high, with his underhand shot.

and he will drop next time he misses one, so let's wait til he hangs it up before we make this thread again.

For some reason I was thinking this belonged to scrub Jose Calderon

The player often compared to Curry, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a career average of .905 but didn't meet the required number of made FTs to qualify. 1200 made FTs was needed but he only made 1051 in his career.

Wont call him the greatest FT shooter until I see him take more midrange shots.

Golden Knight wrote:The player often compared to Curry, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a career average of .905 but didn't meet the required number of made FTs to qualify. 1200 made FTs was needed but he only made 1051 in his career.

Only idiots could compare Curry with MAR

dude's a 2k pure sharpshooter, with takeover permanently activated, hot zone from everywhere on the floor, with a footlocker booster activated before game and all shooting settings turned up to max.... playing on rookie

Still has a long ways to go before owning it. It's hard to keep up that pace for as long as Nash did

Yeah he has 800 less attempts than Nash. Not a done deal that he'll end up there, if he enters a FT shooting slump at some point in his career. But he'll definitely end up top 3.

clyde21 wrote:Wont call him the greatest FT shooter until I see him take more midrange shots.

More midrange or long 2’s?

MotownMadness wrote:For some reason I was thinking this belonged to scrub Jose Calderon

Calderon holds the best season record for FT% at 98.1% in 2008-09. His all-time FT% is 87.3%, though.

sisq0kidd wrote:

clyde21 wrote:Wont call him the greatest FT shooter until I see him take more midrange shots.

More midrange or long 2’s?

The most important shots are somewhere between midrange and long 2’s.

SpreeS wrote:

sisq0kidd wrote:

clyde21 wrote:Wont call him the greatest FT shooter until I see him take more midrange shots.

More midrange or long 2’s?

The most important shots are somewhere between midrange and long 2’s.

When someone asks me for my shirt size, I always tell them "I'm too small for a large, but I'm too small for a medium. So I'd take an extra medium."

clyde21 wrote:Wont call him the greatest FT shooter until I see him take more midrange shots.

Agreed, he needs to get his butt in gear and take some midrange shots.

Clutch FT shooter to boot. His last missed FT in the 4th quarter of a playoff game was 4 seasons ago (missed one).

SpreeS wrote:

Golden Knight wrote:The player often compared to Curry, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a career average of .905 but didn't meet the required number of made FTs to qualify. 1200 made FTs was needed but he only made 1051 in his career.

Only idiots could compare Curry with MAR

It was a fine comparison coming out of college.

Golden Knight wrote:The player often compared to Curry, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf had a career average of .905 but didn't meet the required number of made FTs to qualify. 1200 made FTs was needed but he only made 1051 in his career.

Thanks for remembering me what a great player he was

SpreeS wrote:Only idiots could compare Curry with MAR

Only idiots think that comparing two players suggests they are on the same level.

Absolutely nobody is saying Abdul-Rauf = Curry because it's blatantly obvious he's nowhere close. They have incredibly similar-looking games stylistically...the size and athleticism, crafty cutting, shooting 3s off the bounce, quick release, maintaining the dribble, similar passing stylistically. He was very close to Curry apart from the next-level shooting and handles. In terms of overall game it's by far the best historical comparison for Steph.

Triples333 wrote:Clutch FT shooter to boot. His last missed FT in the 4th quarter of a playoff game was 4 seasons ago (missed one).

That's a pretty ridiculous stat considering how many playoff games he's played over the 4 years.