Who are the greatest shooters in the history of the NBA? Or at least in the history of the league’s 3-point era?
Boston guard Chris Ford nailed the first ever long-distance shot in the history of the Association in a contest against the Houston Rockets that also happened to be the debut of another of the game’s greatest shooters — Larry Bird. The long-range jump shots now make the contemporary NBA what it is.
To get down to brass tacks on which players (and Celtics) ought to be on the short list of history’s greatest shooters, the folks over at the “Thinking Basketball” podcast surveyed the history of the league back to that fateful day in 1979.
To hear who made the cut (and which of them played for Boston), check out the clip embedded below.
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