Their was a time when all NBA coaches had a player who did one thing....shoot the basketball. In the 80's every team had it's own long distance shooter that everyone in the stadiums knew was shooting once he touched the ball. Names like Trent Tucker; Eddie Johnson(who has a blog with some of the all time great shooters; click the title); Dale Ellis and later Tim Legler and Steve Kerr held the position as the long distance shooters. These shooters made a good percentage of their shots and and didn't take an abundance of them. In today's game I can count on one had of the players that stand in that one position on the floor and shoots with success. Who can we say in today's game is a "TRUE MARKSMAN" in the NBA.
The criteria that the previously mentioned players possessed was range (with accuracy) and no conscience. Now,lets look around the league and find our shooters. Predrag Stojakovic; Vladimir Radmanovic; Hdayet Turkoglu and maybe Wally Szczerbiak are the players that everyone knows are on the court to shoot. Wally was once a all-star and no longer gets the minutes, so he is in jeopardy of being pulled off of the list. I know J.J. Redick is a name on every one's mind when they think of shooters but, he hasn't had the time to prove it and he hasn't done it in the league. Steve Nash is another one that I thought of but I look at him as a player maker and he looks for everyone else to be that "TRUE MARKSMAN". Dirk Nowitzki hasn't shown the killer instinct since he won the MVP award and what happened to his distances, so he is eliminated. Daniel Gibson of the Cav's doesn't have the body of work to be mentioned. Jason Kapono doesn't get enough time to be considered. So where are the true Marksman in the NBA?
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