Tweet of the Night: David Robinson doesn’t put Stephen Curry in his top 3 as a shooter

By now, it’s hard to argue with the notion that Stephen Curry is getting up there as one of the best shooters in the history of the NBA, if not already the best. His form is absolute purity, and the ability to shoot from anywhere puts fear into defenders anytime he gets past the halfcourt line. His shot single-handedly changes the way a team has to guard him and the Golden State Warriors entirely. Most of his peers watch him in awe.

The lone argument against the idea of saying “best ever” is that it’s still early in his career to anoint him as such. If you look at it in terms of accumulation, that’s certainly understandable – he has only played four seasons in the league.

One thing for certain is that no one that shoots as much as Curry does has ever shot anywhere near as good as him. His career-shooting mark of 44.6 percent from the 3-point line is bested only by Steve Kerr, who shot 45.4 percent in his 17-year career. Kerr shot a total of 1599 3-pointers in his career – 407 of those attempts came during two seasons when the 3-point line was shortened, when he shot an absurd 51.8 percent. The difference, of course, is the volume and the degree of difficulty in those shots. Kerr was a standstill shooter, who relied heavily on taking open shots while teammates created looks for him. Curry, as we’ve seen, creates many of his own opportunities with a hand in his face, and has already hit 644 3-pointers – just 82 behind 726 that Kerr made in his entire career.

Really, it comes down to Ray Allen and Reggie Miller when talking about the best of all-time – they are No. 1 and No. 2 in most 3-pointers made in NBA history. Allen has made 40 percent of his shots, while Miller was slightly below at 39.5 percent. Neither are anywhere near what Curry has done so far. Allen broke the record for most 3-pointers made in a single season with 269 at the age of 30, but the mark was broken when Curry – 25-years-old – hit 272 this season.

Everyone has their own opinion on who belongs at the top when discussing certain matters, though, and when it comes to shooting, Curry is not even in the top three if you ask David “The Admiral” Robinson: