Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has been named as the second-most efficient shooter in the NBA, per Bleacher Report. This list was put together by essentially combining different metrics to come to a composite score that represents how good a player is at shooting from the mid-range, the corner three, and threes from above the break.
Durant has been one of the best shooters in the NBA throughout his career as he has shot 49.8% from the field, 38.3% from behind the three-point line, and 88.5% from the free-throw line. This season, Durant is only shooting 35.3% from three-point land this season, but he is still shooting 56.2% from the field and 92.5% from the charity stripe.
Durant has always been an efficient shooter throughout his NBA tenure and B/R gave their explanation on what makes Durant such a good shooter:
“Leave it to Kevin Durant to emerge as the second-most efficient shooter alive without delivering hellfire from deep. Regardless, despite grading out as a negative-value shooter beyond the arc, Durant has a higher mid-range score than anyone else alive. His 177 attempts trail only DeMar DeRozan, and he’s finding the bottom of the net on those looks a logic-defying 55.4 percent of the time. It’s almost scary that KD has the runway to improve—and the track record to suggest that he will. His 33.9 percent clip from long range would be the second lowest of his career. He’s one typical-KD-shooting stretch away from seeing his score skyrocket.”
The Nets’ next game is Sunday at the Detroit Pistons.
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