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Message: [QUOTE="Doc5120, post: 2212939, member: 3594"] That is true. I'm not saying he wasn't near the top of the league in makes. I'm just stating that he did not make them at a very high clip (save the year he hit 38%). You said he was taking and making a lot of them. In that era, yes, he was taking a lot of them. But when you're hitting just over 30%, you're not going to make defenders change the way they play you. Guys like Curry & Thompson are not only making them at high rates, they are hitting extremely difficult shots. And because of that, defenders have to be attached to them at all times, which creates more open space and allows their offense to flow more easily. Magic is an all-time great player & 1 of the best passers of all-time, but his 3 pt shooting (in his later years) was very average by today's standards. [/QUOTE]