Perhaps due to its standing as the smallest market in the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks are not often thought about as a franchise that has produced many all-time great players. Of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, two current star players, are both on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team and are recognized as two of the 75 best players in league history.
But there are other former Bucks players on that 75th Anniversary Team, too. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, of course, was considered the greatest player in Milwaukee franchise history up until recently. The Bucks have also boasted all-time greats on their roster at various points in their history, names like Ray Allen, Nate Archibald, Oscar Robertson, Gary Payton, Moses Malone, and Dave Cowens.
And one NBA analyst believes that a specific Bucks legend may be a better all-time shooter than Golden State Warriors great Steph Curry.
NBA Analyst Claims Milwaukee Bucks Legend Ray Allen Is a Better All-Time Shooter than Steph Curry
In a recent broadcast on FOX Sports Radio, NBA Analyst Rob Parker claimed that he did not think Curry, the NBA’s all-time leader in three point field goals by a LARGE margin, is not the greatest shooter of all time. Instead, he believes that any number of players, including Allen, should be ranked higher.
“He’s just not the greatest shooter of all-time,” Parker stated. “That’s where we’re going to put this. Because I’m still going to say I would take a lot of other players in a big moment. This is what I’m saying, we can open this up sooner than later because I really want to hear from people and hear what I’m saying.
“When you call someone the greatest shooter, it means under any circumstance, you would want them to have the ball when you need a basket. I don’t care what they all say. He has had 14 looks with a chance to tie and win the game in the postseason. And he hasn’t made one of them.
“Tell me this, if he had all the threes and he was 7-14 or whatever, then you could look at it and say ‘Man, you remember all of those big shots when the game was on the line.’ The biggest threes he made came in the Olympics. And they don’t even count in the NBA.
“Only one of those shots was considered a clutch shot. Not by Rob Parker, but by the NBA and their definition of a clutch shot. Down by five or less with five minutes to go. When he made those shots in the Olympics, they were up by six, and it gave them a nine-point lead. If you are up by six, that’s three baskets they need to beat you. That’s not a clutch shot.
“That’s all I’m saying. I think he is disqualified from being considered the greatest shooter. Is he the greatest three-point maker? Without question. I would be lying to you if I sat here and said he wasn’t, he is. But there is a difference between the two. I really believe that. I would give Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, any of those people, the ball with the game on the line before I gave it to Steph Curry.”
Allen, of course, made a name for himself as a great shooter in Milwaukee early in his career. After being traded, though, he went on to win two NBA Championships with other franchises. In one of these, the one that he won with the Miami Heat, he nailed a game-clinching three-pointer despite being a reserve player at that stage in his career.
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