The wonderful Kirk Goldsberry of Grantland recently wrote about Kyle Korver. We all know that the Atlanta Hawks’ wing is one of the premier shooters in NBA history, but Kirksberry’s data and helpful charts show why he was the best shooter in the league this season.
The first stat is easy to look up and obvious: Korver made 221 3-pointers this year, hitting them at an insane 49.1% clip.
For reference: Korver shot better from 3-point range than any Pacer shot this season overall, aside from Ian Mahinmi, who made 55.2% of this attempts.
More impressively, however, Korver scored 1.