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Player Breakdowns: Dante Cunningham, The Surprise Sniper

Dante Cunningham has grown in many ways as an NBA player over the last few seasons. None of those seem to be as pronounced as his three-point shooting. With that in mind, Cunningham has a pretty obvious role with the New Orleans Pelicans. He’s their sniper.

Strength – Three Point shooting

Cunningham barely stepped behind the three-point line in the first seven years of his career. Two seasons ago that changed Last year he stepped up the attempts, even more, taking 181 threes. He made 71, for a career-best 39.2%

What made him so dangerous from three was his ability to hit from anywhere.