Top 10 Shooting Guards In NBA History as of 2011, Fox Sports

[Legends66NBA7]

Reggie Miller wasnt better than the Rock Mitch Richmond but i guess voters love to hype longevity crap over efficiency and brokwn down statistical proof

Agreed.

Prime Richmond > Prime Miller

Why they never assembled a proper team around Richmond is beyond me. So underrated.

[Sarcastic]

Agreed.

Prime Richmond > Prime Miller

Why they never assembled a proper team around Richmond is beyond me. So underrated.

Sacratomato. Bad organizations are bad.

[CHi1PriDe]

You facepalm the list and then vault Wade over West and Kobe ?

Well I see you're name and avatar, so not going to get in this with you.

Lol, you just did

[Legends66NBA7]

Lol, you just did

Well I don't agree with it, but i'm just saying.

Most aren't going to agree with it either, but what's the point if one has a side already that's obviously biased ? No point in getting into an arguement about it.

[with malice]

lol @ AI over Wade

"lol" at Wade being on the list at all.

[Deuce Bigalow]

"lol" at Wade being on the list at all.

no

[with malice]

Err... what are you "no-ing"?

[D-Wade316]

You facepalm the list and then vault Wade over West and Kobe ?

Well I see you're name and avatar, so not going to get in this with you.

I don't know how you define "Top 10". I define "Top 10" as the most productive players. Wade is the closest to Jordan.

[cteach111]

man, the media just doesn't give Wade much love

[Cali Syndicate]

Wade belongs in the top five.

[Legends66NBA7]

I don't know how you define "Top 10". I define "Top 10" as the most productive players. Wade is the closest to Jordan.

Define "close". If you are going to say most productive, then West is over Wade.

I'm pretty sure this an all-time list too.

[sh0wtime]

Reggie Miller wasnt better than the Rock Mitch Richmond but i guess voters love to hype longevity crap over efficiency and brokwn down statistical proof

Longevity and consistency is not a god given gift, its a result of work ethic and that should be valued. Reggie was one of those who would come 4 AM to the gym and put up situational jumpshots and run in some hours, then his teammates will come and they will practice, then he will stay for a couple of more hours after they are done, he would do this before games and after games aswell.

The thing Kobe Bryant did after the Heat game i think it was in christmas, staying after the game to work on his jumpshot, the thing Kobe got praised for to infinity for doing once (in a very long while at least), is what Reggie has been doing every day.

A quick Reggie Miller story:

"The team I’m covering, the Washington Bullets, is playing the Indiana

Pacers one night about a decade ago.

In the fourth quarter, Miller goes off, scoring something like 20 points

and turning a deficit into an easy win.

What’s strange is that with each basket, each trip down the court, he’s

screaming profanities at the Bullets’ trainer — Kevin Johnson.

Kevin had come to the Wizards from Indiana and was thought to be friends

with Miller. Now it seemed clear they had a problem.

After the game, Washington coach Jim Lynam was furious. He told Johnson

he didn’t know what he’d done to get Miller upset, but that he’d better keep

his mouth shut the next time the two teams played.

Johnson swore he’d never said a word to Miller and had never had a

problem when they worked together. Lynam probably doesn’t believe him.

About a week later, the two teams play again, and sure enough, Miller

goes off in the fourth quarter. And sure enough, he’s screaming at Kevin

again after each basket.

“Take that one, you (bleep)!” he yells at one point.

Now Lynam is confused. Johnson has said nothing to Miller. He’d seen

Miller hug the trainer before the game. But in the heat of the game, he’s

screaming again.

That night I asked Miller: “What gives with you and KJ?”

“He’s my guy,” Miller said.

“Your guy?” I ask. “Why were you cursing him?”

“Oh that was no big deal,” he said. “I was just having some fun.”

I guess that was Miller’s way of psyching himself up. The last 20 years

of pro basketball will be remembered for Jordan and Shaq and Bird and Magic.

But let’s don’t forget the skinny guy with the deadly jump shot. He takes

a backseat to no one. Seeing him walk off the floor for the final

time Thursday night reminded me of that night and all the others in which

he’d been so great." - Richard Justice / SportsJustice

This is how Reggie Miller was every single game, against Michael Jordan or Larry Bird or Kobe Bryant or anybody, he got under their skin with his mouth which he called "Psychological Warfare" and his game.

Infact Miller's most unusual custom, however, occured always about eight minutes before tip-off, when he walks over to media relations director David Benner, who gives him a Pepsi -- unless the Pacers lost the previous game, in which case it's a Sprite. After taking a sip, Miller listens as Benner berates him briefly with insulting jibes, then Reggie responds by getting in Benner's face and wagging his finger at him while cracking jokes about everything from Benner's hair to his clothes to his choice of music. (The only topics off-limits are Benner's wife and his dog.) Fans sometimes think they're actually fighting. Says Miller, "It started in Market Square Arena after he said something to me and I had a good game. We've been doing it ever since."

This is how he got fired up, this is how even the almighty Michael Jordan learned, to just be quiet when he plays Reggie Miller due to these unnatural powers Reggie possess.

Watch for example the 44 points game against Bulls, which was the result of the Jordan trashtalking a bit considering the fight Jordan and Reggie had before that game and i wont even mention the Knicks & Spike Lee and everybody else.

Reggie was a very unselfish player who played within the system, he never cared about stats, he averaged very few Field Goal Attempts, which most of would come in the 4th quarter actually.

But whenever he was dared to by the competition, he always stepped up just to psychologically torch the opposing player or team, watch the pre-game and ingame trashtalking that resulted with Reggie having a career high of 57 points against the Charlotte Hornets, that game he took 29 FG attempts and that is the max amount of shots he ever took in his life, 29 FG is around the repertoir of what Kobe & Jordan averaged for 1 season (27-28 to be correct), imagine how much Reggie could average if he was a "chucker"?

Anybody who has been watching Reggie from 90's until the end, know perfectly of his capability, which would lay inside him like a ticking bomb and unleashed when it all mattered.

You cant simply whip out a paper and say "This is how great Reggie Miller was", but what you can do is get video tapes of all his 1389 games, where most of the games you would be deleting the editing the 3 first quarters just to show the people 4th quarters.

My point is, career stats & productions is not something which can measure Reggie Millers greatness. If there is one player in NBA history you could simply not measure greatness by a Paper, that guy would be Reggie Miller, and you would have to watch most of his games first.

Those guys who have not watched most of his games or not any of his games will say he Reggie Miller was overrated.

Those guys like me who have watched most of his game or almost all of his games will say even that Reggie Miller was underrated and will forever be underrated.

[Legends66NBA7]

Damn, sh0wtime with a great post ! In support with Reggie Miller, no less. Nice to hear another great counter arguement.

[Cali Syndicate]

Reggie was one of those who would come 4 AM to the gym and put up situational jumpshots and run in some hours, then his teammates will come and they will practice, then he will stay for a couple of more hours after they are done, he would do this before games and after games as well.

Damn....no wonder Reggie was so sunken chested.

Reggie having a career high of 57 points against the Charlotte Hornets, that game he took 29 FG attempts and that is the max amount of shots he ever took in his life, 29 FG is around the repertoir of what Kobe & Jordan averaged for 1 season (27-28 to be correct), imagine how much Reggie could average if he was a "chucker"?

Crazy how he's never even taken 30 FGA in a game while Kobe's had a game where he missed 30 FGA. Talk about a disparity.

GREAT post BTW

[Jacks3]

Yeah, it is incredible how much better a shot-creator and scorer Kobe is compared to Milller.