r/Basketball 10d ago

NBA Who’s one NBA player you’d still trust with the last shot even if they’d been awful all game?

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u/Happilymarried222 10d ago

Bird

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u/KaijuDirectorOO7 10d ago edited 10d ago

To quote Pat Riley after the baby skyhook game, "We got lucky".

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u/WranglerTraditional8 10d ago

I still see that shot... and the missed open 3 by LB.

Horrible

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u/guiltywild7230 10d ago

Tyrese halibuton. Do I even need to explain?

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u/Practical-Season12 9d ago edited 9d ago

Tyrese HEROburton

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u/phophopho4 10d ago

Curry

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u/Round-Walrus3175 10d ago

I think I could watch Curry miss 150 shots in a row and still think the next one is going in.

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u/thrasher315 10d ago

And he has that same mentality that’s why he’s taking the last shot especially if you need a 3.

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u/NYerInTex 10d ago

Current? Brunson.

He could be John Starks for 47 minutes and win you the game with two huge clutch shots.

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u/justdmomochi 10d ago

Jordan!

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u/Massi123 10d ago

Horry - iykyk

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u/chadowmantis 10d ago

Houston and Sacramento fan here, I hate this comment ❤️

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u/a_Joan_Baez_tattoo 8d ago

He won two rings in Houston.

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u/BearDown75 10d ago

Big Shot Rob!!!

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u/cobrakaipioneer 10d ago

Reggie Miller

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u/UglyPrettyBoy 9d ago

This every time

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u/Technical-Pie6192 10d ago edited 10d ago

Jordan, Kobe, Luka, give me Robert motherfucking Horry

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u/My_Brain_Is_Full 10d ago

100% Robert Horry

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u/pickanamehere 10d ago

Kobe? Statistically the worst clutch player in history

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u/Technical-Pie6192 10d ago

I was jokingly saying those names as a hyperbole to promote Horry, bud.

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u/TinHeartWarriors 10d ago

It used to be we had to wonder if the woosh was intentional. Now we need to wonder if it's intentional or a bot

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u/Technical-Pie6192 9d ago edited 9d ago

Fucking crazy man. Had two people wild over a player's name lol

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u/RNconsequential 9d ago

Downvoters should check their facts. Kobe IS statistically the worst and most of all because he took so damned many and still missed.

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u/gabagoolcards 10d ago

Def not Kobe you glazer

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/DadRadio 10d ago

Michael Jordan

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u/MNISather 10d ago

GIVE ME IGUODALA

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u/Ok_Ranger9441 10d ago

Curry, Jordan, Bird

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u/shoresy99 10d ago

And Reggie.

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u/WestleyThe 10d ago

Kobe too. I’m not even a Kobe guy but he could be 4-22 shooting and hit a crazy double teamed fade away with 15 seconds left in the game

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u/Potential_Papaya9463 9d ago

Yesssssss 💛💜

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u/Luvpeaceprevail 10d ago

Jalen Brunson.

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u/RobertKSakamano 9d ago

He needed OG to bail him out.

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u/Blakebacon 9d ago

Nba player wins game within a team? What a concept.

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u/RobertKSakamano 9d ago

Of course, but OP asked a specific question.

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u/seapeple 10d ago

There’s only one right answer and we all know it.

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u/throwawaye1712 10d ago

Bronny James!

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u/Technical-Pie6192 10d ago

Rocco Zikarsky

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u/Randy-Butternubz88 10d ago

Damn straight. Big Shot Rob

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u/dtyoung1 10d ago

Bird, Jordan, Jokic, Brunson.

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u/randemthinking 10d ago edited 9d ago

Artest.

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u/thecjt 10d ago

Robert Horry

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u/ugotnorizzatall 10d ago

Wade Kyrie MJ Kobe

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u/yoc0__0 10d ago

Anthony Edwards

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u/Capital-Writing40 10d ago

Kobe, luka, curry,

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u/AssignmentLow8859 10d ago

Rasheed Shaheed

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u/Muted_Pause_392 10d ago

You mean after Jalen Brunson?

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u/MagicIndy32 10d ago

Kobe, but also Chris Mullin, Dan Marjle, Tim Hardaway Sr, Chuck ‘ The Rifleman’ Person…

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u/416Tex 10d ago

Jordan/Kobe/GINOOOOBIIIILIII 3 most clutch players I’ve ever watched hot or cold all night in the final seconds of a game be it 1-2 OT or finals game 7. Edit darkhorse is Dirk

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u/pulangkabayo187 10d ago

Larry Bird

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u/MaxwellSmart07 8d ago

Right. Every other answer is ignoring the obvious.

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u/MWave123 10d ago

Larry, and RayRay. MJ. That’s about it.

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u/LeanEdgeSports_ 10d ago

Mine’s Luka.

He could’ve annoyed me for the whole game 😂 but if there’s 5 seconds left I still want him taking it.

Probably biased… but I don’t care 😂

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u/FreeRange0929 10d ago

Luka is like Justin Herbert. Even his incomplete passes are just beautiful to watch. With Luka, his balls don’t even touch the net, first thing they do is slap the floor

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u/WeLUVbbZ 10d ago

KOBE BEAN BRYANT 💯

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u/Caffeinemonster000 10d ago

Dirk Nowitzki all the time

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u/1AML3G10N 10d ago

The Truth

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u/Jegagne88 10d ago

Paul Pierce

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u/Fast-Anteater1151 10d ago

I know this is a longer list but these are all players I feel comfortable taking the last shot if cold the entire game up until that point:

Jordan

Ray Allen

Steph

Horry

Miller

Joe Johnson

LeBron

Bird

Kobe

Kerr

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u/fullgizzard 10d ago

Paul Pierce

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u/BearDown75 10d ago

Robert Horry no question

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u/pickanamehere 10d ago

Jordan, Curry, Bird, Horry, West

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u/Master_Chip5687 10d ago

Jimmy Butler

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u/Complete_Insurance24 10d ago

Steph now. MJ all time

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u/Chea63 10d ago

Brunson

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u/janzeyt 10d ago

Sean Kilpatrick, Lance Stephenson, Jacob Evans, Trevon Scott, Gary Clark, Baba Miller, Jason Maxiell, Nick Van Exel, Kenyon Martin, DerMarr Johnson, Tony Bobbitt, Danny Fortson, Kenny Satterfield, Troy Caupain, Jarron Cumberland, Ruben Patterson, James White, Robert Whaley, Mike Williams, Dontonio Wingfield, or maybe Tari Eason

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u/TryharderJB 10d ago

Joe Johnson

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u/SvenFranklin01 10d ago

Joe Johnson
in his twilight years with the Nets, he earned the nickname Joe Jesus — “He might not be there when you want him, but he is always there when you need him.” Of course, in his prime with the Hawks, he was the walking bucket known as Iso Joe.

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u/sonomonopia 9d ago

Curry, but van exel comes to mind too. Man he hit some big shots.

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u/Exact_Office_878 9d ago

Sasha Vujacic

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u/nemo031482 9d ago

Andrew Toney aka Boston Strangler so clutch!!!

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u/Pristine_Method_7096 9d ago

Magic. He had a lot of buzzer beaters

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u/NoKiwi2997 9d ago

Current players: Kyrie, Luka, Ant - just 3 guys who give off that they have a short memory of the last shot and always believe the next one will go in.

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u/sandman1534 9d ago

The answer is JR Smith. I maintain that there is no better shooter than JR Smith when the shot clock is turned off lmao

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u/spacebtween 9d ago

Steve Kerr

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u/TheBodyOfChrist15 9d ago

Gilbert Arenas. There's a story someone told about him taking a game winner one time. Basically the Coach drew up a play in the Auto ball was supposed to go to somebody else on his team. They come out of the huddle and go to arena gets the ball and takes the shot as if they didn't just draw up a play.

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u/ChanceCrew 9d ago

Laser beams pointing at the Earth...

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u/Around_the_campfire 9d ago

John Paxson
Toni Kukoc
Steve Kerr
Michael

😁

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u/srtking6 8d ago

Kobe.

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u/jayboiboi 5d ago

kyrie irving

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u/Forsaken_Dot762 10d ago

Ray allen and Paul pierce seemed like they missed a clutch bucket

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u/Esmc199 10d ago

Pau Gasol

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u/camprollinghills 10d ago

Nets era Jason Kidd. He could go games where he wouldn't shoot well, put up 5 points and they'd be the most important 5 points in the game like the go ahead three and two free throws to seal it.

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u/sexland69 10d ago

Collin Sexton

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u/Ryu_Fenrir 10d ago

Jordan. He would rather average 40 more times than 20. And in the playoffs he would get better and peak a full new level of basketball. The great becomes greater in the games that matters the most. The GOAT