Which player in the history of basketball would you choose to take a last second shot if your team is behind by 1 point?

[KyCatFan]

I believe it is an imposter but was still funny when I first saw it.

 

[hootervillearnolds]

I’ll take Shaq with the dunk shot.

Wilt

 

[catzcan]

Goose

 

[Blue_2_the_bone]

Last 30 years
Jordan
Bird
Kobe
Dirk
T-Mac

Current
Dame
KD
Kawhi
Luka

 

[MakinMusic]

Bird or Jordan

 

[Fox2monk]

Larry Bird or Michael Jordan, I could live with either one of those two, they were both extremely clutch under those conditions.

This is the correct answer ^

 

[Pulaski Cat Fan]

KC Jones said he was drawing up a last second play and Bird interrupted him and said give me the ball and tell everyone else to get the hell out of the way. Bird was a bad ass.

 

[jwphelps]

By “unconventional”, do you mean wrong?

Maravich had no history of hitting big game winners comparable to the other guys mentioned in this thread, and his teams were big losers. Most overrated player ever.

So you want me to just follow the leader and name the same people everyone else has already listed, no thanks, I will stick with my answer.

 

[megablue]

Jimmy Chitwood

 

[Roe07]

Ben Simmons

 

[Rondoed]

I would want an all time great, as we all would. I would want someone taking the shot that I know would have no chance of getting his shot blocked. The player I would choose would be 7'2" Kareen Abdul-Jabbar with his skyhook.

Who would you choose?

 

[DWDwildcat47]

By “unconventional”, do you mean wrong?

Maravich had no history of hitting big game winners comparable to the other guys mentioned in this thread, and his teams were big losers. Most overrated player ever.

I probably wouldn't pick him to take game winning shot but definitely one of the most talented players of all time, you just had to see him to believe it, to call him overrated is just ridiculous, one of the top 50 of all time

 

[jr40831]

Saul Smith

 

[UK90]

one of the top 50 of all time

Absolutely not. Not even close. And the fact that people think he is just demonstrates how overrated he is.

 

[DWDwildcat47]

Absolutely not. Not even close. And the fact that people think he is just demonstrates how overrated he is.

I'll bet you never even seen him, either that or you just don't know talent when you see it

 

[TheBlueMax]

For Kentucky...very easy choice: Dan Issel. Besides Issel, no other Kentucky player has come close to replicating what he did offensively. He shot it well from inside or outside, and averaged 33.9 points per game his senior year. The young UK fans can't even begin to know what a scoring machine he was, and doing it without the three-point shot or the dunk. Next to him probably comes Kevin Grevey or Rex Chapman taking a last shot.

For my money, I would want the elusive Steph Curry taking it for my team. Jordan is an obvious choice, but lacked Curry's amazing range.

 

[ukfan1622]

I'll have to go with the original guy(at least among Americans) to get tagged with the moniker "Mr. Clutch", Jerry West.

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

Ben Simmons

Wouldn't even trust that man with my life if the only requirement was that he shoot. Result doesn't matter, just has to shoot.

 

[RondoBaller21]

MJ is the only legit answer to this

 

[YardCat]

Steph Curry is the greatest shooter, have to play the odds.

 

[clevenger32]

Mike Casey

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

By “unconventional”, do you mean wrong?

Maravich had no history of hitting big game winners comparable to the other guys mentioned in this thread, and his teams were big losers. Most overrated player ever.

Unreal, you are insane. Best college player EVER and has the stats to prove it.

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

If you are talking UK players and you need a bucket Mashburn. A three , nobody else is even close.Tony Delk

 

[UK90]

I'll bet you never even seen him, either that or you just don't know talent when you see it

He does not rank in the all time top 100 in ANY statistical category ..not points, not assists, not steals, nothing. Plus he was notoriously awful defensively and highly turnover prone (largely due to his propensity for being reckless with the ball). Plus he never won anything at ANY level, his college teams never even reached the tournament, and his pro teams were generally awful (and the best team he was ever on was the one where he rode the end of the bench).

There's absolutely no rational factual basis for claiming that guy was one of the 50 best ever. If the issue was "funnest guys to watch play", then you'd have a point, he sure was entertaining, but that's a very different thing.

 

[drcats2013]

Kobe or Bird. End of thread.

Kobe over MJ for the last shot? I’d love to hear the reasoning behind that one lol.

 

[Rockford]

Jerry West

 

[DWDwildcat47]

He does not rank in the all time top 100 in ANY statistical category ..not points, not assists, not steals, nothing. Plus he was notoriously awful defensively and highly turnover prone (largely due to his propensity for being reckless with the ball). Plus he never won anything at ANY level, his college teams never even reached the tournament, and his pro teams were generally awful (and the best team he was ever on was the one where he rode the end of the bench).

There's absolutely no rational factual basis for claiming that guy was one of the 50 best ever. If the issue was "funnest guys to watch play", then you'd have a point, he sure was entertaining, but that's a very different thing.

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He does not rank in the all time top 100 in ANY statistical category ..not points, not assists, not steals, nothing. Plus he was notoriously awful defensively and highly turnover prone (largely due to his propensity for being reckless with the ball). Plus he never won anything at ANY level, his college teams never even reached the tournament, and his pro teams were generally awful (and the best team he was ever on was the one where he rode the end of the bench).

There's absolutely no rational factual basis for claiming that guy was one of the 50 best ever. If the issue was "funnest guys to watch play", then you'd have a point, he sure was entertaining,

He does not rank in the all time top 100 in ANY statistical category ..not points, not assists, not steals, nothing. Plus he was notoriously awful defensively and highly turnover prone (largely due to his propensity for being reckless with the ball). Plus he never won anything at ANY level, his college teams never even reached the tournament, and his pro teams were generally awful (and the best team he was ever on was the one where he rode the end of the bench).

There's absolutely no rational factual basis for claiming that guy was one of the 50 best ever. If the issue was "funnest guys to watch play", then you'd have a point, he sure was entertaining, but that's a very different thing.

He does not rank in the all time top 100 in ANY statistical category ..not points, not assists, not steals, nothing. Plus he was notoriously awful defensively and highly turnover prone (largely due to his propensity for being reckless with the ball). Plus he never won anything at ANY level, his college teams never even reached the tournament, and his pro teams were generally awful (and the best team he was ever on was the one where he rode the end of the bench).

There's absolutely no rational factual basis for claiming that guy was one of the 50 best ever. If the issue was "funnest guys to watch play", then you'd have a point, he sure was entertaining, but that's a very different thing.

I'm not going to show all his stats, suffice to say his jersey has been retired by 3 different NBA teams, that speaks to his greatness as a pro, his stats in college will never be surpassed, I had the privilege to see him in person, I doubt you were even born then.

 

[BigBlueManSouthCentralKY]

This is no fun. Change it up. What KENTUCKY player would you want to take the last shot?

For a jump shot to win the game (assuming he doesn't need to put the ball on the floor to get open): Macy
For a contested jump shot, with apologies to Brandon Knight (who arguably hit the most famous one against OSU): Monk
Takin' it to the hoop: Mash
Feeding the block for a foul: Sky

Yeah, Macy was great in the clutch.

 

[TheOtherGreatOne]

Chamberlain had a well-earned reputation for consistently playing worse in his most important games. Yeah, he put on an incredible show in most games, but he faded when it was clutch time in high pressure playoff games ...and he picked up a reputation as a choker back then because of it.

Not the kind of player this thread was meant for.

I can see you never watched Chamberlain play

 

[DraftCat]

Kobe over MJ for the last shot? I’d love to hear the reasoning behind that one lol.

Depends on the shot I recon... Kobe shot just about anything easily the most difficult shot maker in NBA history... Partly cause he took them lol.

MJ was a lot smarter.