Monday, March 05, 2012

Ricky Rubio -- Putting Up One of the 6 Worst Shooting Seasons Since 1976 For a Player 6'5" or Shorter

How terrible is Ricky Rubio as a shooter? He is on pace to possibly post the worst shooting percentage of any player 6'5" or shorter since 1976, who has played 30 minutes per game or more.

The sole bright spot on the list is that a 24 year old Steve Nash also could not throw it in the ocean, but he has become a ridiculously good shooter as he has gotten older.

Kidd has never been a good shooter, but at least he is a productive player.

Rubio's quest for this title of post-merger worst may be in danger THIS SEASON however, since Raymond Felton is clanking shots off at an alarming rate (36.8%, 24.6% from 3). Rubio's 35.9%, however, makes him less likely to make a shot at any given point in time.

1 Ricky Rubio
6-4
2011-12
.359
.333
.815


2 Raymond Felton
6-1
2011-12
.368
.246
.788


3 Jason Kidd
6-4
2010-11
.361
.340
.870


4 John Starks
6-3
1998-99
.370
.290
.740


5 Steve Nash
6-3
1998-99
.363
.374
.826


6 Rex Chapman
6-4
1998-99
.359
.351
.835

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