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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 3550621, member: 168"] We all know that raw stats only tell part of the story. One thing you aren't considering is that whole offenses are designed to create 3 point looks now, and the defenses have changed. Another piece of context. If I pick roughly 2011-2020 (the last decade of his career and the most recent data), LeBron shot 35.5% from 3. The League Average in this decade is 35.6%. So James is roughly a league average shooter. If I do 1990-1998 (the decade-ish of his prime that roughly equals James'), Jordan shot 35.9% from 3. [I]Better[/I] than James in his prime. [I]Further[/I], the league average in that decade was 34.7%, so Jordan was a full 1.2% better than league average over that time. So not only, in their primes, was Jordan a better 3pt shooter on average, but he was also better relative to his peers (which is frankly more important). [/QUOTE]