{"id":111777,"date":"2025-09-01T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111777\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:15:08","slug":"eastern-conference-star-declares-himself-on-the-same-level-as-kevin-durant-and-klay-thompson-behind-stephen-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111777\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Conference star declares himself \u2018on the same level\u2019 as Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, behind Stephen Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One Eastern Conference player believes he is just as good as Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, but Stephen Curry is above them all.<\/p>\n

Stephen Curry<\/a> is considered by many to be the greatest shooter of all time. But sometimes it\u2019s easy to forget just how many great shooters there are in the NBA today.<\/p>\n

Curry and the Warriors popularized the three-point shot<\/a> and showed people that a jumpshooting team can find success in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Several players who have entered the NBA since Curry\u2019s rise to superstardom have made three-point shooting a pivotal part of their skillset.<\/p>\n

But one NBA player believes he is the best three-point shooter outside of Curry, and on the same level as some other all-time great shooters.<\/p>\n

\"StephenPhoto by Eakin Howard\/Getty ImagesMichael Porter Jr. makes \u2018second-best\u2019 shooter claims behind Stephen Curry<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> recently did a stream with popular influencer Plaqueboymax. When discussing the best three-point shooters in the NBA, MPJ put himself among the best.<\/p>\n

Porter Jr. claimed that Stephen Curry is the best shooter in the NBA, but other stars like Kevin Durant<\/a>, Klay Thompson<\/a>, and Trae Young<\/a> are, at the very least, players he is on the same level as.<\/p>\n

\u201cStephen Curry. That\u2019s the only one I\u2019m giving like a clear \u2018elite, can shoot better than me.\u2019 There\u2019s dudes that are on the same level. I think Klay Thompson. KD, I think\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I got in the gym, like Duncan Robinson<\/a>, he probably can shoot with me. You know, Trae Young, Dame\u2026 But I think Steph is the only one that\u2019s clearly a better shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter Jr. is a strong shooter. In fact, his claim that he is on the same level as players like Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson is actually correct.<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. has been an excellent career shooter<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s claim that he is the best shooter in the NBA, excluding Stephen Curry, is actually quite correct, as his numbers support this assertion.<\/p>\n

The table below shows Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s career three-point percentage compared to all the other players he mentioned. (The period for all shooters is from 2018 to 2025)<\/p>\n

PlayerShooting Percentage (2018-2025)Michael Porter Jr.40.6%Klay Thompson40.2%Kevin Durant40.5%Trae Young35.2%Damian Lillard37.2%Duncan Robinson39.7%<\/p>\n

The fact that Porter Jr.\u2019s shooting percentage since he debuted is better than that of Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Damian Lillard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the Brooklyn Nets, Porter Jr. looks to play a Nikola Jokic-type role<\/a>. But he shouldn\u2019t move away from his three-point shooting, as it is his strongest asset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Eastern Conference player believes he is just as good as Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, but Stephen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[6996,49,48,23934,6695,14741,6692,459,82,13596],"class_list":["post-111777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eastern-conference","tag-kevin-durant","tag-klay-thompson","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-stephen-curry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}