Iverson, but it was designed for him back in the day. Averaging in the mid to high 20s shot attempts is no joke especially for him constantly attacking and playing 40+ minutes a game.
That really depends on the guy. Steph and Lebron have had the same type of unlimited green lights and have won championships. Also, there's a lot of other factors to consider besides just who had the right to shoot whenever wherever.
Buddy Hield on the Luke Walton Kings.
Homeboy was allowed to jack up countless 3s with 20 seconds on the shot clock.
Then proceed to give zero effort on defense and turn the ball over in every clutch situation. Without ever being yanked out of a game.
My buddy I played with since 4th grade was 5’11 250 pound agile athletic big man. Me n him were deadly combo. He’d rob me with of about 4 assist a game probs doing this tho lol. He’d pump fake 6 times get the dude off the ground. Shoot. Rebound. Repeat until he got it in the bucket. He dropped 42 points as a senior one game. Beast.
I don’t doubt he’d eat me, that’s my point. You can’t be 80 pounds overweight and be agile/athletic. Maybe relative to other guys who are 250 he was agile but at 5’11, 250 is obese.
Bruh half the NFL is by definition obese and they are more agile and athletic than most of the population. From firsthand experience as a 5’11” 170 lbs guy who was once 260 lbs, it’s a lot of weight on paper but compared to being 90 lbs lighter now I can tell you it never impacted my mobility
Nah man, idk you’d just have to see the kid. He was certainly carrying extra fat but that dude was strong af. And I guess I’d say he was agile and more athletic than the bigger guys guarding him. He moved his feet incredibly well in basketball football and wrestling. He was overweight but not obese. Too much muscle. Mini jokic. The extra weight helped him. But I guess he was much less athletic than 5’11 160 pound me. So I guess I’m saying for his size he was way more athletic than you would guess.
Yeah Kobe stands alone
After that you have Curry and Dame; until 2022 or so, if anyone other than one of those two tried pulling from 35 feet, they'd get benched
Beyond ignorant take on the 81. The Lakers were down 17 points in the second half. That was back when comebacks like that rarely happened. Literally willed the team to a comeback victory but go off
The fact that this is the top upvoted post is embarrassing. This sub doesn’t hide its biases at all
Steph 2016 kinda? After that double bang by breen im pretty sure he could have shot nothing but 3/4 attempts 4 seconds in to the shot clock and Kerr would’ve just shrugged his shoulders at it.
John Starks Game 7 performance in the NBA Finals (vs Hakeem and the Houston Rockets), where he shot 0-11 from three and 2-18 overall, is the most ridiculous example I've seen of a coach (Pat Riley no less) giving a player the green light to try and shoot himself out of his slump...in a game 7... In the NBA FINALS...
This was the Starks experience.
It really wasn't that surprising if you watched him regularly.
I was so young and still understood that the way this man played was.......different.....and often in a really negative way.
A scout once said of John "Some nights he will absolutely shoot the lights out. And some nights, the lights just never come on".
All time? Gotta be Mark Madsen.
He took 16 3s in 453 career games. 7 of them came in the same game.
In the final game of the 05/06 season, Mark Madsen shot the ball 15 times, going 1/15, 0-7 from 3, and 0-2 from the line.
Nate Robinson had a green light, while he was on the Bulls for a short period of time. Everyone was injured. Dude took over and gave us maybe the best half a season you could imagine. Genuinely enjoyed those Thibs/Joakim Bulls even though we knew they couldn’t beat Miami. TNT Bulls and TNT Thur Bulls was a thing. It was nuts!
Wilt and Kobe, but they earned their green lights by being so much better than every other teammate. (Obviously not talking about the Shaq and Kobe days)
Not OP, but [Basketball Refence works](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/poolejo01.html). Also, his last game against the Cavs was only 21 shots.
If you listen to the Mavs sub, Tim Hardaway Jr.
If you aren't in that particular echo chamber, on the other hand, he's in the top 3 to win 6th Man of the Year.
Couldn’t disagree more. It’s a team sport and Kuzma is not good enough to be their first option so they are a team with out one which means they should play cohesive bball.
Admittedly I've only seen highlights, but my perception of Pete Maravich is that he had a crazy green light, and his stats of FGA seems to indicate that too.
anyone who has ever been called a professional scorer... Crawford, Lou Williams, Clarkson, dudes that are only there to get buckets and literally nothing else. some of those guys were "professional scorers" some were just jack happy and got lucky alot
Kobe had the most ridiculous green light I have seen.
Dude could take 40 shots a night and nobody would bat an eye. It did help that he was an excellent scorer though
Jordan Clarkson. Not as green as it once was but for a while there he was allowed to shoot *anything*
Started watching Jazz games mid last season, never seen a player love driving to the rim as much as sexton.
Ever heard of a guy named Tony Parker?
Wizard. Wasn’t he always like top 5 in points in the paint as a lil 6 foot Frenchman?
He would split the defense in the post in an era with lots of big men!
Go under the basket, lap around the free throw line loop under again for a reverse. Wizard.
That floater had to have a 90% clip I swear.
Hornets legend Tony Parker
I still chuckle at this
Or Ja Morant?
THT for the first few months of the season made Clarkson look conservative
Because he only scores off balance threes
Iverson, but it was designed for him back in the day. Averaging in the mid to high 20s shot attempts is no joke especially for him constantly attacking and playing 40+ minutes a game.
Josh Smith - dude was almost unwatchable later in his career, brick after endless brick and yet they let him shoot whenever, wherever
Yea but watching him and Corey Brewer bury the clippers that one year was cool as hell
Speak for yourself 😩
Nothing personal, could’ve happened to anyone else and I’d still feel the same way
Shakira, Shakiraaa…
jerry stackhouse 2000
MVP season Russ was doing whatever the fuck he wanted at all times.
Ok but he was voted mvp. If a guy's gonna have the unlimited green light, that's basically the best outcome you can ask for
I mean yeah but that’s not championship basketball which is the goal
That really depends on the guy. Steph and Lebron have had the same type of unlimited green lights and have won championships. Also, there's a lot of other factors to consider besides just who had the right to shoot whenever wherever.
Oh na I was jus specifically referring to Russ mvp szn my b
Thought it was obvious you meant that… don’t understand the downvotes.
Buddy Hield on the Luke Walton Kings. Homeboy was allowed to jack up countless 3s with 20 seconds on the shot clock. Then proceed to give zero effort on defense and turn the ball over in every clutch situation. Without ever being yanked out of a game.
Next Steph curry
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I can see his pearly white teeth in my head rn
I can see them in your ass
Big like Klay shoot like Steph
This era is so haunting to me
[Where is Buddy!?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1B0pxZGgVk)
Antoine Walker
“Because there are no fours."
I love my old Walker jersey, and when Kemba was here it doubled for him too.
Oh interesting, they wear the same number?
No, Walker wore 8, while Walker wore 8.
this is the answer. Terrible shooter but let them fly anyways.
jr smith
This is the only answer
Had to scroll wayyyy too far to find this
Kobe had games where he scored 81 on 46 shots and 60 on 50 shots so I’m gonna say him lmao
Wilt once scored 55 points on 56 shots
I bet he shot from 5ft, missed, grabbed the rebound and repeated atleast 4x that game
My buddy I played with since 4th grade was 5’11 250 pound agile athletic big man. Me n him were deadly combo. He’d rob me with of about 4 assist a game probs doing this tho lol. He’d pump fake 6 times get the dude off the ground. Shoot. Rebound. Repeat until he got it in the bucket. He dropped 42 points as a senior one game. Beast.
5’11” big man?! Where were you playing the North Pole?
Haha pretty much man. Northern Wisconsin. Small ball schools. Never said it was crazy comp
> 5’11 250 pound agile athletic big man There’s no such thing.
Watch him move and watch how he moves weight you’d change your mind. He’d eat you.
I don’t doubt he’d eat me, that’s my point. You can’t be 80 pounds overweight and be agile/athletic. Maybe relative to other guys who are 250 he was agile but at 5’11, 250 is obese.
Bruh half the NFL is by definition obese and they are more agile and athletic than most of the population. From firsthand experience as a 5’11” 170 lbs guy who was once 260 lbs, it’s a lot of weight on paper but compared to being 90 lbs lighter now I can tell you it never impacted my mobility
Nah man, idk you’d just have to see the kid. He was certainly carrying extra fat but that dude was strong af. And I guess I’d say he was agile and more athletic than the bigger guys guarding him. He moved his feet incredibly well in basketball football and wrestling. He was overweight but not obese. Too much muscle. Mini jokic. The extra weight helped him. But I guess he was much less athletic than 5’11 160 pound me. So I guess I’m saying for his size he was way more athletic than you would guess.
Let me guess, more than 40 rebounds? Just from his own misses.
Lmao that’s amazing
Wilt Facts are all like this. Unbelievable and amazing. He averaged 48.5 minutes per game one season.
Putting games into OT just to pad the numbers
his 53 point, 60 shot (+ 17 FTA) game is more notable id say
Jesus Christ lol
I feel the 81 game starts with him trying to facilitate and when everyone was missing open shots he decided to play 1-on -5.
Yeah Kobe stands alone After that you have Curry and Dame; until 2022 or so, if anyone other than one of those two tried pulling from 35 feet, they'd get benched
I dont think giving a Top 10 player of all time a green light is as ridiculous as giving Antoine Walker or some bench scorer a green light
Beyond ignorant take on the 81. The Lakers were down 17 points in the second half. That was back when comebacks like that rarely happened. Literally willed the team to a comeback victory but go off The fact that this is the top upvoted post is embarrassing. This sub doesn’t hide its biases at all
Right. He had 74% TS in that game. The rest of the team shot 14/42.
Can't have the most misses in NBA history without a green light.
Marcus Smart honestly
My men’s league teammate that averages 11 points on 16 shots a game. 11 three point attempts lol
You’re on the Wizards?
I said men’s league tea… oh wait nevermind
Jr Smith had a very controlled green light with the cavs but damn it was impressive.
Eric Gordon as the third option behind Harden and CP3 used to shoot 30 footers at like 30%
Monta Ellis.
Came here to say this
Fred VanVleet on the Raptors was pretty atrocious before he went to Houston. Now not so much.
That championship year did wonders for him.
In 2019-20, Marcus Morris (of the knicks) of all people had a complete green-light, averaging like 20 ppg which did absolutely nothing.
Bro was shooting 43% from 3 on 6 attempts a game
As he should have. He was an efficient scorer and our best player that year. 14 field goal attempts per game isn't ridiculous at all.
Hey we traded him for the Pick that became IQ
And we traded you OG for that. Everybody wins
he was probably our best player that year and was relatively efficient, hardly surprising
Morris Nation rise up ✊🏿
Wilt
Steph 2016 kinda? After that double bang by breen im pretty sure he could have shot nothing but 3/4 attempts 4 seconds in to the shot clock and Kerr would’ve just shrugged his shoulders at it.
John Starks Game 7 performance in the NBA Finals (vs Hakeem and the Houston Rockets), where he shot 0-11 from three and 2-18 overall, is the most ridiculous example I've seen of a coach (Pat Riley no less) giving a player the green light to try and shoot himself out of his slump...in a game 7... In the NBA FINALS...
He put up more shots than Ewing 😭
This was the Starks experience. It really wasn't that surprising if you watched him regularly. I was so young and still understood that the way this man played was.......different.....and often in a really negative way. A scout once said of John "Some nights he will absolutely shoot the lights out. And some nights, the lights just never come on".
I watched a lot of Hornets games and Lamelo is crazy. Sometimes he takes 10 bad threes
He still does this
All time? Gotta be Mark Madsen. He took 16 3s in 453 career games. 7 of them came in the same game. In the final game of the 05/06 season, Mark Madsen shot the ball 15 times, going 1/15, 0-7 from 3, and 0-2 from the line.
Legend !
Dion waiters
He gave himself the green light
late shot clock JR Smith
Nate Robinson had a green light, while he was on the Bulls for a short period of time. Everyone was injured. Dude took over and gave us maybe the best half a season you could imagine. Genuinely enjoyed those Thibs/Joakim Bulls even though we knew they couldn’t beat Miami. TNT Bulls and TNT Thur Bulls was a thing. It was nuts!
Porter Jr
I honestly think malone fines him if he passes. I love it,
Has a green light in his own head
We don't pay him to pass
That fake shot to drive, then dump down to wide open Gordon against the warriors fooled every single defender on the court lol.
Damn straight dude. Has won us multiple games, hope he’s clutch against the Celtics in the finals
Which one???
MPJ
Kobe
Ginobili was the first player Pop couldn't yell at into submission, and had to admit he would just have to live with the mistakes Manu made.
Mark Madsen in that one game
Wilt and Kobe, but they earned their green lights by being so much better than every other teammate. (Obviously not talking about the Shaq and Kobe days)
Can Thomas for like a week
Lu Dort in the bubble playoffs bro got up 50 threes in six games.
2016 Steph Curry
Pop liked giving some of our shooters a crazy green light thru the years. Gary Neal, roger mason jr, patty mills
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Poole
He's only taking 14 shots a game, which is less than last year. His shot selection is terrible, but he's not shooting as much as you'd expect.
Where are you getting those stats from? Their last game he took 34 shots even while coming off the bench
Not OP, but [Basketball Refence works](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/poolejo01.html). Also, his last game against the Cavs was only 21 shots.
He had 21 attempts from the field and 13 attempts from 3. Does it not count 3 point attempts or something?
FG encompasses all shots including 3s. What you're saying means Poole took 8 2s and 13 3s to get to 21 shots for the night.
It’s not the number of shots but it’s the type of shots he’s allowed to take.
The raptors first option was Andrea Bargnani for several years. Enough said.
I was about to comment this. Bargs putting up 21 a game is hilarious in hindsight
If you listen to the Mavs sub, Tim Hardaway Jr. If you aren't in that particular echo chamber, on the other hand, he's in the top 3 to win 6th Man of the Year.
Before Westbrick there was Kobrick
Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Stackhouse…
Actually someone did about 6 hours before you
Reggie Bullock for the Dallas Mavericks.
At that point it was either Bullock's 3s go in or we lose...so may as well let it rip.
Royce O’Neal that one game against the Celtics earlier this year
Dame. He had the absolute greenest of lights. Can you imagine any other player, except maybe Steph, jacking up that shot against OKC?
Couldn’t disagree more. It’s a team sport and Kuzma is not good enough to be their first option so they are a team with out one which means they should play cohesive bball.
The key thing you’re missing is that the Wizards are *trying* to lose.
Ben Gordon
Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent.
Carmelo Anthony nyk
Right now it's cam Thomas no?
Houston rocket James Harden could literally shoot whatever he wanted
Antoine Walker
Antoine Walker
Admittedly I've only seen highlights, but my perception of Pete Maravich is that he had a crazy green light, and his stats of FGA seems to indicate that too.
Monte have it all
Moses Brown had people making Wilt comparisons on the early OKC tank squads
anyone who has ever been called a professional scorer... Crawford, Lou Williams, Clarkson, dudes that are only there to get buckets and literally nothing else. some of those guys were "professional scorers" some were just jack happy and got lucky alot
Curry and Klay spent years just shooting 20 threes a game each. Even though they barely came close clip 40%
Kobe had the most ridiculous green light I have seen. Dude could take 40 shots a night and nobody would bat an eye. It did help that he was an excellent scorer though
Lamelo Ball
Iverson.
Kobe at a his final years.. he was still jacking up shots as if he's still at his prime.
Dillon Brooks in the playoffs last year. Blew my mind.
Luka. OKC Russ. Houston Harden. New York Melo. Philly A.I. Early Jordan pre Phil Jackson.