One Player, One Three-Pointer

The crew at Dime have been running a series of stories pondering if you could pick just one NBA player to get the job done for you who would it be. Earlier in the week it was one player to get you a rebound and then one player to get you a stop ... today they come in to my realm, one player to knock down a triple for you.

Not surprisingly they've gone with one of our favourites ... Ray Allen. Click on the title below to read the full story.

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By Austin Burton

Discounting Candace Parker and ignoring Rick Kamla’s disturbing overuse of the word “sexy,” few things in basketball inspire grown men to confidently throw around terms like “pretty” and “beautiful” more than a textbook jumper.

To that end, Ray Allen’s J is like Tyra Banks: No matter the circumstance, through thick and thin, even if slightly past her prime, she still looks good from any angle. As far as NBA players whose shot looks like it’s going in every single time they release it, only Michael Redd can compete with Ray (with young’uns Daniel Gibson and Eric Gordon knocking on the door).

But this isn’t about aesthetics and pretty pictures. While Ray’s shot mechanics are close to perfect and numbingly consistent, he’s my pick to knock down one three-pointer with everything on the line because he gets the job done. He’s second on the League’s all-time list for threes made behind Reggie Miller, about 700 treys up on his nearest active competitor (Peja). For his career Ray is a 39% shooter beyond the arc, 34th all-time, and the only active guy in the Top-50 with a championship ring and current or recently former status as the top option on his team.