Okay, so I saw this thing online, about who missed the most shots in NBA history, and I got curious. I mean, we always talk about the best scorers, but what about the guys who missed a lot? So, I decided to dig into it.
First, I started with a simple search. I just typed in “who missed the most shots in NBA history” and see what popped up. The first name I saw was Kobe Bryant. Yeah, the Black Mamba himself. It said he missed 14,481 shots! That’s a crazy number. But then, it also said he scored 11,719 out of 26,200 attempts, and his average points per game was 25.0. So even with all those misses, he was still a scoring machine.
Digging Deeper
But I didn’t want to stop there. I wanted to see if there were others who missed a lot too. I found this name, Dominique Wilkins, mentioned with the number 11, but it wasn’t clear what that meant. So I decided to skip that for now and moved on.
Then, of course, there’s Michael Jordan. It mentioned he missed 12,345 shots, which is less than Kobe, but still a huge number. But here’s the thing, they say Jordan is considered the greatest scorer ever. He had a 49.7% shooting percentage and averaged 30.1 points per game. That’s just insane!
Putting It Together
So, after all this searching, here’s what I figured out.
- Kobe Bryant: Missed 14,481 shots, but still a legend.
- Michael Jordan: Missed 12,345 shots, but considered the greatest scorer.
It seems like missing a lot of shots doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a bad player. These guys were taking a ton of shots, and they were scoring a lot too. It’s all part of the game, I guess. I think it’s pretty interesting how even the best players miss so many shots. It just shows how hard it is to be consistent at that level. You know it also shows that if you don’t shoot, you can’t score. So it’s better to shoot and miss than to not shoot at all. That’s what I learned today, at least for me. But I am not sure how you guys think about it.
Anyway, that was my little deep dive into NBA missed shots. Hope you guys found it as interesting as I did!
