2026 NBA DRAFT: SHOOTERS
2026 NBA DRAFT SHOOTERS Shooting is at a premium in today’s NBA. There is a direct correlation with teams and players that can shoot and winning basketball games. This past season, 8 of the top 10 teams in Field Goal percentage won at least 50 games. The 2026 NBA champion New York Knicks were 11 th in Field Goal percentage, 4 th in 3 Point percentage and 10 th in free throw percentage. The 2025 NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder were 7 th in Field Goal percentage, 6 th in 3 Point percentage and 1 st in free throw percentage. The 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics were 8 th in Field Goal percentage, 2 nd in 3 Point percentage and 7 th in free throw percentage. In this year’s NBA Finals, we saw the importance of 3 and D players like Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, Devin Vassell and Julian Champagnie plus specialty bench scorers like Landry Shamet. As far as the team building process goes, many GM’s look for a sharpshooter as soon as they have found two young building blocks...