Bleacher Report’s latest B/R 99 put the NBA’s greatest shooters under the microscope, and the Nets showed up in a big way. Fourteen current and former Brooklyn players made the list, a group that stretches from Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving-era firepower all the way back to Dražen Petrović.
Durant was the highest-ranked Net in the bunch, landing at No. 4 overall behind only Stephen Curry, Reggie Miller, and Ray Allen. That placement fits cleanly with the way he’s built his reputation: a scorer who can hurt defenses from everywhere. Durant has shot 39.2 percent from three and better than 88 percent from the line in his career, and at nearly 7 feet tall, he’s been one of the hardest players in league history to keep in check.
Petrović came next for Brooklyn at No. 17, and he remains the highest-ranked former Net whose legacy was built primarily in New Jersey. His NBA career lasted just four seasons before his tragic death in 1993, but his impact was huge. He shot 43.7 percent from deep in an era when the three-pointer wasn’t nearly as central, and he helped open the door for the next wave of European stars.
James Harden checked in at No. 20 after reshaping perimeter scoring during his prime with the Houston Rockets. Bleacher Report pointed to him as a player who popularized the step-back three, now one of the league’s most recognizable weapons. Even with one of the toughest shot diets in the sport, Harden has still hit 36.4 percent from beyond the arc for his career and has averaged nearly three made threes per game.
Seth Curry landed at No. 34, another reminder that elite shooting runs deep in the Curry family. He’s a career 43.3 percent three-point shooter and has quietly become one of the most accurate long-range marksmen the league has ever seen.
Joe Johnson came in at No. 43, earning his place with a game built around self-created offense. Pull-ups, fadeaways, catch-and-shoot looks - Johnson had answers from just about every scoring spot, which made him a dependable late-game option throughout the 2000s and early 2010s.
Jason Terry followed at No. 59. A premier Sixth Man in his day, Terry made a living punishing defenses with catch-and-shoot threes and pull-up jumpers, and he gave Dallas another major scoring punch during its 2011 title run.
Joe Harris was next for the Nets at No. 64.
Over seven seasons in Brooklyn, he developed into one of the league’s best three-point shooters, leading the NBA in three-point percentage twice and hitting 44.0 percent from deep as a Net. He also finished as the franchise’s all-time leader in made threes.
The rest of Brooklyn’s former representatives filled out the back half of the ranking. Bojan Bogdanović came in at No. 74 after becoming one of the league’s most reliable high-volume shooters, finishing his NBA career with 39.4 percent shooting from three.
Vince Carter was No. 81, a nod to how his game evolved beyond the dunks that first made him famous; he ended up with nine seasons above 38 percent from three and played 22 NBA seasons. Jamal Crawford rounded out the Nets’ presence at No. 90, despite his Brooklyn stint lasting just one game in the NBA’s 2020 bubble.
Crawford built a long reputation as one of the most dangerous heat-check scorers in the league, using elite handle and tough shot-making to carve out a 20-year career.
Taken together, the list is a pretty clear snapshot of the shooting talent that has passed through Brooklyn and New Jersey. Some of those names were brief stops, others were defining stretches, but the Nets have had no shortage of pure shot-makers across generations.
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