Glen Rice

Rice was a genuine shooting specialist before the league built its offenses around them: 1,559 career threes and 18,336 points at 18.3 a game over fifteen seasons. Drafted fourth by Miami in 1989 out of Michigan, where he won the NCAA title and took Tournament Most Outstanding Player, he peaked in Charlotte — three straight All-Star selections from 1996, All-Star Game MVP in 1997 and All-NBA Second Team the same year, with an All-NBA Third Team selection following in 1998. He won a championship with the 2000 Lakers in a reduced role. The stroke held up across six franchises, which is the strongest argument that it was mechanics rather than system.