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Originally Posted by Flash is the Future
1)Kobe Bryant
2)Dwyane Wade
3)Lebron james
4)Carmelo Anthony
5)Dirk Nowitzki
6)Allen Iverson
7)Gilbert Arenas
8)Steve Nash
9)Paul Pierce
10)Chauncey Billups
Arenas has made 2 buzzerbeating 3s in tie games. If he misses, they go to OT so he hasn't really made any in must make situations. Last time he had one of those, he missed two FTs costing the Wizards their season. In fairness to him, he made a deep 3 that sent it to OT with 3 seconds left, but again, no one expects him to make a last second desperation heave so no pressure. He is expected to make his FTs, and shots in which he has plenty of time to set up in games where he's down 1-2 points. I can't trust a guy to make a shot that misses clutch FTs. Don't get me wrong. Arenas is having an MVP like season. But if my team is down by 2 with 5 seconds left, I'd take all of those guys ahead of Gilbert, because he hasn't come through in the high pressure situations.
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I agree with most of what you said, but these 2 sentences are pretty contradictory. He didn't have to take that 3 from so deep, he just did because he knew he could make it. And that was a shot that could end their season if he didn't make it. So I'd say there was some big pressure there. However, what Lebron did to him later kinda hurts his case here.