Kentucky Basketball: Calipari Era top four shooting guards
By Alex Weber
2. Doron Lamb
Sorry, I like winning. Two years, two Final Fours and a National Championship. There’s my lesson on D-Lamb and most of my argument for his placement as second on this list. Oh, I’ll just drop this little nugget of info in here for you: Doron Lamb, by any calculative measure, is the best three-point shooter of the John Calipari era. Frankly, he’s no. 1 by a VAST margin. Jack Pilgrim from Kentucky Sports Radio broke down Lamb through the lens as a great shooter a few years ago. Here were his thoughts:
"The 6’4 shooting guard broke Cameron Mills’ UK three-point percentage record in fewer games and on more attempts, and I find it hard to believe we see anyone break that record anytime soon. The NCAA record for highest career 3P% is Northern Arizona’s Stephen Sir with 46.9%. If Lamb reached the minimum 200 career three-pointers required for the record, he would be the NCAA career leader in 3P%."
Lamb’s career mark of 47.5% from the three-point line is baffling. Basketball players do not shoot nearly 50% from three. It’s impossible, literally, meaning it has never been done before. If you have a basketball goal or have access to a gym nearby, go launch 100 three-pointers. I’m almost certain you’d fall short of making 50. And that’s in an empty gym with no one guarding you, no pressure, time to set up each shot and the ability to find a rhythm. Heck, you would line the laces up perfectly, wouldn’t you? Lamb was gold from distance omnisciently and was so on two completely different teams. One with ball-dominant point guard Brandon Knight and one with Anthony Davis, an NBA superstar.
Reasons to Pick Doron Lamb: Shooting. He’s the best ever.