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The prolific jump shooter has shot 37.8% from the 3-point line on 3.9 attempts per game.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2025
He's never been a particularly good or engaged jump shooter, and his free-throw shooting cratered in the 2021 playoffs, reaching its nadir of 40 percent in 2023-24.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Brunson’s Clutch Player of the Year trophy — an elegant, glass prize that looks like a vase with a gold jump shooter floating in the middle — arrived from the NBA weeks ago with an error: His name wasn’t engraved in it.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
And after turning his knee, Embiid resigned himself as more of a jump shooter, with shots falling well short due to his first half injury.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2025
He's never been a particularly good or engaged jump shooter, and his free-throw shooting cratered in the 2021 playoffs, reaching its nadir of 40 percent in 2023-24.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Brunson’s Clutch Player of the Year trophy — an elegant, glass prize that looks like a vase with a gold jump shooter floating in the middle — arrived from the NBA weeks ago with an error: His name wasn’t engraved in it.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
And after turning his knee, Embiid resigned himself as more of a jump shooter, with shots falling well short due to his first half injury.
—Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024
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“Jump shooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20shooter. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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