NBA 2017-18: Top 10 3-point shooters from the regular season

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#7 Anthony Tolliver

Toronto Raptors v Detroit Pistons
Anthony Tolliver drives to the basket

Anthony Tolliver is one of the relatively unknown names on this list, but don't be fooled that a lack of fame arises from any particular deficiency in his game personally. Put it this way, if Tolliver was a role player on the Rockets or the Warriors, NBA fans would value him more and take note of his quiet excellence through the course of the season.

Tolliver made 43.6% of his 3-pointers this season on 4.6 attempts per game on a roster that lacked a competent point guard for the majority of the second half of the season. Reggie Jackson went down to injury while Avery Bradley, also capable of playing at the point guard position, was traded to the Clippers in February.

Ish Smith, while a league-average player, is not the kind of playmaker whom you can entrust the responsibility of dishing out to elite 3-point shooters around him on a consistent basis.

Based on his consistent shooting this season, expect the undrafted Tolliver to demand a contract over the mid-level exception this summer. He deserves to get paid based on what we've seen this past season.

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