New Orleans Pelicans: 15 greatest scorers of all-time

Peja Stojakovic was such an underrated scoring-threat in the mid-to-late 2000s, with great size at the small forward position and an outside stroke that was as pretty as it was efficient.

His bread and butter was always his 3-point shot. In the span of seven seasons, Stojakovic shot below 40 percent from beyond the arc just a single time. His size at 6-9 made it so hard to contest his shots and it forced defenses to be even more alert of his presence because even just an inch of space was all he needed to let it fly.

He caused so much panic coming off screens and was great at leveraging his prowess from the outside by shot-faking defenders who, in a last-ditch effort, lunged towards him with desperation. Upon getting past one guy, Peja had so many options, ranging from a mid-range pull-up or a drive all the way to the bucket.

Due to the size advantage he had on almost every one of his matchups at the small forward position, teams would also get Stojakovic down in the low-post, where his sweet-jumper was a shot always available, and one he would hit with regular consistency.

Stojakovic was a nightly 20-point-per game threat early on in his career, but upon being traded to the Hornets in the summer of 2006, his scoring average dipped to 14.3 a night in taking a backseat next to Chris Paul and David West, the two leaders of the team.

Interestingly enough, Peja would have done well in the modern NBA as a small-ball sniper at the power forward position. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, but Stojakovic still managed to power through and flourish with his outside stroke coupled with his ability to make do when it was taken from him.