The common perception is that if you have a world-changing NBA superstar — LeBron James, Dwight Howard, that sort of guy — you’re best off surrounding this player with as many three-point specialists as possible. It makes sense: Star X will draw tons of double and triple teams, and if he’s a good passer he can find open players on the perimeter time and again.

But, as with most things in basketball, we sort of take that for granted. What if it wasn’t true? What if teams, under the impression that they were getting more open looks from three when they weren’t, were overvaluing shooters at the expense of signing other skilled players, possibly for less money?

Fortunately, math exists. Awesome (and awesomely designed) sites like BasketballStastistcs.com can double-check this sort of thing. Thanks, Mayans! The conclusion? Most stars do indeed get their shooters more looks. Good to know.

The only star BS tested for and didn’t find a correlation to higher shots for was Steve Nash, but there are good reasons — his style of play, his stature, his ability to find teammates moving to the hoop rather than driving and dishing — for Nash’s outlier status. Nash haters would probably tell this means he’s not a superstar, but those guys are big jerks who smell like burnt Velveeta. THAT’S RIGHT I SAID IT.