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Does the sound of a basketball swishing through a hoop ever get old? Does the appeal die away if you've heard it too many times?

If you desire answers to those rhetorical questions, you should ask one of the players who'll soon be featured in this countdown of the NBA's most valuable shooters during the 2017-18 campaign. They've all heard the sound of rock ripping through nylon countless times, peppering the opposition with accurate jumpers from all over the court.

To be clear, these are not the best "scorers." That's an entirely different conversation and would give more credit to players like MVP front-runner James Harden, who does so much of his damage right around the bucket or at the charity stripe. Here, we're not concerned with free-throw abilities or work at the rim, but everything else is fair game and separated into four different areas:

By calculating every player's points per shot for each of the four zones, then subtracting out the league average, we can easily arrive at their points gained per shot in each place, as compared to a perfectly average marksman. Multiply those numbers by their attempts in the relevant area, and you have value added.

Some of these players rise above the pack because their floaters are always accurate. Others are wedded to the idea of the mid-range jumper and find more twine than tin. Others still can't be left alone from beyond the arc.

All of them are adding value with their jumpers every night.