Who is Chris Matthews aka ‘Lethal Shooter’, the Most In-Demand Shooting Coach in the NBA, Who Broke NBA All-Star Record?

Chris Matthews, dubbed Lethal Shooter, is one of basketball’s top creative minds and is known as the sport’s most in-demand shooting coach. Chris Matthews, popularly known as “Lethal Shooter” on social media, recognized he could influence basketball fans as a coach after a nomadic professional career dotted with injuries.

In the NBA and WNBA today, Matthews is one of the most sought-after private skills teachers, having worked with players like Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis, Candace Parker, and Skylar Diggins-Smith.

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Lethal Shooter, Chris Matthews’ basketball career

Chris Matthews is appreciative of his unusual basketball career path. It allowed him to play with Kevin Durant in the Washington, D.C., region while Durant was a rising high school star and subsequently brought him to places like Mexico, China, and Russia where he played professionally. Chris was born and raised in Washington, DC, and at the age of 8, he was considering a basketball career.

Lethal Shooter is the moniker he was given by his father. Chris broke practically all shooting records while playing collegiate basketball at Washington State and St. Bonaventure. When the NBA declined to sign him, he pursued a career abroad and broke additional records while playing in nations, including Mexico, China, Russia, and Canada.

Chris decided to move on in 2016 after seven years and several injuries. He soon learned that many players were eager to pick his brain.

Chris Matthews’ clients

Kevin Séraphin and Dwight Howard were among the first to seek out his expert coaching services, and as of right now, Chris has worked with players from nearly every NBA club, including Orlando Magic point guard Cole Anthony, as well as WNBA and foreign talents.

Lethal Shooter aka Chris Matthews’ social media

Lethal Shooter has a huge social media outreach. His YouTube channel, named ‘Lethal Shooter’, has 147k subscribers.

He has 2.1 million followers on Instagram and 56.7k followers on Twitter. It’s fair to say that he is among the biggest social media influencers right now.

Lethal Shooter broke the NBA All-Star record

Chris Matthews, dubbed Lethal Shooter, set a new NBA All-Star record on January 31, 2022, in Los Angeles, California, by making an astonishing 23 of 25 shots inside the arc in 66 seconds.


All-Star 3-Point Contests were held throughout the careers of NBA shooting icons Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Dirk Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Steph Curry, and Devin Booke, but none of them were ever able to make all 25 attempts from beyond the arc.

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