Full spread of gears with 11-32 rear and 22-44 up front is definitely possible with a mid cage XTR shadow. SRAM X0 or standard XTR I am not sure about.
You can even get into the 44T at the front and the 32T at the rear. Although I would not recommend riding like that of course.
If I ran Shimano again on a standard 3x9 setup I would use a mid cage again instead of long cage.
I run Sram X9 mid cage rear derailleurs on both my bikes for the sole purpuse of having a touch more ground clearance to the lower jockey wheel. Both bikes have standard shimano tripple chainrings on the front, however the hardtail has 12-28t cassette and the dually 11-32t cassette on the rear.
On the hardtail I have full range of gear combinations, and the dually all but the biggest chainring and 32t cassette combo - but why would you want to run this combo anyway?
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