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mcpapa

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Sounds like those old strikeout stats from contact hitters in the majors years and years ago.

 

Joe Sewell struck out 114 times in 14 years; his career spanned from 1920-1933. 1903 games, 8333 plate appearances, 7132 at-bats.

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Dwight Howard for this season is 314 for 646 from the line. That's 332 misses in one season.

 

Steve Nash has missed 322 FTs.

 

In 17 seasons.

 

Total.

 

 

Why doesn't he just ask Nash to show him how to shoot free throws? That is just ridiculous.

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Jim Schue

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Put our normal hands on a softball and you can see how they feel with a basketball.

 

OK, this was the same lame excuse afforded for Shaq back when he was stinking it up at the FT line, and it's not any more reasonable now. It's just a matter of them not bothering to practice it. I'm sure he and Shaq aren't the first guys with big hands in the league, and there's no rule that says centers have to be terrible at the FT line.

 

Have any of you ever shot at a Nerf hoop? Those of you who had it in your dorm rooms or bedrooms growing up probably got pretty good at shooting it, despite the fact that the ball is the size of a softball. How'd you get good? Practice.

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OK, this was the same lame excuse afforded for Shaq back when he was stinking it up at the FT line, and it's not any more reasonable now. It's just a matter of them not bothering to practice it. I'm sure he and Shaq aren't the first guys with big hands in the league, and there's no rule that says centers have to be terrible at the FT line.

 

Have any of you ever shot at a Nerf hoop? Those of you who had it in your dorm rooms or bedrooms growing up probably got pretty good at shooting it, despite the fact that the ball is the size of a softball. How'd you get good? Practice.

 

Yes practice is how I got good. But it is harder for players with bigger hands shoot worse from the foul line. Who usually shoots free throws at a higher percentage? Guards or wing players.

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Yes practice is how I got good. But it is harder for players with bigger hands shoot worse from the foul line. Who usually shoots free throws at a higher percentage? Guards or wing players.

 

That has less to do with hand size and more to do with skill set, IMO. Big guys that don't have outside games tend to shoot worse from the line. Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon. David Robinson had outside games and big hands and shot free throws well. Shaq, D12, DeAndre Jordan- their games are 5 foot on in. They are not shooters; they never developed the skill therefore the lack of shooting ability translates to free throws.

 

JMO.

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Put our normal hands on a softball and you can see how they feel with a basketball.

 

I threw a lot of strikes during my years of pitching softball. Not buying the big hands issue. Problem is, these guys only work on the inside game. Need to work on foul shot shooting as well.

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Jim Schue

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That has less to do with hand size and more to do with skill set, IMO. Big guys that don't have outside games tend to shoot worse from the line. Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon. David Robinson had outside games and big hands and shot free throws well. Shaq, D12, DeAndre Jordan- their games are 5 foot on in. They are not shooters; they never developed the skill therefore the lack of shooting ability translates to free throws.

 

JMO.

 

Moses Malone hit 77 percent for his career. Reason? He practiced it, because he knew as an inside guy he'd be going to the line a lot. Shaq and Dwight are good enough natural athletes that if they wanted to work on their problem, they could fix it. They just didn't want to put the extra work in and instead coasted on their natural gifts.

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born2reign

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Moses Malone hit 77 percent for his career. Reason? He practiced it, because he knew as an inside guy he'd be going to the line a lot. Shaq and Dwight are good enough natural athletes that if they wanted to work on their problem, they could fix it. They just didn't want to put the extra work in and instead coasted on their natural gifts.

 

Practice, practice, practice- I am a coach; you won't get any argument out of me on the value of practice.

 

My point is that a skill developed in isolation is much more difficult to find consistency with rather than incorporating a skill set as a part of your overall game. There are exceptions to every rule, but I think my statement holds true about big guys that develop outside games. Those players tend to shoot free throws better and I think it is because they developed shooting skills overall that apply directly to their free throw game.

 

Again, JMO

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