Are Free Throws really that hard to make?

Are free throws easy to make?

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Anecdotal but here's a 73% free throw shooter. About average for a center I think but wasn't bad either.

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Best all time are guards though, just need BRE to be Shaq in all other ways too
 
If you guys love free throw shooting percentages so much, I know a team out east that may fulfill your free throw fantasies.

Trade off: a team of grown ass men who defend and have toughness or a team of goofy A players who don't play defense but can make free throws.
 
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If you guys love free throw shooting percentages so much, I know a team out east that may fulfill your free throw fantasies.

Trade off: a team of grown ass men who defend and have toughness or a team of goofy A players who don't play defense but can make free throws.
Well that is what you get when you don't practice defense in your practices.
 
If they wanted to make free throws even more difficult, they could just have our bigs try shoot wide open layups

This reminds me how many times I used to scream at Loren Meyer JUST DUNK THE BALL as he was the absolute king of missing 1-foot bunny shots.
 
Coaches might want to reconsider the analytics. Driving the protected lane probably gets ISU the same expected points as shooting a 3. SWAG probabilities of driving: made shot 35% , +1 5%, turnover/blocked shot 20%, ORB 5%, foul 35% . Maybe adding fouls to the defenders gives another plus.
 
But then you totally melted down in the game against texas.
Nah it was against Texas, Royce Whites first Big 12 game. I was 4 of 5 at the free throw line on the try for 5 so 80% under pressure in front of a full Hilton. Way better than Royce's percentage that game.
 
Nah it was against Texas, Royce Whites first Big 12 game. I was 4 of 5 at the free throw line on the try for 5 so 80% under pressure in front of a full Hilton. Way better than Royce's percentage that game.
I guess I was confused. That isn't you in your avatar? I remember you totally melting down in the Texas game.
 

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