Free throw--should it be addressed?

[funsc]

today only .500: 9--18.

 

[Heuge]

No!

EDIT: I'll add to my answer so as to not sound narrow. We have the 4th highest percentage in the league.

 

[VF21]

Should it be addressed?

Not really.

 

[Mad D]

we lost by more than 9

 

[iheartBrad]

hey ya miss some ya make some...it happens all over the NBA

 

[VF21]

As Art Carney made famous in an old Honeymooners skit:

Address the free throws?

Hello, free throws!!!!!




















Thank you. I'll be here all week. Tell your friends.

 

[iheartBrad]

nice edit HEUGE

 

[Diehard Jim]

Yes the free throw shooting should be addressed.

Cuttino and Mike are both too good of shooters to be shooting under 80% from the line. and Mike is only shooting 77% from the line

Free throw shooting is a problem the kings are going to have now with kenny struglling and skinner being a below 45% shooter.

I don't know what everyone else thinks but every kid I coach I tell them anything less than 75% is not acceptable. and for the really good shooters anything less than 80% is not acceptable.

 

[iheartBrad]

^why don't you let them know

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

I'd say it's low on the priority list, but mike should probably shoot a few free throws in practice before he does his mental toughness drills.

 

[Diehard Jim]

free throw shooting since the webber trade has been around 60-65%

Does anyone remember that bibby 2 years ago hit something like 35 (or more) free throws in a row? I cannot remember the exact amount but I know it was over 30.

Mike is my personal biggest problem as a free throw shooter. Especially since he is probably my favorite kings player. with how good he shoots the ball, and how good he shoots the ball under pressure situations, he should be an 85-90% free throw shooter.

 

[LMM]

why is mike rushing to shoot FTs? he seems uncomfortable at the line. just today when he was at the line to shoot 2 he was like "let's go, let's go, let's go!" i don't know. weird. but i'm sure mike will fix this problem. he's too good to be shooting only 77% of his FTs.

 

[iheartBrad]

i remember watching Mike in the shoot around before the game in Boston...shooting FTs...and this was during time that he had his horrible stints from FT line...so i was specifically watching him shoot..

he hit all of them

::shrugs::

he's been much better since after the all star break...so im not goona hoot and holler about it

 

[keflanag]

4 of the best freethrow shooters on the team this year:

Chris Webber
Bobby Jackson
Brad Miller
Doug Christie

You lose all those guys shooting above 80%, you're FT% is going to start to go down.

 

[GoSACtown]

yes it should be addressed, well even if it is...we choke in the playoffs no matter what, just know if a guy has a kings jersey on and is shooting free throws in the playoffs, it probably wont go in...especially game sevens

 

[iheartBrad]

^great attitude <--sarcasm

 

[VF21]

free throw shooting since the webber trade has been around 60-65%...

Wrong.

Feb. 24 - 86%
Feb. 26 - 86%
Feb. 27 - 69%
March 1 - 72%
March 2 - 85%
March 4 - 73%
March 6 - 92%
March 8 - 74%
March 11 - 71%

That's an average of close to 79%.

 

[Padrino]

That's an average of close to 79%.

which is pretty damn good for a team percentage.

 

[iheartBrad]

^which make us as HEUGE has said the 4th best FT shooting team in the league

 

[Diehard Jim]

VF you are right, just feels like 60-65%

they are 157-200 since the webber trade 78.5% Ft shooting.

 

[Twix]

^which make us as HEUGE has said the 4th best FT shooting team in the league

That's good compare to the rest of the league. We are just too spoiled at their FT that when they miss, it feels like they miss a lot.

 

[HndsmCelt]

If it remains a problem sure, but the worst thing to do to guys after a loss is jump them for what might only be a one day deal... Mike ought to be practing his FT stroke.

 

[Evenstar]

ehh games like this happen. free throws sucked today, but there were a lot of things that sucked today as well.