Yeah. Hopefully Rudy heals up good. Back to Drummond, anyone have boxscores for these games? http://www.maxpreps.com/high-school...ncellors/basketball-winter-10-11/schedule.htm I want to see what his numbers look like game by game for this past season.
I'm fine if teams want to hack Drummon even if he's bad at FT's. All that does is get us to the bonus early and often.
I agree. College teams also aren't usually very deep along the front line. How many teams will have 1 guy that matches up well with AD little lone the 2-3 it would take to use this strategy. I would think this could only be used very late in games, and it might be somewhat effective then. Hasn't Shaq been pulled at times late in games because of this strategy. It would stink if JC is forced to sit AD at the end of games. In the end this only becomes an issue at all if he's a 60% shooter or worse. Hopefully JC and company will have him at an acceptable level before the season starts.
What were they thinking, giving AD a ship? They have lots of drills to improve the team's FT shooting. He'll get better over time. If this is the biggest thing they have to worry about, the Huskies are in pretty good shape. He's probably going to finish with contact considering he's a beast physically, and most teams have only so many fouls to give in the post. This might be something to keep an eye on during the tournament though, but even if we face a team that has a lot of fouls to give in the post, it's not like AD will be the focal point of the team. His biggest contribution will likely be on the defensive side of half-court.
I always found it interesting that tall players historically have been known as less competent at the line when in theory taller BBallerZ should be better at making free throws. One rationale is that the high release point of the shot causes the player to stand overly erect. I can only imagine how many points Wilt C would have scored if he wasn't a career 51% free throw shooter. Scary thought indeed...
I think another idea (and valid) is that taller players generally have bigger hands which makes free throws (and shooting in general) harder on average with the size of the ball.
It's also longer limbs. The more length you have to control, the more that can go wrong. And big muscles get in the way too. Bigger guys aren't as coordinated as 6' pgs. And finally, shooting free throws begins with the legs. short guys use their legs to get the ball up in a nice arc. This is why you see guys miss more free throws towards the end of games, as their legs get tired. Big dudes are already up high and so tend not to use their legs as much. They've much flatter shots, especially because they are shooting near even (almost downwards) with the hoop.
It's not a fvcking iron clad rule. It's on average. There's exceptions to every point you can make about players. I'm sure if you looked at country wide big man free throw shooting percentages vs guards, you'd see a big difference.
"This is why you see guys miss more free throws towards the end of games, as their legs get tired." Excellent point there are several variables that come into the free throw shooting equation. It is n interesting dynamic to the game. The physical and mental cumulatively effected the result. Thanks for the thoughts...
