Purvis' FT's

[Chin Diesel]

Forcing substitution patterns that aren't beneficial.

This isn't Taliek having BG to take over handling duties at the end of the game.

 

[Palatine]

Maybe tonight he got the point.

 

[aceboon]

heads up move by Shaka Smart to intentionally foul him, I think we'll see that again this year from another team

 

[Chin Diesel]

Maybe tonight he got the point.

It's mental not physical.

I have zero doubt he cares, tries and listens. Coaches will probably break out a "he shoots blah, blah, blah in practice" quote.

But he freezes up at game time. A year and a half of games is more than a trend. It's a truth.

 

[pnow15]

Sad. He no doubt wants to play for money but how does a shooting guard get paid when he can't shoot fouls? There is nothing this guy has to do with his life more important than practice foul shots.

 

[Silk31]

Shaka literally took a page out of Popovich's book and Deandre Jordan'ed Purvis down the stretch.

His FT shooting has become a true liability to where our best scorer had to be taken out of the game in crunch time.

Shooting better from 3 than the FT line is quite the feat. Get out of your own head Purvis, it is clearly mental

 

[Dabutlerdidit]

i feel like Purvis always clanks them on the back of the rim -- but he has a good stroke.

IMHO...what if he backed up a little from the free-throw line? maybe a little more distance b/w him and the rim is the perfect range for him?

 

[gtcam]

This, along with his occasional boneheaded play are his Achilles heal
I don't think he will ever be a 80% FT shooter

 

[lange10]

He's admitted to the media it's mental. In the open practice he shot 21-22 when I watched him. Complain about FT's all you want, it ain't easy hitting a shot when 15,000 people are yelling and watching you.

 

[willie99]

it has to get better, or he's coming out in close late game situations

 

[Jerry1714]

This should not be a surprise to anyone. He has always been a terrible free throw shooter. 58% last year, 50% this year.

At this point he cannot be in the game on offense in situations where FTs are required to close it out.

 

[sdhusky]

I would let him work through it

 

[Husky68]

He's admitted to the media it's mental. In the open practice he shot 21-22 when I watched him. Complain about FT's all you want, it ain't easy hitting a shot when 15,000 people are yelling and watching you.

If it's so hard, why can so many others do it? He's shooting 45% from the 3 point line and 50% for foul line, do the fans go home or get quiet when he shoots 3's?
Just for comparisons - only 7 of 346 Div. 1 teams shoot less than 60% from the foul line and none are as low as 50%. The 250th individual foul shooter makes them at 78.3%. 50% is bad at an astounding level for a top 25 team starting shooting guard. Stop with the excuses and fix it. All those coaches are paid to figure it out, so do it, not like the ball has a mind of its own, he must be doing something different in games.

 

[Jerry1714]

I would let him work through it

Are you nuts?

 

[imno1]

I predict he will hit some huge (trump voice) free throws for us this year.

 

[tentoes4rings]

If it's so hard, why can so many others do it? He's shooting 45% from the 3 point line and 50% for foul line, do the fans go home or get quiet when he shoots 3's?
Just for comparisons - only 7 of 346 Div. 1 teams shoot less than 60% from the foul line and none are as low as 50%. The 250th individual foul shooter makes them at 78.3%. 50% is bad at an astounding level for a top 25 team starting shooting guard. Stop with the excuses and fix it. All those coaches are paid to figure it out, so do it, not like the ball has a mind of its own, he must be doing something different in games.

The simple matter is his stroke from the perimeter and the line are different. I've said this before, and not sure why the coaches don't pick up on it. During his FT routine, Rodney flips the wall with spin into his left hand before transferring it back to his right hand. This additional spin and transferring can't be helping him in any way. If he were to simply bounce the ball with his right, and just use the left hand to guide his shot, I bet we'd see a minimum 10-15% spike in his FT %. TCF, any way you can post a gif of Rodney's FT routine for illustration? Thanks.

 

[cowboysnation]

Purvis can vastly improve his free throw shooting by doing two things.

1. Include an imaginary free throw before you shoot the real ones into your routine. Ray allen used to do this. With a player like purvis who has alot of muscle mass esp on his shoulders, he really should just loosen them up a bit by shooting an imaginary one right before he gets to the line.

2. He needs to SLOW DONE his free throw routine. Most of the time it seems like he is rushing. Instead of one dribble take 3 dribbles. And don't do that stupid rotating the ball thing he does. He should just copy Sterling Gibbs routine. Sterling has a very slow routine. The benefits of a slow routine are that it calms your nerves, and make it alot easier to duplicate the same routine over and over again.

 

[Gurleyman]

If it's so hard, why can so many others do it? He's shooting 45% from the 3 point line and 50% for foul line, do the fans go home or get quiet when he shoots 3's? Just for comparisons - only 7 of 346 Div. 1 teams shoot less than 60% from the foul line and none are as low as 50%. The 250th individual foul shooter makes them at 78.3%. 50% is bad at an astounding level for a top 25 team starting shooting guard. Stop with the excuses and fix it. All those coaches are paid to figure it out, so do it, not like the ball has a mind of its own, he must be doing something different in games.

Yes, because if there's one thing all those coaches have shown its that they don't know the first thing about getting the most out of their team's free throw shooting.

If you ever wanted a case study where the overwhelming abundance of evidence should lead one to conclude that a problem was isolated to a specific individual, this is it.

 

[UCweCONN]

Maybe he should try hypnosis? With millions at risk from not making the NBA, he needs to try everything. Then again, he could go to a hypnotist and it could turn out like "Office Space."

 

[aceboon]

Good to see the Boneyard braintrust has tackled and solved Purvis's free throw shooting woes, now if we can get these answers funneled to the staff. Basically everyone else can shoot free throws except one dude, but its clear its the coaching staff's wrongdoing, amazing. The dude just can't shoot free throws at a consistent rate, it is what it is.

 

[Brettloaf]

Purvis having to come out of the game at the end will effectively end our title hopes. Having to take out one of your best players and ball handlers at the end of game due to poor FT% does not bode well come march.

 

[Gurleyman]

Purvis having to come out of the game at the end will effectively end our title hopes. Having to take out one of your best players and ball handlers at the end of game due to poor FT% does not bode well come march.

If he has to come out due to poor FT shooting, it's because we are leading and getting fouled. Which is, typically, a good thing for one's hopes. He's not so bad at the line that teams will foul him in a tie game, or when they lead us and don't want to stop the clock (unless they are up 3 in final seconds).

Put Gibbs-Adams-Hamilton out there, using Adams as a relief valve to keep the pressure off your freshman, and we are fine protecting a lead.

 

[Chief00]

I think I could get him to 70%. True to some posts he does rush things and needs a routine - he needs to line the front of the rim up with his nose and visualize the ball arching over the front of the rim - then get the arm motion with the ball kea ING his fingers not his palm - he also needs better body balance - leg spacing etc - and practice and practice and practice

 

[tcf15]

I think I could get him to 70%.

Peak.

 

[Leebo]

Purvis having to come out of the game at the end will effectively end our title hopes. Having to take out one of your best players and ball handlers at the end of game due to poor FT% does not bode well come march.

Man, and just after we avoided the end of our season by winning the must-win game at Texas. The season-ending calamities just keep coming.