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Message: [QUOTE="Huskee11, post: 4092532, member: 7171"] I am mystified as to why athletes who can do so many incredible things on a basketball court, men and women, aren`t able to make virtually all of their free throws. It isn`t that hard. Only 15 feet away, plenty of time, no one in your face. They are practicing almost every day and have great coaching. The problem with a lot of the bad ones is lack of balance, too much arm and body movement, and as a result a flawed and inconsistent release, with most misses going hard and long. Azzi is textbook - perfect balance, minimal movement, consistent release. On the proposal, I am against it. Players should be versatile and we don`t need free throw specialists. If you can`t shoot a high percentage as a team, you deserve to lose a close game. People have mentioned the Dan Hurley in baseball but one of the great things about baseball is that the lineup rotates through 1-9 and at the key spot the worst hitter in the lineup could be up. Not like they get to parade the Dan Hurley out at will. And when it comes down to sheer drama, wouldn`t you rather have Ollie at the line than Jimmy? (Well, not so much if you were a Hickory fan but it ended well in the movie!) [/QUOTE]