Why don't they practice MISSING freethrows?

[Stevenson]

I will never understand this: Down by 3, seven seconds left, and you are at the line shooting two. What good does making the second free throw get you? Nothing. Make it and you are still down, and without the ball.

Name me the last time this worked and a team got a stop at the other end and came down and scored? It never happens.

Better: Miss it on purpose and try and get the rebound. Even better, practice it! These guys are wizards with a ball and a rim. You think they couldn't learn how and where to hit the ball off the rim so it ricochets in the right direction?

At least you would have a chance at tying or winning.

 

[B-Roy]

I agree with the premise, but it seems like a very niche thing to practice. Practice time during the season is limited enough as it is, with the number of games played and players needing rest. Not sure it is the best use of resources practicing this. Especially not when there are bigger issues to deal with.....(defense)...

 

[HailBlazers]

Onside punt?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Do you really need to practice missing free throws?

In case anyone who plays basktball doesn't know, aim just off center and shoot the ball a little harder. Not hard. It is literally the easiest thing to do with a basketball .

 

[Stevenson]

Onside punt?

Exactly! The basketball equivalent of an onside kick.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Do you really need to practice missing free throws?

In case anyone who plays basktball doesn't know, aim just off center and shoot the ball a little harder. Not hard. It is literally the easiest thing to do with a basketball .

Just ask deandre jordan hes been practicing missing his whole life

 

[jlprk]

Do you really need to practice missing free throws?

Well yeah, if you're me. For those who don't know, this thread is about McCollum not shooting to miss at the end of tonight's game, when play-by-play guys for both teams were predicting he'd miss on purpose.

 

[dviss1]

Getting an NBA offensive rebound on a free throw is one of the harder things to do in basketball.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Getting an NBA offensive rebound on a free throw is one of the harder things to do in basketball.

All the more reason to practice missing it in such a way as to make it less hard.

 

[blue9]

All the more reason to practice missing it in such a way as to make it less hard.

Agreed. Someone like Dame/CJ, who can pretty much put the ball exactly where they want, could put it off left, off right, or drop center. That gives 3 options the defense has to defend against. A simple call, or huddle, would be all that's needed to alert our rebounder to which direction they need to play.

 

[H.C.]

this thread.... lol......

Do you really need to practice missing free throws?

In case anyone who plays basktball doesn't know, aim just off center and shoot the ball a little harder. Not hard. It is literally the easiest thing to do with a basketball .

There was a time in my life that I struggled to miss free throws, while making it look like I wasn't trying to miss by doing the same form/rotation.
I'd say it's harder to miss a free throw as you get more skilled at the game. Well unless you're just breaking form and chucking it off the rim in hopes to get the board.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

this thread.... lol......



There was a time in my life that I struggled to miss free throws, while making it look like I wasn't trying to miss by doing the same form/rotation.
I'd say it's harder to miss a free throw as you get more skilled at the game. Well unless you're just breaking form and chucking it off the rim in hopes to get the board.

It's easy as fuck

 

[H.C.]

It's easy as fuck

Maybe for a non-shooter.
But guys that are being mentioned in this thread are far from non-shooters.

 

[Stevenson]

There was a time in my life that I struggled to miss free throws, while making it look like I wasn't trying to miss by doing the same form/rotation. I'd say it's harder to miss a free throw as you get more skilled at the game.

Well, you are not paid $10 million a year to have skills with a ball. They are. The can make that ball go where they want for the most part.

 

[BBert]

If you are going to miss a free throw and intend for the ball to carom off the rim in a certain direction, or a certain distance, I don't think you want to shoot it with perfect form. At the same time, I've seen guys try to miss a free throw on purpose by heaving the ball at the basket, and just miss the rim entirely. I think it's not a bad idea to practice a modified shooting form that would cause the ball to hit off the rim at an angle, with greater than normal force. It would take all of 15 minutes to practice that. Myself, I'd probably start my motion as if a normal free throw, then go into a two handed overhead passing motion and drill the ball off the center of the back of the rim, and try to get it to come back to the middle of the key. Sounds easy enough.

 

[riverman]

Players do use intentional free throw misses at times but the reason they don't do it often is it more than likely will lead to a fast break layup for the other team..it benefits any guard outside the lane and the guy furthest from the rim isn't your player

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Maybe for a non-shooter.
But guys that are being mentioned in this thread are far from non-shooters.

Logic is always fun, they're too GOOD to be able to miss. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[H.C.]

Well, you are not paid $10 million a year to have skills with a ball. They are. The can make that ball go where they want for the most part.

So after practicing your entire life to make free throws.
Soon as you're paid 10 million a year, you then can make the ball go anywhere you want for the most part.
Statements like these make me wonder how many people on this forum who think this way actually had to tryout to make a team in high school.
Point is, I got to a point where I found it difficult to not completely break my form and miss a shot/free throw.
I imagine these guys who are paid 10m+ a year would find it even more difficult than I did. Considering the goal of shooting is to make it...

Logic is always fun, they're too GOOD to be able to miss. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

You're not worth my time responding to again. Moronic post.

I'd say it's harder to miss a free throw as you get more skilled at the game. Well unless you're just breaking form and chucking it off the rim in hopes to get the board.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

So after practicing your entire life to make free throws.
Soon as you're paid 10 million a year, you then can make the ball go anywhere you want for the most part.
Statements like these make me wonder how many people on this forum who think this way actually had to tryout to make a team in high school.
Point is, I got to a point where I found it difficult to not completely break my form and miss a shot/free throw.
I imagine these guys who are paid 10m+ a year would find it even more difficult than I did. Considering the goal of shooting is to make it...



You're not worth my time responding to again. Moronic post.

So you are just going to post that you made a MORONIC post? Works for me.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Didn't have to try out for High School basketball. I had 30 foot three point range, but I'm built like Mike Golic

 

[e_blazer]

What makes you think that they DON'T practice missing free throws? Just because Stotts didn't call for that to happen in this instance hardly means that it isn't something that they do practice for the occasions when the coach does want a miss. These guys are pros and you can bet they practice all phases of the game. I don't know why Stotts didn't call for a miss in that situation. Maybe he figured that the Clippers are too good at rebounding for there to be much chance of success and he chose to get the points and hope for a turnover.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

I have seen plenty of NBA players attempt to miss a free throw but actually end up making it.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

I have seen plenty of NBA players attempt to miss a free throw but actually end up making it.

deandre jordan does that on about 50 percent of his miss attempts

 

[jlprk]

In aiming to solve one problem in this thread, we have accidentally hit upon how to solve another problem...a new "addition by subraction" coaching technique to help free throw shooting by Ed Davis and Plumlee.

 

[Stevenson]

Again!!

Miss the second free throw at the end of a game and you give yourself a shot to rebound it and hit a three for the tie. But noooo, let's make them both and foul Demar DeRozen. How in the hell does that give you better odds?

It doesn't.

 

[Strenuus]

Again!!

Miss the second free throw at the end of a game and you give yourself a shot to rebound it and hit a three for the tie. But noooo, let's make them both and foul Demar DeRozen. How in the hell does that give you better odds?

It doesn't.

Your first mistake is expecting this team to rebound.

 

[Minstrel]

They're the best in the world at shooting basketballs, but they're not so pinpoint with accuracy that they can hit the rim at just the right arc and velocity that it caroms just over the closest rebounders (the opposing team). If they had that kind of accuracy, they'd shoot 100% from the line normally and nail every open shot.

 

[Stevenson]

They're the best in the world at shooting basketballs, but they're not so pinpoint with accuracy that they can hit the rim at just the right arc and velocity that it caroms just over the closest rebounders (the opposing team).

For example, here's a play they could design pretty easily I bet: Practice hitting the front of the rim and sending a guy to that spot for a tipin; he would be the only one to know what's coming.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Someone needs to tell Harkless to stop practicing missing free throws.

 

[PDXFonz]

We practiced missing free throws tonight. The team should have come out and joined us. We could have taught them a thing or two.