Believe Wilt only did it for part of one season and it upped his percentage by 11%.Rick Barry. Wilt Chamberlain.
Only two guys I can recall shooting underhand for an extended period of time in the NBA. Barry was exceptionally good. Wilt was not.
Why would you not start him over Miller?He's a freshman coming off the bench to spark his team and play 20+ minutes per game!! He's absolutely not starting over Trent, DMFW, or Ayo and suggesting it is worse than last years "start Alan Griffin over DMFW" hot takes. Curbelo starting doesn't solve any of our current issues....effort, turnovers, and FT shooting.
Enjoy his freshman electricity off the bench and imagine him with 20 more lbs. and sleep tight!!
Y'all need to get on Underwood's level. The analytics don't lie.
Freedom coat a buck ‘o’ fiveAparently free throws ain't free. We're payin' a hefty f@#kin fee.
There’s a lot to think about with that. We don’t know the guys personalities at all. We can tell it obviously doesn’t matter to Andre to come off the bench. It might Adam.Why would you not start him over Miller?
I agree. As poor as The Beloved were shooting from the stripe, you would think stopping the clock and putting them on the line is a good plan.Imagine the meltdown on this board if we were losing to Purdue by less than double digits the entire last five minutes, they couldn't hit the ocean with a free throw all night, and we only commit 2 fouls that whole time. Interesting coaching from Painter tonight.
Why would you not start him over Miller?
Thought this same thing. Why did he give up so easily? Very odd.Imagine the meltdown on this board if we were losing to Purdue by less than double digits the entire last five minutes, they couldn't hit the ocean with a free throw all night, and we only commit 2 fouls that whole time. Interesting coaching from Painter tonight.
Imagine the meltdown on this board if we were losing to Purdue by less than double digits the entire last five minutes, they couldn't hit the ocean with a free throw all night, and we only commit 2 fouls that whole time. Interesting coaching from Painter tonight.
There are numerous poor free throw shooting methods and variants that lead to the failures of this team at the line. Hard to believe they have no access or can't get proper support to improve drastically in a short period. It can be done.but not just shooting with the same bad techniques. does no one put their dominant forefoot on the nail in the floor (that's dead center) to line up each and every time? I noticed many of our players are in bad position when they step up to the line.
I think many here were wondering why Ayo only took 1 shot in the 2nd half, especially when Purdue went on a 19 to 0 run. It is just odd that your best player, who the team relies upon, shot only once in the 2nd half. We won anyway, but the start of the 2nd half was not good for us.I don't know what to do with this comment. The best guard in the country scores 30+ three straight B1G games, then goes for a "measly" 12/5/3.....and gets called out? For scoring less than 20?
Nah, what concerns me is the cold starts to the game and the second half when he was on the bench.A few reasons, not the least of which is that Miller graded out defensively against Indiana better than anyone. As a freshman....he graded out better than two of the best B1G defenders, Trent and DMFW.
It also probably creates a size/mismatch issue with another small PG.
The start Curbelo argument is only valid if you have serious deficiencies in your starting lineup. We're not even close to that. Especially defensively.
And as BU keeps repeating...it doesn't matter. It only matters to fans.
Kofi shot 68% last year. You don't just forget how to shoot free throws. This team is just not fully mentally locked in and I really don't understand why. All they need to do is look back over the past 10-15 years. There should be a chip as big as a boulder on their collective shoulders but we sure haven't seen it thus far.
Nah, what concerns me is the cold starts to the game and the second half when he was on the bench.
I know that quite a bit has been made about the free throw shooting and rightly so (not just for this game either). Was anyone else concerned that DMW's 3 point shooting was below his season average? I suspect he will make all of them next game..... just having an off night I suppose.
You very well could be right. Tough year for everyone!I would suspect its a bit harder to be locked in all the time this year versus last? Probably a lot of this going on across CBB. most of the b10 teams ive seen multilple times have looked great one day and ok/worse the next. It's probably a tough year for these guys, as they are 18-22 yr old kids in a pandemic, not allowed to have a social life, not travelling to see their families, no classroom learning so routines are way off, etc etc
Our Ft shooting is 1% worse than last year on the year coming into this game.
Hawkins didn't miss a three tonight. Time to make a switch in the starting lineup?I know that quite a bit has been made about the free throw shooting and rightly so (not just for this game either). Was anyone else concerned that DMW's 3 point shooting was below his season average? I suspect he will make all of them next game..... just having an off night I suppose.
Nah. I like watching the young people playYou forgot, “Get off my lawn!”