There's a reason why mccann can't hit opposite field?

This definitely shouldn't piss you off, since it's super ******ed. Yes, I'm sure all these lazy professional basketball players just aren't practicing their free throws enough, since there would be no obvious rewards attendant with averaging two or three more points a night. And totally, the baseline for an average player's FT% should be higher than the highest ever career FT%. I mean wtf.

Actually some of the worst free throw shooters could improve by using the underhand technique, but they are too macho[1].


“It's all about the ego,” says Barry, still with traces of a biting Jersey accent, elongating each word for emphasis upon second pass. “It’s … all … about … the … ego. They don’t think it’s macho enough for them, and that’s fine. If you’re shooting 80 percent or better, great. If you’re not shooting 80 percent or better, then you better think about making some kind of change.”


[1] http://www.sbnation.com/longform/201...free-throw-nba

Go to a game sometime. Last one i was at, Gorgui Dieng, who's like 50/50 to make a layup in game conditions, drained like 38/40 corner 3s in warmups.


obviously this.

The fact that my Polish house-mate buys Polish toothpaste, veg, fruit etc.. at a massive premium for no logical reason

So if you move to say Thailand. You going to be just using local Thai brands ?

USA#1 tho

I have lived in quite a few countries and have always bought local produce.

Although if it is a brand thing, such as Marmite, I will buy it, as Vegimite is ******g awful

That's like saying you'd rather lick a sweaty taint instead of a dirty *******. Both are nasty and should never touch your tongue.

If you haven't had a ham, cheese and marmite toastie you haven't lived!

I have zero idea of what those things are.

Night time. It pisses me off when the day has ended and it's time to sleep.

Sweaty taint and a dirty *******.

I hate how freaked out people get about the score on televised sporting events when they enter the wrong number. Most often this happens in basketball, on like long 3s they enter as 2s.

Some people just yell about it until they change it, like it makes any difference whatsoever.

This is one of those pieces of received wisdom that I question the reliability of or evidence for. Rick Barry is #3 on the all time FT% list, but Mark Price and Steve Nash are in front of him and they do not shoot granny-style. Why do we take the word of the #3 guy on the list that his way is the right way? Furthermore, the world record holder for FTs made in a row--Ted St. Martin, who hit 5,221 in a row, and runs clinics around the country--shoots overhand.

Has it actually been shown, biomechanically, that shooting underhand is superior? It seems to me that shooting it the way you always shoot the basketball would generally be preferable, leaving aside how goofy shooting it underhand looks. Just seems like apocryphal bs /FT derail

What are you talking about? All he's saying is that the really terrible FT shooters would benefit by using that technique over the one that has clearly already failed them. No one (well, maybe rb said it idk) said it is unequivocally the superior technique

Barry says it is, and I've seen quite a few articles along the lines of "If only these players weren't so concerned with looking uncool/effeminate/etc, they would use the superior underhand ft technique." I was responding to Bank quoting SBNation along those lines.

Personally, I shoot close to 100%, propelling the ball with nothing but positive thinking and affirmations.

It pisses me off when women have this attitude.

I don't agree that anyone under 80% should switch, but I think there is a non-zero number of players who would improve by shooting that way (most of whom probably are under 60% right now)

Ronny Turiaf, who is shooting 32% FTs this year and went 1/8 last game with his only make being a bank shot, could definitely benefit from shooting underhand.

Shoe horns and the people that use them.

I like this one. If your shoes are so tight (read uncomfortable) you need a shoe horn, your life sucks

Speaking of free throws, why does the shooter have to run glad hand the whole ****ing team when he shoots whether he makes or misses the first shot. When did jumping become elevating. OH he elevated and got the rebound, hell you would think players are just floating around like David Blane

When your girlfriend overcooks a steak sandwich for the second consecutive time, and offers a ****ing bacon sandwich as consolation