The "You've Got to Make Your Free Throws" Thread.

[nuraman00]

I saw gervin and Drj as VA squires in Roanoke in old aba in 71.billy Cunningham too.

Nice. So you went to ABA games? What was that like?

 

[nuraman00]

I wanted to see the best Jazz FT% leaders.

Utah Jazz Career Leaders | Basketball-Reference.com

Utah Jazz career statistical leaders.

www.basketball-reference.com

The best was Hornacek at .897. Wish they had a 91.1%+ guy.

I had no idea Jeff Malone was at 88.1%. Nice.

Pretty weird that recent players are in the top 10. Olynyk, Rubio, Bogdanovic, and Markkanen are in the top 10, and all have played for the team within the past few years.

 

[redskinsfan1963]

Nice. So you went to ABA games? What was that like?

pretty much like NBA,but with a red.white.blue ball.

 

[nuraman00]

pretty much like NBA,but with a red.white.blue ball.

The NBA did not have the 3-pointer at that time, correct? So the ABA was different in that aspect?

 

[redskinsfan1963]

The NBA did not have the 3-pointer at that time, correct? So the ABA was different in that aspect?

no,not till 79,9 years later.aba had it.

 

[nuraman00]

@redskinsfan1963, did you think the 3-pointer made ABA games more fun?

 

[redskinsfan1963]

@redskinsfan1963, did you think the 3-pointer made ABA games more fun?

for 7 year old me,the dunking by Dr j did.my 12 year old brother loved the 3 point shots.

 

[nuraman00]

for 7 year old me,the dunking by Dr j did.my 12 year old brother loved the 3 point shots.

Glad it was fun for much of the family.

 

[redskinsfan1963]

Glad it was fun for much of the family.

my dad was a sports loving kind man.

 

[nuraman00]

Team USA made their FTs to hold off France in the Womens Gold Medal game!

 

[MHSL82]

 

[nuraman00]

That is awesome. But they only showed the 2nd make. If they're saying he made both, I want to see it.

Hopefully this keeps Gobert in the DPOY conversation. And that talk about how he gets played off the floor in the playoffs, subsides a little.

@MHSL82 finally told me something before anyone else did! I didn't know how that game had ended.

 

[nuraman00]

@MHSL82, why didn't you tell me Victor Wembanyama is shooting 92% on FTs? I hope he keeps that up!

Who are the tallest players that were 90.1%+ FT shooters?

 

[nuraman00]

Two contestants have 24 seconds to make as many FTs as they can.

Contestant # 1 makes 4.

Contestant # 2 shoots them underhanded . . . and makes 2.

Darn it contestant # 2! I was rooting for you, especially when the PA said he was shooting them "granny style".