[clydepepper]

The Pistons' Andre Drummond made 1 of 9 free throw attempts tonight...

bringing his season FT PCT. down to .347 !!


On 1/20, the Rockets fouled Drummond 5 times in the first nine seconds of the third quarter just to get to the penalty (shooting) stage.

In 23 minutes played that night, Drummond was 13 -for-36 at the 'charity stripe'.

...and that wasn't even an isolated event: The Clippers' DeAndre Jordan made 8 of 18 free throw attempts in a 1 minute, 32 second span of the 4th quarter on November 20 against Portland.

Jordan, whose season FT PCT. is .421 , was 12-for-34 in 33 minutes played.

Shaq-Attack was never more appropriate.

I relate not being able to make free throws to playing good defense in baseball - both take a lot of practice - and there is an increasing number of basketball players and baseball players (i.e. Pedro Alvarez) who still cash huge paychecks in spite of the fact that they are not making the effort.

Sad times indeed.

It should be noted that both the Pistons and the Clippers won their games.
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