Critical analysis and solutions to McGrady's FT shooting problems

sometime, it's just all in the head.

 

To be fair, the title should replace McGrady with Rockets.

 

Do the rockets even have a FT shooting coach? Even Shaq hits FT's in Phoenix

 

The problems are...

A) His stance. He keeps his front foot in a fixed, akward position. Unnatural. He is also too close to the FT line...in Orlando he would stand further behind the line.

B) He is aiming his shots. Instead he should simply release it without focusing on any particular point...just throw it up around the rim. I have seen him in warmups shooting baseline jumpers in which he barely jumps...they all go in. Same can be for his FT's.

 

Yea that's true that our team shoots really bad at the FT line but I think in McGrady's case it's only about concentration. Past years he've been good at shooting FTs, now he has to have better concetration at the line.

 

we just completely outplayed by sun's inside duo, there is nothing to do with TMAC FT

 

He is the leader. He should set an example for the team. He is much better than that, a career 75% shooter.

Scola told some Chinese media that he has lost confidence in his FTs, even he had been a decent FT shooter. I don't know if that is because Tmac infected him.

 

sure sun's inside duo was outstanding, but wow, the suns let us have a chance for us to take a win. when we get the chance we should have just took advantage of that. missing 2 crucial free throws at the end? jackson missing a free throw during our run in the 3rd. it's not just losing 1 points, it's also momentum changers.

 

I know how to fix it! shoot like 300 shots a day in the offseason like Nash, Kobe, Dirk, Allen, Lebron, Billups, I could go on and on. Defend McGrady all you want. Its pretty obvious the dude hasnt worked on his game outside of practice and real games in about 2 years. He is slowly degressing because he is one of the laziest players ever. Trade him while we can still fool people into believing he is an all-star.

 

You do know he lost 20lbs in the offseason and for the first month and a half was shooting 45% to go along with 25/6/5, right?

Moron.

 

I think he needs to square his body more with the basket. His stance makes his release much more awkward than it should be. No reason TMac shouldn't shoot FT in the high 70% at the minimum.

 

Excuse me it was 10-15lbs, not 20lbs.

 

Maybe he ate too much taco bell and got a bit of Taco neck syndrome?

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It ain't just t-Mac. It's all of the Rockets ('cept Yao). As I mentioned in the game thread, just force them to watch Amare hit 20 of 20 before each game. Shame them into submission.

 

yeah because he was getting the bonzi size happy meals and ballooned up to a much higher weight. Thanks for proving my point though. Why would he have to lose that much weight?

Oh yeah you can really tell he is working hard on his shooting in the offseason every year. Moron.

 

Enough with the TMAC slurping. He was out shot by Shaq! Game, set, match.

 

He spent the past offseason trying to get back in shape. It should be beyond obvious that his athleticism is alot better than it was last year.

 

Not so much.