To T-MAC, his shooting coach, or any coaching staff within the organization...

- He will also frequently blame the lack of support for failures, an excuse for his subpar play. Shouldering a leader's amount of burden for the team seems like an outrageous idea to him, yet he rakes in about 1/3 of the teams total annual salary. He shrugs off preseason like he's above it. I don't think 'humility' should be a word to describe him.
- He's also probably the first and only superstar to be ousted in six consecutive playoff exits. Least he could do was show that he maybe cared, something that doesn't always show on the court - which is probably why he shoots so piss poor from the line. He just doesn't seem to care.

 

He doesn't care but he cried after losing in the first round 2 years ago. He blames the lack of support for failures but that same year, he had his "Its on Me" speech. T-Mac doesn't care about Rockets fans.

 

I think it's a big extreme to say he doesn't care but I think there's a definite lack of effort on his part to sustain/attain greatness. Something as simple as practicing his shooting, would go a long ways in improving his game.

He doesn't seem to realize that he is on the brink of fading into the state of oblivion that has characterized the latter half of his cousin's career. Only his passing has kept him relevant at this point.

 

In my opinion, it is all about confidence. He can make any shot over any defender so free throws shouldn't be a problem.

 

I think you need to put a defender in front of him at the free throw.



But at the same time I really hate that lack of support speech.

 

They just need to wave a picture of Bruce Bowen in front of him before every shot.

 

I just think he doesn't seem to have that passion for the game that true winners have. I for one have been very disappointed in his time here as a Rocket.

My 8 year old also cries if I yell at him to loud, but that just makes him over sensitive.

 

His injury in his back and shoulder is the culprit to his bad free throws. as long as his injury has been fully cured of, I bet his free throws will be much better in the upcoming season, at least a little bit better than dorsey

 

Him standing back is not a factor. His FT%was better (more acceptable) before. I think it's mainly mental (not so much confidence as the option has) and partly injuries too. I mean if your shoulder is bugging you, then it's going to affect things like shooting.

 

One thing I noticed last year is his percentage on the first free throw attempt had to be significantly lower than the second one.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was down around 50% on the first free throw attempt through most of last year.

 

He should get Rick Barry to teach him how to shoot free throws underhanded

 

Yep.

It's like he would miss the first one and then say to himself "oh yeah, maybe I should actually make this second one..."

 

None of the above. T-mac has scoliosis ever since he was young. That's probably the reason.

 

Health declines with age.
Athleticism declines with age.
Even jumpshooting can decline with age because of the decline in elevation.

Free throw shooting does NOT decline with age (except when injuries impede the shooting mechanics). If someone's FT shooting dipped significantly, it had to be mental.

In fact, TMac's FT slump led me to believe that the decline of the other facets of his game was most probably mental too.

 

lack of practice

 

i think it has to with his mechanics of his jump shot.

mcgrady jumps and tends to shoots off of one leg and sort of kicks his other leg out a bit to gain balance and shoot the ball. (head does the same thing--shoot off of one leg) this is fine for jumpers obviously but at the free throw line where its a set shot it makes it harder for him to get his legs into the shot because it becomes a different/unnatural shooting motion for him.

other shooters who jump off of two feet to shoot and do not kick their legs out have better balance for set shots like free throws.

Head --the guy is known as a shooter and is a pretty good shooter, but his career ft % is 76 to me that surprisingly low.

Tmac just needs to practice and focus a lot more to get more consistent from the line i think its possibly for him to be at 79-80% which would be fine.

 

I've noticed that whenever McGrady has a good shooting night on the floor, he makes his FTs on a much more regular basis than if he's having a bad shooting night. Unfortunately, there just aren't enough of his good shooting nights to make his FT respetable.

And if he has had scoliosis, how come he averaged 82% in his Orlando days?

 

He had polio.

And he's crosseyed.