He's been a starter for how long now? One would think that this would be a HUGE individual point of emphasis for him. He has Kevin Martin, Kyle Lowry, Courtney Lee, Bud (great free throw shooters) ALL on his team and he can't work with them one on one to help improve his shot? Remember how terrible Chuck Hayes was 2 years ago? Last year he was half way decent. Parsons NEEEEEEDs to drastically improve his FT% if he's going to be a starter on our team. What do you guys think it is? Nerves? Form?
Not to be racist but I've rarely seen a Caucasian suck at free throws this much unless they were centers.
Compressed schedule means no time to practice. I suspect free throw shooting and shooting in general will be points of emphasis this offseason.
Something is up with his shooting mechanics because he's a bad shooter from everywhere, even his runners don't looks smooth...could be a mix of his height, long arms, and large hands(?) Shooting form isn't a one size fits all, otherwise everyone would shoot the same way. Probably needs an offseason with a shooting expert to completely change it. unfortunately, it may be a case where his good body mechanics, which allow him to be athletic, especially at his height, will get in the way of proper shooting mechanics for him.
Kid's just lost some confidence at the free throw line... It's happened to a lot of pretty good shooters I've had the pleasure of playing with. He'll get some confidence back with time. First post at CF!
Parsons shot 61% on free throws in college. I think he can get that back, it probably just developed into a hangup for him after an early string of bad luck. Kind of like "the yips", where a catcher in baseball keeps throwing the ball away when he tries to toss it back to the pitcher. Human minds are weird.
That's the key if he wants to play 10+ years in the NBA, the ability to shoot well is the only thing stopping him from becoming one of the best glue guys in the league. It was sweet watching him defend Stephen Curry the other night, it's great when you have a guy that can defend from the 1 through the 4 position, and just like with Lin, I bet no GM knew he could step it up like that or else he would have been a 1st rounder.
Some people just aren't good at free throws. SMH at people who act like he doesn't practice, like he just skips the free throw part of practice.
