Im not sure who would hate this proposal. Watching free throw fests is excruciating. The Spurs/Thunder was an absolute chore to watch.
When attempting 2 free throws, I've seen stats where the %age on the first and second FT's were both in the 70's, but the 2nd FT %age was a bit better. I remember reading a Reddit post on the stats when shooting 3 FT's, but I can't remember the exact numbers, but the %age increased from 1st to 2nd to 3rd attempt. The 3rd attempt was up close to 90% from what I recall.
From looking at it, It... will. TS% is basically points per fga's and fta's (simply-put). Now you'll be scoring more pts per fta's. I'm basing this on the assumption that these shots will still be awarded 1 FTA like, I believe, the G-League has been doing it for the past few years with their one-FT rule. Not to mention if/how the actual calculation of TS% itself will need to change. Let's just not change it! lol. It's only fair.
This is really a non-issue, You just treat it as the net effect. If you take a 2-pt FT, you just treat it as though the player went 2-2 or 0-2 on FT's. If it's a 3pt FT, just treat it the same as going 3-3 or 0-3.
Maybe I'm not understanding - so if a guy goes to the line one time for 2 possible points, you say he had 2 FTAs in the boxscore even though there was only 1 FTA? If that's what you're saying, then if a guy gets fouled on a 2pt shot, makes the shot, gets awarded 1 foul shot, and misses it, it would be shown as 0-1 FT and, later, if he gets fouled on a 3 pt shot and hits the free throw, it would be 3-3? If those are the only free throws attempted by him in the entire game, did he shoot 1-2 and 50% (which, literally, is what he shot) or did he shoot 3-4 and 75%? It's tough for me to accept someone shooting 2 shots shot them at 75%. It's almost rendering the FT% numbers almost arbitrary/pointless. Then there's the "sometimes this, other times that" of the rule which is more annoyance than anything : "How many FT's did Bob attempt in that game?" "Two" "I only saw him shoot once" "Let's pretend it was 2" "Ok" "... unless it was in the final 2 minutes of the 4th quarter or OT - then we go back to the old way" I could've sworn when I looked into this a few years ago, the G-League was scoring it as being 1 attempt no matter the point value, but I'm not sure they changed it eventually or just kept it that way. This all still leaves having to re-think what stats like FTA, FTAr, FT%, TS%, possibly some REB stats, etc. are and how they're affected and calculated down the road a bit. Not to mention it just sounds bizarre. Also, we're going to have a pre-202x version of these stats and post-202x version of these stats caveat when people try to compare.
I love the idea. I just wonder why the plan is to disable it for the last two minutes. For gaming the scoreboard a bit more in close games I guess? I still don't like that, though, as the last two minutes of close matches is the slowest, most painful part of the game right now.
