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Why hasn't Jalen Green gone to the free throw line yet?

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  1. ThatboyPhuong

    ThatboyPhuong Member

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    Doesn't anyone find this odd?

    It's been 3 games but there's a couple times where I really believed he should had gone to the line.
     
    #1 ThatboyPhuong, Oct 25, 2021
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    NBA refs are jokes
     
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    Crooked league. Should have gone at least once per game.
     
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    He's a rookie, I'm convinced refs like to see them take a pounding for a while before they start giving them favourable calls. Definitely been fouled.
     
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    Tonight he should had gone to the line 5 times.
    1 from the deep 3.
    He had one drive where it was a obvious foul.
    The other one was kinda questionable, because of the angle of the camera.
     
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    vator Contributing Member

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    Somebody’s probably going to have to slap him in the face and practically palm his head. Oh wait, that doesn’t work either.

     
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    Because Jalen Green hasn't sacrificed a family member to Baal yet
     
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    Dont need Jalen to get fat and start fishing for free throws. Been there done that
     
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    Mathloom Shameless Optimist
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    I think he tried in the first game and preseason and it resulted in a lot of turnovers. Meanwhile his shot wasn’t falling either and he’s learning our defense for the first time.

    They decided to cut back on his responsibilities and focus one aspect at a time so that he’s not a net negative on the floor. Looks like they started with passing defense and open shots, basics. Then focused on his shooting and it gave him confidence.

    I think he’ll start attacking the basket now and teams will defend him closer, which it easier to get to the rim.

    They’re just taking their time, as they should. Jalen is sharpening his game off the ball on offense and defense. He needs to get the fundamentals down once really well.

    We’re not going to run out of opportunities to give him the ball and let him operate. We’re like 2% through the season, chill out.
     
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    Couple of miss calls. The one that seem most obvious is the 4pter to end the 1q yesterday.
     
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    The most obvious one was two games back when Green wanted to make the dunk of the century but got smacked in the face.
     
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    [​IMG] ‘
     
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    Clean block guys all ball
     
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    Why indeed
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    All Ball
     
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    The lack of free throw attempts is concerning, he won’t be an elite scorer without going to the line a lot. Some of it early has been luck, some of it is his weak body and some of it is that he doesn’t know how to initiate and finish through contact yet.

    He will get better at it and we will see. If I had to guess, he will ultimately end up close to the top 10-15 guys in free throw attempts when he is in his prime. He can off set some of that with his shooting ability and as teams try to cut him off from shooting he will draw more fouls.

    Green is kind of a unique player. He physically isn’t like Vince Carter but he reminds me of him in someways.
     
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    I want him to take off from the Free Throw Line.
     
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    We call this defensive move the enhanced Shane Battier
     
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  19. ThatboyPhuong

    ThatboyPhuong Member

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    Someone should make a video and make it known to the league! It worked with Jeremy lin back then when he was getting hacked.
     
    #19 ThatboyPhuong, Oct 25, 2021
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    because refs are going out of their way to not call fouls after the rule changes
     
    #20 Reeko, Oct 25, 2021
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