lllleviathanlll wrote:from Turk3d
"Let's hope so. Big difference between an 11 point game and a 15-16 point one. In order to be a top notch team, you must be a solid free throw shooting team. No team will ever be able to win big games if they can't make their free throws most of the time. If Andris wants the Warriors to be a great team, then he must become a good free throw shooter."
How about Shaq? Also, you said TEAM. Maggette alone can cover Andris poor free throwing %. WE ARE THE TOP 8 IN FT%. Teams ahead of us includes RAptor and Kings. For last year, 07-08, one of the top 9 teams that has a great ft% as a TEAM are the RAptors,Kings,Clippers,Wizards,and Thunders, I stated them because they aren't exactly great teams if you look at their record. When we won 48 games, we were the 18th team in ft%.
1) Andris is not Shaq (no where near as dominant as Shaq was)
2) If he's going to be an integral part of the offense and an all star, then he has to make his free throws.
3) If he wants Nellie to give him 35 mpg and is not going to have an outside shot, he'll have to hit his free throws.
4) If he wants to average 15-18 ppg, then he has to hit his fts. The guys that are hitting 80% are the ones who are going to get the minutes.
This is about Andris personally. If Andris gets better, the team will be better. With there 80% ft shooting last year they won a total of just 29 games.
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