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Just thought a little thread appreciating Chauncey's free throw shooting was in order...

Leading the league at 91.076%, just a hair better than Ben Gordon but with a ton more attempts.

Highest percentage for someone with more attempts than Chauncey (none of the rest are even close) is Dirk at 87.967%, 9th in the league.

One funny comparison: Dwyane Wade, at 75.8%, has 7 more makes than Chauncey... IN 86 MORE ATTEMPTS.

Or, even worse, Dwight Howard has 113 more makes than Chauncey in 398 more attempts.

Yeah i heard about that today during today's game on the radio, they mentioned also that Chauncey has taken a lot more attempts as well to the guy behind him, in Ben Gordon.

I suspect him being a little more rested has helped, here.

Having 2 (Rip is also amazing) players who you know will make their FTs at the end of games is a huge advantage for us.

Its much appreciated

What's weird, though, is that Rip's FT% is down. By 4% I believe.

Billups is also on pace to set the highest FT% this century

Rasheeed!!! wrote:Billups is also on pace to set the highest FT% this century

What? No.

Calvin Murphy shot 95.8% from the line in 1980-1981.

Steve Nash shot 92.1% in 2005-2006. Peja Stojakovic shot 91.5% that year.

Reggie Miller shot 91.5% in 1998-1999.

Chris Mullin shot 93.9% in 1997-1998.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf shot 93.0% in 1995-1996 and 95.6% in 1993-1994.

The list goes on and on.

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What? No.

Calvin Murphy shot 95.8% from the line in 1980-1981.

Steve Nash shot 92.1% in 2005-2006. Peja Stojakovic shot 91.5% that year.

Reggie Miller shot 91.5% in 1998-1999.

Chris Mullin shot 93.9% in 1997-1998.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf shot 93.0% in 1995-1996 and 95.6% in 1993-1994.

The list goes on and on.

This century would only include stuff from 2000 and beyond.

But it looks like Nash and Peja have had better %'s.

Sorry, I read it as in "the last" century, meaning back to 1908. Either way, it's wrong. There have been PLENTY of guys that had better shooting seasons since 2000.

Namely, Reggie Miller, Earl Boykins, Damon Stoudamire, Allan Houston, and Ray Allen. Some of them several times.

It's really cool having him on the team knowing he's most likely going to hit his free throws; Richard on the other hand...he's down 3.8% from last year I believe, but still hits them when it matters, but free throws could haunt you in a game.

I don't have the #s, but it seems to me that Chauncey has trouble shooting technicals. Anybody else notice that he shoots about 95% with players lined up at the key & about 66% when standing all alone at the line?

csaw2112 wrote:I don't have the #s, but it seems to me that Chauncey has trouble shooting technicals. Anybody else notice that he shoots about 95% with players lined up at the key & about 66% when standing all alone at the line?

Yeah I have, I don't know why he does struggle at technicals, there was a segment of it on NBA TV, you do get the ball back from a technical so It's not a problem. Also I think it's just the regular season and stuff and you got to count how much time's technicals are shot, they could be lucky breaks that affect that percentage. If anyone can find a website with those stats please post.

ESPN lied to me

Rasheeed!!! wrote:ESPN lied to me

You're fired.

csaw2112 wrote:I don't have the #s, but it seems to me that Chauncey has trouble shooting technicals. Anybody else notice that he shoots about 95% with players lined up at the key & about 66% when standing all alone at the line?

I have the game logs saved on my hard drive, so it was easy enough to check.

He has made 31 of 35 this season (89%).

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I have the game logs saved on my hard drive, so it was easy enough to check.

He has made 31 of 35 this season (89%).

Nice work. So doing the math means that he shoots 91.4% when everybody's lined up and 88.57% when it's a tech. Doesn't seem like much of a trend to me, unless someone wanted to dig back through old seasons and show that the same was true.

Incidentally, Caron Butler now leads the league at 91.163% to Chauncey's 91.146%.

Hamilton however, has made only 16 of 22 (73%).

I wonder if Chauncy or Rip get upset when Flip chooses one over the othe to hit a Tech. free throw...knowing that they are both great FT shooters?


SIDENOTE - I am so happy that we have that backcourt when it comes to the cherity stripe....it's such a comfort in tight games that most teams don't enjoy.

The Pistons are an extremely tough team to handle late in games because of their great free throw shooting. You never want to be in the penalty against them either. The love to draw fouls and get easy points.