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Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:15 pm
by Mr. Sun
Finally some encouraging news for a change:
To answer a question about Lou Amundson's shooting, we'll learn more when the practices are real and the shots come in front of 17,000 fans. But so far, so good. His shooting coach, Dave Love, has him starting with his elbow tighter to his body and is getting more consistency in the motion. Amundson, a 43 percent free throw shooter for his career, is making more than 80 out of 100 regularly.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:32 pm
by Miklo
80% FT in practice is still pretty bad, but a huge improvement
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:32 pm
by DirtyDez
We got some damn good shooting coaches. Amare, Shaq, Marion and Lou were terrible FT shooters
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:35 pm
by WTFsunsFTW
Call me when he hits 800 out of 1000
Was painful watching him at the line last year. He had great form until the release, then it was a trainwreck.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:00 pm
by Vernon Maxwell
Miklo wrote:80% FT in practice is still pretty bad, but a huge improvement
he'll shoot better than JJ by the time the season starts
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:00 pm
by Kerrsed
WTFsunsFTW wrote:Call me when he hits 800 out of 1000
Was painful watching him at the line last year. He had great form until the release, then it was a trainwreck.
I've seen alot worse! her is an example. It's called the one handed shot-put technique. The funny thing is after he (it looks like a man) misses, watch what he (i swear he has a cock) does!
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:43 pm
by SSOL
Didn't really get the man joke...
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:08 pm
by -SDU-
didnt anthony mason use to have the same technique?
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:15 pm
by Miklo
Vernon Maxwell wrote:Miklo wrote:80% FT in practice is still pretty bad, but a huge improvement
he'll shoot better than JJ by the time the season starts
Them's fightin words my friend!
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:38 pm
by eastsidecrossover
Good to see he is working on this and is improving. He wont shoot 80%, but he wll most likely improve his numbers by 20%+.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:18 am
by Vernon Maxwell
Miklo wrote:Vernon Maxwell wrote:Miklo wrote:80% FT in practice is still pretty bad, but a huge improvement
he'll shoot better than JJ by the time the season starts
Them's fightin words my friend!
is that paulus helping jj up?
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:42 pm
by Miklo
Yeah, that's Paulus during his freshman season.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:46 pm
by lilfishi22
Not that Lou gets to the line that often anyway, but it's good to know he'll shoot at a better clip when he does and won't be as much of a liability. I'd also like to see him pick up a short mid range shot.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:55 pm
by Fo-Real
yeah, with how athletic he is, and how active he is, if we can get him to be able to stick even short jumpers with some kind of consistency, he will be dangerous. Love his attitude, really hope the suns can develope him into something other than a hustle guy with hops, and give him time to develope some skills.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:47 pm
by Mr. Sun
Can you see Lou with a reliable mid another KT?
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:01 pm
by Miklo
Mr. Sun wrote:Can you see Lou with a reliable mid another KT?
I definitely wouldn't call you crazy if you gave me that comparison...but a comparison to KT is a couple years of hard work down the road for Lou. Lou would need to seriously solidify his rebounding to be a KT.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:36 pm
by JohnVancouver
Miklo wrote:Mr. Sun wrote:Can you see Lou with a reliable mid another KT?
I definitely wouldn't call you crazy if you gave me that comparison...but a comparison to KT is a couple years of hard work down the road for Lou. Lou would need to seriously solidify his rebounding to be a KT.
The guy Lou should be working with is K McHale. Seriously.
Re: Good News: Lou making 80% of his FT's
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:58 pm
by rsavaj
Mr. Sun wrote:Can you see Lou with a reliable mid another KT?
Interesting comparison. I think he'd need to bulk up a bit(KT was built like a tree trunk) and he'd have to work a lot on that jumper but that would be nice to see.