fatlever wrote:0-for-burleson is their coach? lol
only played for hornets in 05-06
shot 25% for the season
between jan 13 and march 22 he missed 34 consecutive shots
i'm not sure what the nba record is, but thats surely a franchise record
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/burleke01/gamelog/2006
correction, it was 35 in a row. check out this article on this feat
https://www.statholesports.com/theres-no-way-an-nba-basketball-player-missed-checks-notes-35-shots-in-a-row/
Kevin Burleson (KB) played one year of NBA ball with the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2005-06 season. He came off the bench in all but one of his 39 active games averaging 8 minutes and 42 seconds of playing time and 2.3 shots per game. This comes to a total of 88 career shot attempts of which 35 in a row somehow failed to splash nylon. This is simply absurd. If we assume Burleson’s true field goal percentage is a league average 45%, the odds of him missing 35 shots in a row in 88 attempts by chance is precisely 0.000004 percent; or 22,641,861:1. This is roughly 730 times LESS likely than getting a royal flush in a single hand of Texas Hold-em.
At this point, you probably don’t even believe someone could miss 35 consecutive shots in a single game: and you’d be right. My play-by-play data only goes back to the 1996-97 season and Allen Iverson holds this record at 18 consecutive misses. But Burleson didn’t achieve this historic feat in one game. He didn’t just have an off night; he had an off 18 nights. Over a stretch of 32 Charlotte Bobcat games from January 14th to March 21st, Burleson was active and stepped on the court in 18 to miss all 31 shots he took. Add his final two shots from the game prior and first two shots the game after this 18-game streak to make 35 total misses in a row, including exactly six missed lay-ups. And nobody ever noticed.
