EvanZ wrote:It's actually likely not because free throw percentages settle much faster than 3pt %'s. Steph Curry isn't ever a bad free throw shooter in 34 attempts. But in 75 3pt attempts he has had bad weeks. To him that is literally like 6-7 games worth of 3s.
34 attempts, especially spread out over 22 games, is not a sample size worth taking too seriously even when it comes to FTs. Curry is an extreme example. He's the best free throw shooter (and shooter overall) of all time. Let's take another ATG shooter, Klay Thompson. Nobody expects Furphy to be a Klay-level shooter and yet Klay shot 28/40 (70%) on FTs over a 7 game stretch in 2013. He had a stretch like that in college, too. That took one minute to look up. An 80% FT shooter will have stretches where they shoot in the high 60s/low 70s just like they will have stretches where they'll shoot in the 90s over 30-40 FTA.