Drummond Underhand Free Throws?

Q00 · Post #1 » by **Q00** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:51 pm

Cool article from an espn writer reaching out to Dre to adopt the underhand form.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... e-drummond

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU88dxJKTHI[/youtube]

ImHeisenberg · Post #2 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:03 pm

He should do them, but he won't.

vic · Post #3 » by **vic** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:25 pm

Yes please Genius move

The_Irony · Post #4 » by **The_Irony** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:44 pm

They do this obligatory article for every new hot player that sucks @ free throws.

recycled trash

DBC10 · Post #5 » by **DBC10** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:00 pm

Too much pride.

Invictus88 · Post #6 » by **Invictus88** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:10 pm

Possibly wishful thinking but I'd rather have him work on the standard method of shooting free throws as that would also be more in line with developing a dependable mid-range jumper as well.

The other thing to consider is the sheer number of catcalls and jeers he would get for doing 'potty shots'. I know that in an ideal world he shouldn't be affected by this, but he's still young. The last thing you really want to mess with is a guy's confidence at that age...

c-dot · Post #7 » by **c-dot** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:20 pm

This is Andre's chance to be groundbreaking. He doesn't even have to shoot a 2 handed "granny" shot he can just do a 1 handed toss. If you ever played around on a nerf hoop or mini hoop, you will see that the underhand toss is more accurate than trying to shoot traditionally. Andre is so big its like he's playing on a mini hoop with a nerf ball.

Post #8 » by **ajaX82** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:48 pm

As long as he gets his FT% significantly up, I don't care if he long-snaps them into the hoop. I also doubt he would ever try this, but he will need to improve here to become the player we all think he can be.

Kilo · Post #9 » by **Kilo** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 7:54 pm

Unless he'd hit them at an 80% clip, I think pride would get in the way, and probably rightly so. Shooting conventionally he should be able to get around 50% one has to hold out hope for yet.

Mr. Krabs · Post #10 » by **Mr. Krabs** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:15 pm

motorcitybadboys

bballnmike · Post #11 » by **bballnmike** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:23 pm

I'd love to see him try this.

I wonder if palming the ball and throwing it like a beer pong shot would be effective? :lol:

His standing reach isn't quite high enough to throw down, but that would be funny to see

tmorgan · Post #12 » by **tmorgan** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:19 pm

Shaq did something like the beer pong shot for quite a while, looked even worse than a normal FT stroke and didn't seem to help him at all.

c-dot · Post #13 » by **c-dot** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:20 pm

Kilo wrote:Unless he'd hit them at an 80% clip, I think pride would get in the way, and probably rightly so. Shooting conventionally he should be able to get around 50% one has to hold out hope for yet.

I would hope teams using the Hack-A-Shaq method and him bricking FTs would hurt his pride more.

Im sure people first thought it would look goofy to perform the high jump back-first until they started to get beat by someone doing it. If Drummond did this and it worked, I wouldn't surprised if tons of others started doing the same thing over the years.

Minas · Post #14 » by **Minas** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:18 pm

Dre said no :lol:

Andre Drummond ‏@DRE_DRUMMOND_ 1h
Let me make this clear.... I'm not shooting free throws underhand.. #Relax

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-bas ... -underhand

Br0ken_Sp0ke · Post #15 » by **Br0ken_Sp0ke** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:30 pm

The writer of that article just tweeted this. :rofl:

[tweet]http://twitter.com/SherwoodStrauss/status/368847600125882369[/tweet]

Q00 · Post #16 » by **Q00** » Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:21 pm

Br0ken_Sp0ke wrote:The writer of that article just tweeted this.

[tweet]http://twitter.com/SherwoodStrauss/status/368847600125882369[/tweet]

lmao

DetroitPistons · Post #17 » by **DetroitPistons** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:16 am

Haha a bit harsh by Drummond.

BernardKing · Post #18 » by **BernardKing** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 2:50 am

Shaq should've let Rick Barry teach him how to do it, but instead he told him "I'd rather shoot 0% than shoot them underhanded". As for Drummond, he needs to get a call from the 6"11 George Johnson, who was the last guy to do it consistently.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NrlG3hyyzk[/youtube]

MrBigShot · Post #19 » by **MrBigShot** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 3:56 am

Well, that's embarrassing...

HotelVitale · Post #20 » by **HotelVitale** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 4:48 am

c-dot wrote:
Kilo wrote:Unless he'd hit them at an 80% clip, I think pride would get in the way, and probably rightly so. Shooting conventionally he should be able to get around 50% one has to hold out hope for yet.

I would hope teams using the Hack-A-Shaq method and him bricking FTs would hurt his pride more.
Im sure people first thought it would look goofy to perform the high jump back-first until they started to get beat by someone doing it. If Drummond did this and it worked, I wouldn't surprised if tons of others started doing the same thing over the years.

Are you serious, Kilo? Drummond aint in 5th grade any more, if he wants to do something that some people think doesn't look cool, he should be a grown man and do it. It's not like he'd be sh*tting on the parquet floor or playing in a diaper or something, he'd be trying to score as much as possible and win as much as possible. What could be more manly than that?