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this afternoon's NBA game between Clippers & Lakers had a discussion by the play-by-play guys about the best FT shooters..
Steve Nash has done well enough the past two years to pull slightly ahead of Mark Price's career pct..
but I note two other things about the list of all time best...
one - of course is hard to argue - that all the best FT shooters are also very good outside shooters & 3-pt shooters - obviously their mechanics and form serve them well.
Hersey is still #23!
The other is that there is a lack of left handed shooters among the top on the list -- shouldn't a few lefties be among the top 50 or so?
Are any of the top 50 left handers?
...yes...#27 is, then #62.....could just be an extreme coincidence or there could be other factors.
In fact - here's an even harder one to hang on just coincidence - --
how many of the top 145 best FT seasons ever in all of the NBA or ABA by all players were by lefties?
#146 is a lefty (from over 40 years ago) but are there any others?..
Is this mere coincidence?
Steve Nash has done well enough the past two years to pull slightly ahead of Mark Price's career pct..
but I note two other things about the list of all time best...
one - of course is hard to argue - that all the best FT shooters are also very good outside shooters & 3-pt shooters - obviously their mechanics and form serve them well.
Hersey is still #23!
The other is that there is a lack of left handed shooters among the top on the list -- shouldn't a few lefties be among the top 50 or so?
Are any of the top 50 left handers?
...yes...#27 is, then #62.....could just be an extreme coincidence or there could be other factors.
In fact - here's an even harder one to hang on just coincidence - --
how many of the top 145 best FT seasons ever in all of the NBA or ABA by all players were by lefties?
#146 is a lefty (from over 40 years ago) but are there any others?..
Is this mere coincidence?