Open Thread: The strangest free throw shooting forms the NBA has ever seen

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First off, I am working a music festival this weekend and missed last night’s game in Austin. Don’t spoil it for me. I hope to watch the game after this evening’s festivities.

In the meantime, there was an interesting post on social media. Got to give it up to the algorithm. This came across my daily feed recently.

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Reminded me of Rick Berry’s underhand free throws:

Of course Spurs can’t forget Jeremy Sochan’s attempt to raise his free thorw shooting percentage:

No matter the style, every player has a distinct form to their shot. Well, almost every player.

Spurs are in Dallas tonight for their third rivalry match in a row. First OKC, then Houston, and finally their I-35 rival. I’ll miss this one too, so hopefully there will be lots of good to talk about tomorrow.

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