Free Throw Conondrum

01/20/2013 19:54

Free throw shooting abillity is like common sense.  Everyone should have it... but through a ununderstandable turn of events throughout basketball history, it has become a cherished skill, instead of a given.  Anyone can shoot free throws.  It is the most practiced shot in basketball.  If you play basketball, you should make free throws.  Yet, a player is considered elite when his percent is a mere 90%.  Every player should be at at least 80%.  Anything less is an inexcusable lack of effort.  But for now, until coaches and players everywhere wake up and realize what an issue this has become, players like Scott Wood and Jordan Hulls will be known by college basketball fans everywhere, purely because they shoot free throws well... just like a person with common sense is revered as an intellectual these days.