Comments on: BBR Mailbag: Highest Percentage of Career Points From Free Throws

By: Jason J

Jason J — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:12:22 +0000

Surprised to see Marion on the 2nd list. Athlete on lots of uptempo teams who actually played a significant amount of time at the 4... I guess it's all those corner 3s.

By: taheati

taheati — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:48:34 +0000

"I noticed that too" -> (didn't specifically notice or realize pre-1960 era, did notice unfamiliar names)

By: taheati

taheati — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:43:23 +0000

I notice there's a preponderance of extremely ancient players at the top of that list. 6 out of the top 10 appear to be players who peaked before 1960. I noticed that too. Part of it could be rules-related. Example. According to NBA.com, the 5th-team-foul rule wasn't implemented until 1972-73.

By: Ezra

Ezra — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:29:04 +0000

I notice there's a preponderance of extremely ancient players at the top of that list. 6 out of the top 10 appear to be players who peaked before 1960. You ought to recenter it for each year, so that we can compare players' percentage of points from free throws relative to the average for that year, or, if using career numbers, relative to the average of the seasons in which they played.

By: taheati

taheati — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:33:55 +0000

#6 Thanks. Didn't notice it b4 (below the "fold" on my screen; not on menu bar).

By: Todd

Todd — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:03:09 +0000

Was sure Adrian Dantley would have appeared higher on this list.

By: Jeff James

Jeff James — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 05:07:02 +0000

Frivolities section, Uniform Numbers on the home page

By: taheati

taheati — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:50:01 +0000

/offtopic Is there a link to your uniform number database from any of the regular features on this site?

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:31:45 +0000

Drew was a guard-forward who had a knack for making plays around the basket:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3874

He was a crazy good at drawing fouls and even better at grabbing offensive boards. Tremendous talent, tragic story, like many players in the late 70s/early 80s.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:12:05 +0000

The Dwight Result is Because he shoots FT so bad. When he is good for the 2 pts with a dunk inside etc, why not make him earn them?

Some people might (also) point to the fact that Dwight (Still) doesn't have a quality post move so he misses out on those points... Big men of the quality DHow aspires to be shoot the ball more ... Actually this seems like a big factor.

Nobody shoots as many FTA whilst making as few FGA.

This: http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=KppR6 is a search of the only 75 player seasons where people have attempted between 10 and 15 FGA and at least 8 FTA per game. Almost all of the players are closer to shooting twice as many FGA as FTA - and if you sort by FT% you will see a post prime Shaq and Post Prime Wilt both Notiorus FT shooters who didn't really need to develop weapons like the hook shot or a jumper. In their prime both these players were capable of getting many many more FGA per game.

John Drew is a name that comes up that I know little about - is his game comparable to Howard's?

You will see Magette is also on the list - but is also able to generate more FGA.