In the regular season, SGA averaged 8.8 free throws per game— second only to Giannis Antetokounmpo —and posted a .403 free throw rate, meaning over 40% of his shots resulted in a trip to the line.

In today’s NBA, getting to the free-throw line is a skill and an art form. And if there’s one player who made foul-drawing a signature move, it’s James Harden. But with Harden entering the ...

Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal -- two of the greatest centers in NBA history -- were notoriously awful as free throw shooters. Chamberlin's career free throw percentage was 51.1%.

ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke ruffled some feathers during the Western Conference finals when she referred to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as a “free-throw merchant” during Game 1 between the ...

Of course, I'm referring to Gilgeous-Alexander's rather unfortunate "free-throw merchant" nickname. The very same nickname that ESPN announcer Doris Burke used to describe Gilgeous-Alexander ...

He simply relaxed. For years, Poeltl was one of the NBA’s worst free throw shooters, entering this season with a career average of just 53.8%. It often made him a liability in crunch time.

Free-throw shooters have different baseline averages, and some distractions are used more often than others, leading to discrepant sample sizes potentially driving false trends in the data.