Why did NBA players stop shooting underhanded free throws? Rick Barry famously made over 90% of his NBA free throws this way. But when Rick talked to players like Shaq, who was one of the worst free throw shooters in NBA history, Shaq told him that he’d rather miss every shot than look goofy with Rick’s granny shot. But the weirdest story is NBA legend Will Chamberlain. In the one season he switched to underhand free throws, he made more free throws than any other year in his career. But the next season, he went back to his old form because he said shooting underhand free throws made him look like a
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I guess they don't care enough about winning.
This is why professional sports arent even as impressive as pro esports, these people literally hinder their performance to look less corny
LMAO fragile masculinity in a nutshell
So misogyny and stupidity
Yeah its because most basketball players now are black guys and they tend to be way more worried about embarrassing themselves than other races
This remind me of the Park and rec bowling episode.
I get that you want to look cool, I myself may have taken the inefficient path just to retain some semblance of bad assery, but my dude you’re in the NBA, respectfully, a granny shot would not look dumb, win or lose.
Ego is the destroyer of man, learn and respect yourself and your ego, letting it control you so hard that youd rather lose than just look a lil goofy is sad
Even the Pros will sacrifice Win% to look Cool
Fellas is basketball gay, you're literally enjoying bouncing balls.
"White people do that, so I don't want to"
In sports people wanna look cool and tough. In video games they just want the win and the money.
Most examples of fragile masculinity are bullshit, but this might be a real one lmao.
When my masculinity depends on throwing a ball in a cool way:
Toxic masculinity, got it.
"Yeah man I don't wanna look gay while I'm out here under the spot lights with a bunch of sweaty muscular men. The last thing i want them to think is that I'm gay while i smack my teammate's ass as we head to the locker room.
If they just practiced their normal throws they'd probably get close to the level of accuracy and not look goofy
I feel like they only think that because it’s called a granny throw, if it wasn’t I bet everyone would be doing it because it’s more effective
Not gonna lie, the aura farm is always more important.
Real men win the hardest way possible, no easy Street for these real men
So?
Hey
And that's when the game took a turn to what we see today. Guys more concerned with looking cool than making winning plays.
Well that "sissy" can score. So she's better than the grown men missing
it’s basketball, you’re gonna look like a sissy anyway 😂
Toxic masculinity strikes again
Being worried about looking like a sissy is weak, like a sissy.
Missing all those free throws makes them look more like a sissy.
Too be honest that’s not the type of basketball we want to be watching
If it looks stupid but works, it ain’t stupid.
Men ☕
Better look goofy and make it in
Rather than look fancy but didn't make it in
Americans are so insecure about their masculinity.
So basically looking good is more important than cold, hard facts. Am I seeing that correctly?
and i thought i was an egomaniac
this is possibly the most pathetic thing i’ve ever heard ever
He is Goofy because he would rather miss each foul shot then shoot underhand
Chamberlain was the strongest person in history, and scared of that?
The funny part about wilt is that his normal shooting form looks more awkward than his underhand form
NBA players in particular Americans just want to look "cool" rather than win
Because with social media people nit pick everything. Even Lonzo balls shot is made fun of but it makes him the most shots.
Because warriors fans in the 70s thought Rick looked so goofy winning them games shooting 90 PERCENT FROM THE LINE😂😂!!