No video
Shaq Opens Up About Struggling with Free Throws
In this clip, Shaquille O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers / Miami Heat / Orlando Magic) opens up about his struggles with free throws.
Subscribe to The Old Man and The Three podcast w/ JJ Redick (ESPN / First Take) and Tommy Alter KZread channel today for more NBA analysis, player interviews and highlights.
#nba
Пікірлер: 570
How’s everyone’s morning so far?
@OLDMANANDTHETHREE
3 ай бұрын
Solid. How's yours?
@2kgamer2024
3 ай бұрын
@@OLDMANANDTHETHREE what’s up man
@zionrobertson2097
3 ай бұрын
@@OLDMANANDTHETHREESheesh amazing now not to stan lol🫶🏻
@Raggamuffin007
3 ай бұрын
@@OLDMANANDTHETHREEword on the street is you are moving back to the west coast soon….rooting for you whether you coaching pros or ten year olds lol
@brentplaysmadden2128
3 ай бұрын
@@OLDMANANDTHETHREEmines pretty good dawg
2:06 “No, I don’t need a sports psychologist” (he absolutely needed a sports psychologist)
@zacharywhite211
3 ай бұрын
100%
@iamnotabodybuilder8337
3 ай бұрын
Still needs one now lol
@Iceman-gm1fu
3 ай бұрын
he does. he's already great. but he would be so much better.
@begcoins
3 ай бұрын
The prototypical black response to psychology.
@dy120481
3 ай бұрын
Being dismissive of it, then immediately saying he's going to become one is truly insane. If Shaq weren't one of the biggest dude's to ever live someone would've checked him a long time ago.
Shaq basically saying that the reason he was bad at free throws is because god needed to nerf him in game. That’s crazy.
@rsoxboy
3 ай бұрын
As great as Shaq is, the dude is full of himself and he's been full of himself his entire life. The dude just didn't have the kinesthetic feel for shooting that natural shooters do. The God holding him back excuse is just a lame attempt to keep his ego from being truly humbled.
@Yael_D_
3 ай бұрын
It’s true
@aleniafuvai
3 ай бұрын
@@rsoxboyur a hater lol
@Jive33
3 ай бұрын
@@aleniafuvaiI don’t think he’s hating. I love Shaq. He’s my second fav player of all time behind Bird. But I agree with this guy’s comment. His ego won’t let him say or accept certain things.
@Tormentality
3 ай бұрын
Makes one wonder if he has even one close friend or has his ego blocked out that part of life too? and he wants to be a psychologist? Now I've lost all respect for the guy.
"You ever go see a sports therapist?" "I don't need a sports therapist, I'm getting my degree to be one." Shaq would be a horrible therapist with that kind of attitude. 😂
I dont know, it seems like he did indeed need a sports psychologist
@Davivd2
3 ай бұрын
That's Shaq being Shaq. Motivation was always an issue for him. He always showed up to training camp out of shape and played himself into shape in LA. It's one of the things that he and Kobe argued about. Just imagine Kobe's brain in Shaq's body.......The GOAT conversation gets flipped upside down.
@leandros7662
3 ай бұрын
@@Davivd2wasn’t that on Phil’s instruction tho?
@flipsolo
3 ай бұрын
Straight up. There is a point where its a mental health issue.
@Davivd2
3 ай бұрын
@@leandros7662 That's on Phil telling him it's OK because he knows that if he doesn't that Shaq will be butt hurt and Phil could have his job on the line if Shaq went to management and complained about it. Trust me, there is no dimension of reality where Phil Jackson was thinking to himself: " I don't want Shaq working out and staying in the off season. The leader of the team slacking off while everyone else has to come to camp in shape is good for team morale."
@Anthonys_S
3 ай бұрын
At the time there wasn’t really many, you didn’t hear about them back then tbh in any sport
“ I’ve been humbled….. but also imagine I was even better than I already am , just keep thinking about me” very humble , so much humble
@ZizzerLV
3 ай бұрын
He opened the pod by demanding JJ say he's the greatest lol
@MrE_
3 ай бұрын
He the goat
@robot_clean
3 ай бұрын
He's being self deprecating there. He's acknowledging how arrogant he can be as he is, but just imagine how much worse he would be if he shot 80% + from the line.
@cheese3enjoyer
3 ай бұрын
Well he ain't lying tho. Imagine if Shaq shot like 80% at the line? What would the opposing defense do? How many more points would he have scored? list goes on when didn't he speak the truth exactly?
@Anthonys_S
3 ай бұрын
Come on man you surely know that’s self deprication
"I don't need a sports psychologist; I am going to become one. Just let me take this axe into the woods..." Hahaha
Saying "I hit them when I need to hit them" is the biggest cop out
@SirGenesis206
3 ай бұрын
It is. But also mostly true.
@richardhermida5246
3 ай бұрын
It's a silly statement, period. They all count. If you are at the line with one second to go down by one, you would be ahead with cushion if you had gone 9-12 instead of 6-12 in the preceding 48 minutes.
@Akadehmix
3 ай бұрын
@@richardhermida5246 Exactly. It funny when people complain about the end of the game when something dumb happens. It's like bruh, you had 47 other minutes to correct things so this moment didn't have to mean a thing.
@kimchee411
3 ай бұрын
Right? THEY ALL COUNT
@bbknight16
3 ай бұрын
@@SirGenesis206Shaq averaged 48% in the finals at the line haha
Shaq: "When I needed to hit them, I always hit them" Narrator: "He did not always hit them when he needed to hit them."
@kimchee411
3 ай бұрын
Closed caption: (Not true)
@JeffyPDiddy
Ай бұрын
😂
"I'm no sensitive" I need to hear Chuck opinion on that 😅
Did you know that JJ Reddick ranks 9th all time in FT% with a percentage of 89.2%
Shaqs college free throw form looked excellent. His form turned crazy over time. All the talk shows, late night shows, comedians etc would joke about his free throws. All mental.
@Infinityflow0
3 ай бұрын
I put more of that on his weight tbh. He was lean back in college and in his first few years in the league. As he developed, he put on alot of mass to be more dominant, but it changed his mechanics also. Giannis is another example of this. He used to have a very nice form in his rookie season, but the muscle he put on altered his motion.
@AVanMan
3 ай бұрын
@@Infinityflow0 bro weight has nothing to do with shooting. If anything it makes you better cause you have more mass to make more force to shoot further out. It is about mechanics not weight
@diegobromfield
3 ай бұрын
@@AVanManThats not really true. If that was the case, we'd have a bunch of Embiids. Embiid is really one of the very very very few big guys that can shoot. 90% of them are bad at that like Shaq.
@Mellowyellow8888
3 ай бұрын
@@AVanMan look at yao.. taller and 90% FT shooter.. even took the teams technical foul shots..
@TechnoloG84
3 ай бұрын
Big shaq I have the undergrad, two masters, street degree and the law degrees/license …. I work as a juvenile criminal defense attorney in 3 states.
That fourth, `Street Degree` is a gem 🤣
@tommygun80127
3 ай бұрын
he grew up as a military brat, lived on Army bases, etc.
@The_Jim
3 ай бұрын
He is a true boomer. He actually thinks these degrees mean something
@dodgelj
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@Ivan-yq6ik
3 ай бұрын
His doctorate isn’t a real degree. It’s an “honorary “degree
@mosesmorgan7983
3 ай бұрын
@@Ivan-yq6ik why would you assume it’s honorary it’s not. he went back to LSU and put in the work to get his doctorate in education. it’s not hard to fact check that. Taylor Swift’s doctorate is honorary but, not every celebrity that has a doctorate is honorary. I will say the streets degree was funny
Shaq’s free throw percentages for career: 52% Playoff percentage: 50% Finals percentage: 48% He’s trying to rewrite history lmao.
@BOKtober
3 ай бұрын
He says “I always hit them when I needed too” because he knows no one is actually going to go back through the tapes to see if that’s true
@imagine1st381
3 ай бұрын
@@BOKtober 😂
@tommyfu9271
3 ай бұрын
exactly. it's also obviously bullshit that he shoots great alone in the gym.
@The_Tradie_Trainer
3 ай бұрын
@@tommyfu9271Nah that part I can buy. Pressure is a crazy thing. Pretty sure JJ is on record saying Ben Simmons is actually well above average when it comes to outside shooting + FT in practice but the pressure on the big stage of the NBA gets to him.
@dco1019
2 ай бұрын
@@tommyfu9271 yeah i can also buy that.. im not great at basketball by any stretch of the imagination but on occasion id play (we call it d.o.n.k.e.y. but in dutch) .. you get a letter for failing the shot.. that game. and put some money on it and i always falter and lose to my bro while im actually a better shooter form wise, mechanically etc... hes just more indifferent to the pressure of winning or losing and for me it does something that throws me off... i guess it means too much and with a precision task like throwing a ball in hoop from distance that makes you miss..
“I was averaging 28 points and 15 rebounds, without the free throws” -Shaq
@RoyPage1970
3 ай бұрын
He never averaged 28 and 15 ever
@cyrusm3307
3 ай бұрын
@@RoyPage197029pts/13rbsin his second year and he averaged 30pts/14rbs in his 4th year with the Lakers.
@patrick05Morgan
3 ай бұрын
@@RoyPage1970in the ‘99-00 playoffs Shaq averaged 30.7 points and 15.4 rebounds. The very next year he averaged 30.4 points and 15.4 rebounds in the playoffs. He mentioned making them when they counted, like in the playoffs. Same with his overall game, he elevated it in the playoffs.
@nikolaanthony4468
3 ай бұрын
Jokic too
@aaronemmett2785
3 ай бұрын
@@patrick05Morgan Anybody playing on the Lakers during the playoffs against Sacramento and Portland back in the day would have a kings average even my grandmother would check out the percentage of free throws against those teams what a joke shack is he should go to Play in the circus
His ego was the issue. It is a proven fact FT % would go up underhand (granny style) for guys with hands like this but this guy like so many couldn't bring himself to do it. His vanity exceeded his desire to improve and help the team. He isn't the only one. Thats the story you will never hear him tell.
@karunak5983
3 ай бұрын
did he know that it was a proven fact ?
@poiuyt822
3 ай бұрын
Shut up
@retroballer7166
3 ай бұрын
@@karunak5983 Wilt Chamberlain used it for years and then Rick Barry had the highest FT% of all time using underhand before the advent of the 3 pt line so unless he lived in a bubble...yes he would know
@Kuroganemk2
3 ай бұрын
@@karunak5983 yeah he said that he wouldn't even try it cos it looked dumb lol
@karunak5983
3 ай бұрын
@@Kuroganemk2 Lol.. damn I didn't know that :)
Even though Shaq is a top 10 player all time you can tell he is dissapointed with himself because he could of been even greater.
@ItsGamingFancy
3 ай бұрын
Could of
@DV-ou1yu
3 ай бұрын
@@ItsGamingFancy could have*
@ItsGamingFancy
3 ай бұрын
@@DV-ou1yu I know
@phengmoua2389
3 ай бұрын
He could have been the greatest ever but he didn’t do everything in his power to maximize his talent like going to a sports psychologist lol
@koekum2142
3 ай бұрын
Still he believes he was even better than he actually was
I can see it now: Chuck: “Tsk. You can be no sports psychologist!” Shaq: “How many rings you got?”
@MrTUBEular10
3 ай бұрын
"You can't even spell psychologist. You big dummy." "Chuck. How many rings you got?" Don't play with me."
@phengmoua2389
3 ай бұрын
@@MrTUBEular10 I read it in their voices lol
@puzzymonsta69
3 ай бұрын
Lol
@SupersunZeratul
3 ай бұрын
Shaq: "How many degrees you got?"
@rahim9nine
2 ай бұрын
@@SupersunZeratuldegrees erneh!
"Im not sensitive" 🤭
He did not hit them when it mattered. His career percentage was 52.7% and in the finals he was 48.4%. Dude was an absolute monster and one of the most dominant players of all time, but he was always trash at the line.
Shaq claiming in practice he was hitting them like Redick is absurd.
@alarydavidnin
3 ай бұрын
NBA level players usually are way greater than you see in game, curry once said he made about 30 straight 3s and I think was Ray Allen said he did about 70 free throw in practice
@meyou8141
3 ай бұрын
It's a pro athlete ego thing. Very few are willing to admit they suck. Look at his statement about making clutch ft's in the playoffs. He shot 50% over his career in the playoffs.
@mazzb305
3 ай бұрын
I don’t know about Reddick level, but I can attest most NBA players tend to shoot a way higher percentage in practice than they do in the games because there’s no pressure.
@Mrt-yg9mw
3 ай бұрын
Might happen, ofc on lower level, but i was shooting 95%+ free throws in practice, in official games i was 77% free throw shooter, not as bad as some of these guys, but theres a reason only few of these guys are top top elite 90%+ free throw shooters. I think its reasonable to believe he could shoot 80-90% at home.
@loganmattoon5284
3 ай бұрын
@@alarydavidninsteph made 105 straight
Rick Barry called him, but his street degree got in the way. Same thing with Giannis now, they can go underhand and shoot 80+%.
@Shortballa11
3 ай бұрын
Giannis a decent free throw shooter
@sskmanentsa5326
3 ай бұрын
@@Shortballa11 61.8% is not going to cut it in the playoffs.
@synapse913
3 ай бұрын
They never needed to go underhanded style. Shaq had a particularly nasty hitch in his shot mechanics. That was always his main issue.
@basketballhistory6151
3 ай бұрын
@@synapse913 Bigger hitch, shaq's free throws or barkley's golf swing? 😆
@Shortballa11
3 ай бұрын
@@sskmanentsa5326 didn’t he go 17-18 on the finals close out
Getting hurt doing the Merton Hanks is pure comedy😂😂
"I made them when they mattered, in the Finals." You sure about that? He shot 36 of 93 (38.7%) in the 2000 Finals. 39 of 76 (51.3%) in the 2001 Finals. 14 of 48 (29.2%) in the 2006 Finals. The 2002 Finals was the only time he performed somewhat decently at the line, going 45 of 68 (66.2%). Of course, even though that's better than usual for him it's obviously still not good.
@Littlepeep192
3 ай бұрын
Yup. If he just hit them in the first place his team would have been up, and those "when they mattered" free throws wouldnt matter.
@jm-tw9hz
3 ай бұрын
so the only counter/defense for shaq in this case is the question of how efficient was he from the line say from the 4th quarter or even in late crunch time... if you add up everything he went 134 of 285 (47%) but if hes shooting say 70% in the 4th quarter of games then thats his only saving grace... sidenote... i dont think he was lol... but again i dont know the crunch time numbers from him on the line
@nachobroryan8824
3 ай бұрын
I'm sure according to him the actual ones he made were the ones he "needed to make".
@pcm2fchris
3 ай бұрын
nah shaq never hit free throws, even “when they mattered.” but he won 3 rings in a row with the lakers so it didn’t really affect success.
@themasterseye
3 ай бұрын
@@pcm2fchris who knows if hitting them at a higher rate couldnt have made that 4 or 5 in a row instead. It almost certainly did affect success
Tommy Heinsohn once talked about why he thought Wilt Chamberlain was bad from the line. He said that he was too strong, and that he once saw Wilt make 20 out 25 from half court, but he was lucky if he could make half of his shots from 15 feet. It wouldn’t surprise me too much if the same was true for Shaq.
@dy120481
3 ай бұрын
Lol. There's a zero percent chance Chamberlain hit 20 of 25 from halfcourt. He wouldn't hit 5 of 25. So ridiculous.
@daviddufresne9905
3 ай бұрын
@@dy120481 He's on youtube hitting 4 three point shots shot hookshot style in a row.
@tommyfu9271
3 ай бұрын
@@dy120481 hhaha people love telling stories like this about older players that are transparently nonsense.
BMW sponsor is 🔥
When Shaq played for the Suns I went to a game where he shot like 6-10 from the line (it was the game where the random Irish guy on the team made like three three pointers in a row in garbage time). I left the game thinking even I could do better than that. The next day I inflated my basketball and went to the park to shoot 100 free throws. I made like 8 of them. Halfway through a bunch of middle school kids sat down and watched me from a park bench laughing to each other.
@Pepenthez
3 ай бұрын
What? You inflated your basketball?🤣
@antoniomrubio
3 ай бұрын
@@Pepenthez yeah, I had to borrow the little needle for it from a neighbor
@tommyfu9271
3 ай бұрын
how can you possibly only go 8 for 100? this is incredible.
@Pepenthez
3 ай бұрын
@@antoniomrubio wonder what else your using that needle for mate. Especially if you walk around with an in inflated basketball mate!
Yeah but remember Shaq also said he only practiced and rehabbed on company time. Still left alot of food on the plate.
@moses0686
3 ай бұрын
Phil or at least how Shaq tells it, Phil Jackson would tell Shaq don't work out too hard during the off season just heal up and use the regular season to to get into basketball shape.
Missed games not my fault - hurt on company time, heal on company time. Love this dude, especially because he just speaks his mind... or rather, whatever is in his mind at that time.
“Wasn’t his fault he got injured??” He did the Merton Hanks on his own!!!
I think Shaq dad "Sarge" was a valuable piece to who he was and wish he was still around till his career ended. Shaq probably would've been better with that type of motivation. And I would love to hear stories from him about Shaq
Shaq would have been in the conversation with Lebron and Jordan if he stayed in shape and knew how to shoot
@manumalia
3 ай бұрын
💯 I also believe his ego was his worst enemy.
@user-qm4go1oc3g
3 ай бұрын
@manumalia Ego can elevate you,but also limit your growth. At some point, you need to leave it behind.
@mrsmol5188
3 ай бұрын
true but just saying "knew how to shoot" is a huge jump lmfao if steph was 7'1 300 pounds he would be in the GOAT convo is jokic had mj's/bron's athletisicm he would be asw you could do that for so many players lmao
@ImadogGarcia
3 ай бұрын
If I was a gm and had to pick a player to start a franchise I choose Shaq all day long
@Davivd2
3 ай бұрын
@@user-qm4go1oc3g Truth. It's such a double edged sword.
Listening to Shaq is gold.
JJ about to be the Lakers Head Coach
Shaq rocking the beekeeper look to the fullest.
"When I missed games cuz I got injured that wasn't my fault." "I was doing the Merton Hanks..."
@Iplaydacutt
3 ай бұрын
Ayoo😂😂😂😂😂
The fkcn humility Shaquille has...imagine if he threw 3s on your car or team...😂😂😂😂😂
One time, when asked about his free throw %, Shaq responded, "I can't have the good looks, rappin' ability, AND free throws. It wouldn't be fair." lol
3:50 the abdominal injury is hilarious yo😂
Did I hear Mr Sensitive just say "I'm not sensitive"...???
Critics can argue about his fitness or free throws, but Shaq belongs in the GOAT conversation. 4 Chips, 3 FMVPs and 1 MVP. His peak has to count towards his legacy. His dominance is unrivaled. He probably has 2 more chips if not for Kobe’s all time worst series performance in 2004 (up there with LeBron’s 2011) and Wade’s injury in 2005. It’s hypothetical, but goes to show his rule over the early 2000s (along with Duncan - kudos to him).
It’s kinda simple As hands get bigger Ball smaller Shooting a soccer ball is much harder to get it off the hand and get rotation It’s what it is
JJ thought the street degree might be a real thing for a few seconds
Lol I love when Shaq clarifies at 1:33 "in the finals".
I hate free throws, even when I am hot and make like 20 in a row all that does is it make it even MORE stressful. ❤
when i was in the army i was stationed at fort stewart and twards the end of my contract i was placed on gym detail, there was this real old man who worked in the gym for like 30 years, and he use to watch Shaq play basketball in the main post gym as a kid against grown men, shaq's dad or step dad was stationed there
Speaking from dealing with mental health I don't like it when my psychologist says they don't need one . I need somebody that's been there with me!
@Alex-op4ty
3 ай бұрын
For real. Sounds like he's talking down to people who have seen a sports psychologist
I couldn't find the 4th quarter stats from the 1995 finals so I had to exclude them but after looking at the 4th quarter of every finals game Shaq played: In 26 games played he shot over 60% from the line in 5/26 4th quarters. Some of these quarters he didn't shoot any free throws so its really 5/19 (60% is a low bar anyway but we are talking about Shaq here). In these 5 finals series he shot 161/340 from the line which is 47.35%, in the 4th quarters he shot 51/108 which is 47.2%. So he actually got worse at shooting free throws in the 4th. These are the free throw tallies if you were curious: Pacers 2000: (0-1 , 9-16 , 1-7 , 6-11 , 0-0 , 1-7) 76ers 2001: (1-6 , 0-0 , 0-0 , 0-0 , 3-6) Nets 2002: (8-16 , 2-2 , 3-6 , 4-5) Pistons 2004: (0-0 , 1-1 , 0-2 , 3-6 , 3-4) Mavericks 2006: (1-2 , 0-0 , 2-2 , 2-4 , 1-4 , 0-0)
JJ is catching none of Shaq’s references 😂
Jj has transformed into a top sports analyst 🔥💯
Shaq: I'm not sensitive
I asked perplexity ai: While Shaq did have some notable performances from the free throw line in crucial situations, his overall free throw shooting percentage was consistently below average throughout his career. According to a Reddit post, Shaq shot 52% on non-clutch free throws and 50.4% on clutch free throws, defined as those taken during a one-possession game in the 4th quarter, from 2000-2011 . This suggests that Shaq's free throw shooting was not significantly better in clutch situations. Another source notes that Shaq's career free throw percentage in the NBA Finals was 48.4%, which is still below average.
*he might slip out the top 10 in points but he'll always be Top 5 GOAT* 💀
Shaq: "im not Sensitive" Chuck: "My Sensitive"
I remember not really complaining about shaqs free throw conversions as much as usual in the playoffs. That ‘06 finals run in particular comes to mind, but that could be overshadowed but wades ridiculous amount of FTs he took
Shaq a real one fr.
“I don’t need a sport psychologist,… but I’m going to be a sport psychologist”
Merton Hanks had the hottest touchdown celebration in his time. Can’t forget.
The most dominant, unskilled player in history....
The fact he said he doesn’t need a sports psychologist means he needs one
Yao Ming: I guess I just needed to stay healthier. But now I'm big and heavy like you, too.
This clip alone proves why he pissed kobe off😂
I love hearing Shaq get pissed about his all time points ranking and how he will feel when he drops out the top 10. It’s rare to hear that perspective
The big man who will be humble enough to shoot free throws with granny form will be unstoppable
The big guys with their bigger arms struggle with their free throws, Wilt, Shaq, Dwight, Deandre Jordan and Andre Drummond to name a few. It's hard to be finesse with free throws because of their bigger biceps
"The games I missed wasn't my fault." Same guy that waited right before the season started to get surgery instead of during the summer and explained his reasoning as, "I got hurt on company time, so I’ll rehab on company time."
1:29 He WAS there when Nick Anderson missed 4 in a row.
ask him about his friendship with Diddy !!!!!
"Yea, I'ma chop down a tree" 🤌
Street degree… Hahahahahahhhaahhaha
JJ: “Dwight shot 39 free throws “ Shaq: “Damn” 🤣😂😂💀
Imagine if he shot 80% FT.
Can't believe JJ let Shaq get away with the "god humbling me" answer ...
Ima chop down a tree 😂
1:19 Dennis Rodman, even more so. He hated the fact that free throw slows his game down. But he would hustle his teammates in practices by shooting better than them in practices and in the clutch.
I want somebody to study his “i made em when they count” comment
“No I don’t need a sport psychologist, but I’m about to become a sports psychologist.” 🧐🧐
The 3 point line was introduced until 1979 and Shaq was drafted in 1992. Bigs shooting 3s was not the norm. Now it is but that is mainly because of European players.
I thought Shaq lived in Florida or something, seems like he's been living in LaLa Land.
Man if Yao doesn't get injured he would have been Shaq 2.0. Anyway if there was a draft of all the greatest players who gets picked before Shaq? And you not a "doctor."
Shaq could chop a tree down in like 5 seconds
From Physic standpoint, taller people need a higher angel to hit the free throws. Its easier for smaller people to hit the free throw, that's why most of the best free throw shooter have the hight like JJ, he was one of the best ft shooter in Top 10.
He missed a lot of "must have" free throws. He lives in total denial
That was Shaq going one on one with Shaq and losing. Free throws require finesse
Shaq: "when I needed to hit them in the finals I always hit them" Shaq finals FT %: 48.4%
"I'm gonna chop down a tree" 👏
Didn't need a sports psychologist? dude needed an Ayahuasca trip in the Amazon to fix them dam free throws
I'd pay extra to hear the TNT crew talking in their "natural words" as Shaq does here.... Chuck and the man, here... it'd be exponentially better... and it's great now!
If he's 75% FT shooter, he'd be Top 1 All Time Scoring. He'd be playing longer cause there will be no Hack-a-Shaq, which took a toll on his body.
Shaq stop making excuses. You sucked at free throws because you didn’t practice at it enough. You were a lazy player. You said you took the whole summer off. Your greatness came from being bigger than everyone. I’m a Lakers fan and I appreciate what you did for us but stop the cap.
Shaq definitely didn't hit them in the finals when he needed to😂
In NBA Finals Shaq has 48.4 FT%
@joshjohnson2753
3 ай бұрын
I was about to look that up because his description didn't sound right at all lmao.
@Florian-yk8vg
3 ай бұрын
shaq always be making the wildest statements, its borderline schizophrenic sometimes
@brainmt
3 ай бұрын
Not his overall percentage, late game free throws. It's true, he would hit them in the clutch.
@joshjohnson2753
3 ай бұрын
@brainmt But it isn't true. In clutch time, his free throw percentage would go up, yes....by 3.2%. He hit clutch time free throws at about exactly a 50% clip, specifically in the finals. There was essentially no difference
The issue with big guys is that most the game they’re not shooting so they don’t get their rhythm down in game
Love how locked in he is. The mindset. Thats where im trying to get at now. No reasons. Accepting ur flaws. Amazing stuff
I am wondering what kind of rim he has at his crib? 2m is diameter?
Shaq saying he’s not sensitive and saying that god needed to nerf him certainly is a statement
I went straight to comment section when he said 'I hit them when I need to hit them'... that's a huge fat big cap
Lumberjack Shaq 😂
JJ said Shaq we know your story you ain't never spent no time in the damn streets that Hard Knock Life degree is honorary my brother 😂
Street Degree!, You think I'm from the suburbs?!