Because he’s never led the league in free throws attempted in his career.

He just makes them at an extremely efficient clip.

Because it’s a sin to make your free throws, duh

Very good point lol

Wait, Luka attempts more? That’s hilarious. Does he flop less, or is this lakers bias?

No Shai just makes his freethrows at a higher rate than Luka(who takes 10 a game) so therefore Shai bad.

I’d reply he’s second in FTA a game and 1st is Luka who everyone also complains about. 

He’s second. Really eye opening difference

You’re too reasonable. Get out of here!

Higher FT rate

Not when you make more than the guy with more FTAs 

Yeah but then one of their hero in Luka (the other being Jokic) would look bad.

Leading the league in FTA = flirting

Leading the league in FTM = harrassment

He’s shooting at 78% this season, idk how someone who’s so good at getting to the line and is an amazing scorer is so average at making his free throws

It’s wild how people act like drawing fouls is some kind of moral failing. It’s literally part of the game.

These people don’t like basketball. “Ethical” is used by all the sheep who are new to hoops & don’t know shit

Yep. Free throws have been a part of our beautiful game for over 100 years

funnily enough FTA for teams has actually been decreasing by a LOT for like decades despite changes in pace and etc, you can research this on statmuse and etc sites

how can you guard someone when if you as much as look at him you get a foul?

You see at least one clip on Reddit of a literal 0 contact foul called for SGA after nearly every game 😆

Detroit is also the most foul prone team in the league by a wiiide margin.

When you combine a superstar who tries to score 50 times and a defense who fouls a lot, you get a lot of fts.

The actual statistic that matters would be free throw attempts per shots taken

He was insanely tame with the foulbaiting all playoffs long outside of Minnesota game 1

Barely did anything against the pacers or grizzlies or nuggets, nuggets fans hate him the most and they could only clip one flop that entire series (on a layup he got fouled on)

Only 20? Aim higher 🤭

OKC should just start having Free Throw competitions. Since thats apparently entertaining.

I don’t know when it left common conscience that if you try to score more, you get fouled more. Shai has an incredibly pedestrian foul rate per scoring attempt at around 17 percent.

Note: Luka is attempting 8.5 in the second half of the season so far and SGA is 9.8

What is the narrative?

Luka was averaging a fuck ton of free throws hence why his average was so high.

When SGA was only averaging 7 in December the narrative didn’t go away.

Luka’s has dropped cause his 3 point shot has come back so he doesn’t have to rely on driving as much anymore, this month he is averaging his 2nd most3 point attempts a game his whole season, and surprise its also his 2nd lowest fta. The most % of his fg being in feb which was also his lowest fta months.

only one of these players have a flopping technical foul this season

Bro you have posted like a million times about the nba. Your sorry ass is gonna watch regardless. It’s not ruining the nba. You still watching

Tell me, when did he jump into a defender this game? Point it out.

Oh, wait. Didn’t happen.

I really liked watching pistons. No one in the team was exclusively under the spotlights to get stupid silly little priveleges. There was a team game. Thats what a proper basketball team is. Other ways are just for show business.