by Rooscooter on Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:49 pm
Lakerjones wrote:I don't care about the rebounding right now. D12 has gaudy numbers there for the most part and his effort is strong. It's unacceptable to shoot free throws that way, especially in a close game where we are struggling to score. Every miss hurt us considerably. The free throw became a mental issue last night - his body language was "I don't want to be here" at the line. He thought he was going to miss before he even took most of those shots. This guy needs to work on free throws above all else. He's going to go to the line a LOT in important games. If he doesn't get better we are going to have to treat him like Shaq at the end of the games and kind of ignore him offensively.
How can you "not care about rebounding" when he got beat for 3 on free throws? Those led to 5 points in a close game. It's a basic fundamental breakdown not a stamina issue IMO.
As for the free throws.... we are not seeing anything new from Howard on this front. He's always done this. He'll have a decent game and then another one like this. He's not going to shoot better than 55% is my guess, so coaching and having people who understand not to give him the ball unless he can dunk it at the end of games is going to much more important than getting him a free throw coach. He's the best Center in the Game but he has his issues.
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