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187744.131 in reply to 187744.130
Date: 7/7/2011 11:54:57 AM
New York Chunks
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I think the general assumption that practice just happens. It's a normal thing for teams to have practices when they're not playing games. It's sort of like breathing. But it's not the same thing as a focused training.

Here's where I could go on about how skills should naturally increase, especially with younger players, due to the natural improvement that come about from general practice, but I won't. I don't know if Experience grows just by virtue of a player getting older and being on a team. If so, perhaps this natural improvement could be seen in Experience growth. If not, then perhaps this adjustment should be made, too. I'm such a revolutionary.

But enough of this, back to free throws.

Don't ask what sort of Chunks they are, you probably don't want to know. Blowing Chunks since Season 4!
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187744.132 in reply to 187744.19
Date: 7/8/2011 5:36:28 AM
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And most of the suggestions made would solve this issue, but nothing happens and sooner or later this game will fall apart because so many users quit because of the stagnancy we have for many seasons now.


Are we playing the same game? I started playing in 13th season and saw a lot of updates - from minor (roles, BBB prediction contest, updated commentary) to major ones (player salaries floor, no salaries during weeks without competitive games, BBB group stage, inability to sell the player right away - he has to be three days on your roster, competitors in BBB can't perform any more "divine tricks", now UPDATED TRAINING SYSTEM)...

So I guess yours is just a random rant because you are not satisfied with how FT issue hasn't been solved yet. I guess you didn't care if BBs would implement 100 new things - FTs are still not there! Let's leave the game, BBs are keeping the game stagnant!

(btw, last sentence was sarcastic)

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187744.133 in reply to 187744.132
Date: 7/8/2011 6:00:06 AM
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knecht rants aren't random, they are everywhere :)

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187744.134 in reply to 187744.133
Date: 7/8/2011 10:07:00 AM
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Maybe they are randomly everywhere.

Don't ask what sort of Chunks they are, you probably don't want to know. Blowing Chunks since Season 4!
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187744.135 in reply to 187744.134
Date: 7/10/2011 11:23:32 AM
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So, over time, even atrocious free throw shooters make some.

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187744.136 in reply to 187744.135
Date: 7/11/2011 4:40:02 PM
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I smell irony...

I just realized that my latest purchase for the upcoming season is just one the free throwers with terrific jump shot that never made a FT in his career.... I'm quite confident that there will be a pleasant surprise for him coming up in the next couple of weeks....

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187744.137 in reply to 187744.136
Date: 7/11/2011 8:11:18 PM
Kitakyushu
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I think you should get a FT pop for every 5 JS or JR trainings you do... Shooting Jumpers, FT's, 3pters it's all the same in the mechanics of the shooting stroke.(except when Shack tried that underarm throw) So, yes...shooting 100 18 ft jumpers everyday would make you a better FT shooter.....When was the last time anybody saw Dwight Howard hit a 15ft jumper...doesn't happen too often because his shooting mechanics are all wrong, same for Shack...They have zero elbow extention and zero follow through....sure, if you just throw the ball at the basket some will fall but surely not 60%....

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187744.138 in reply to 187744.137
Date: 7/11/2011 10:06:55 PM
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If FT and shooting jumpers and 3 pointers are really all the same, then why doesn't FG% or 3P% correlate with FT%?

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187744.139 in reply to 187744.138
Date: 7/11/2011 11:50:30 PM
Kitakyushu
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If FT and shooting jumpers and 3 pointers are really all the same

They aren't all the same...the distances are different but it is the same motion of the arm. I am hoping you have played basketball before. If you have then you know that shooting a three and a FT are the same but you have to put a little more on it. It's all in the mechanics. I was taught how to shoot when I was 7 and my shooting stroke really hasn't changed since.
then why doesn't FG% or 3P% correlate with FT%?

All the great shooters have been really good FT shooters. Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, Michael Redd, Larry Bird, Mitch Richmond, Steve Kerr....and so on....Somebody said Bruce Bowen.....what a joke....he wasn't even close to being a great shooter..
Perfect example...Go watch a Reggie Miller or Ray Allen DVD or video on YOUTUBE...3 pointer, 18 foot jumper a FT all the same stroke, never different just the distance changes....

Last edited by Yellow cake at 7/11/2011 11:52:00 PM

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187744.140 in reply to 187744.139
Date: 7/12/2011 1:23:26 AM
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Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, Michael Redd, Larry Bird, Mitch Richmond, Steve Kerr....and so on....


For every example you give, one can be given to counteract. And the research Tangosz did backs this up as no correlation was found between FG% and FT%. Being an excellent shooter doesn't guarantee free throw proficiency and the opposite is also true. While the form is the same in any type of shot, free throws are markedly different from a jump shot.

Of course, anyone with a modicum of shooting ability will be able to attain a certain level of free throw proficiency. This doesn't change the fact that the two shots are markedly different, requiring repetitive practice and contrasting form.

If the purpose of this game is to mirror real life, then it is certainly ridiculous to have atrocious free throw shooting while simultaneously having above average jump shooting. But to suggest, as it seems you are, that jump shooting and free throws should be perfectly synced is equally ridiculous.

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