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seattle zombies had traded that le together with beard to Houston imho
RK PLAYER TEAM GP PPG FTM FTA FTM FTA FT% 1 Kevin Durant, SF OKC 44 31.1 9.0 10.1 394 446 .883 2 Dwight Howard, C HOU 46 18.0 4.8 9.2 220 421 .523 3 Blake Griffin, PF LAC 46 22.8 5.8 8.1 265 371 .714 4 James Harden, SG HOU 40 23.7 7.4 8.7 295 348 .848 5 DeMarcus Cousins, C SAC 40 22.6 6.2 8.6 248 344 .721 6 LeBron James, SF MIA 43 26.0 5.7 7.5 244 324 .753 7 Kevin Love, PF MIN 42 24.8 6.2 7.7 260 323 .805 8 DeMar DeRozan, SG TOR 43 21.8 5.4 7.0 234 299 .783 9 Carmelo Anthony, SF NY 41 27.2 6.0 7.1 247 290 .852 10 Ty Lawson, PG DEN 41 17.9 5.2 6.6 215 269 .799
and the teams rankings sorted by freethrow attempts
Free Throws Attempted Per Game Leaders
RK TEAM PTS FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PPS AFG% 1 Houston 105.0 37.2 79.2 .470 9.1 26.4 .344 21.4 31.1 .690 1.32 .527 2 LA Clippers 106.2 38.5 82.1 .469 8.4 24.1 .348 20.8 28.4 .731 1.29 .520 3 Minnesota 106.5 38.8 88.8 .437 7.8 22.4 .349 21.1 26.9 .785 1.20 .481 4 Denver 104.0 38.3 84.6 .453 8.3 22.8 .364 19.1 26.2 .728 1.23 .502 5 Sacramento 102.2 37.6 83.9 .448 7.0 20.0 .348 19.9 26.0 .768 1.22 .490 6 Detroit 99.7 38.3 85.7 .447 5.9 19.3 .307 17.1 25.7 .664 1.16 .482 7 Oklahoma City 105.4 39.1 82.8 .472 7.2 20.2 .354 20.2 25.1 .804 1.27 .515 8 Brooklyn 97.4 35.3 78.4 .450 7.9 21.5 .369 18.9 24.8 .763 1.24 .500 9 Charlotte 93.9 35.1 81.2 .432 5.6 16.0 .349 18.1 24.7 .730 1.16 .467 Toronto 99.3 36.0 82.1 .438 8.3 22.7 .365 19.1 24.7 .771 1.21 .488
the Lockets are leading the league in FTA with a comfortable margin over the 2nd place, while OKC ain't even in top 5
Don't tell me you've become ThndrFan now
Now look up 4th quarter free throw statistics.
Why does every team on the rise to elite or championship status get bombarded with the "you get too many free throw attempts" schtick?
It's not a schtick, Durbeta literally does get a ridiculous amount of foodstamps from the league.... meanwhile, Miami set the record for least FTA in a 7-game series and still won the Finals last year
Because only pussies & assholes blame the officiating.
Nah - PcrFanDon't tell me you've become ThndrFan now
you are probably rooting for Thunder though, anything to stop Lebron from annihilating Rapist's memory, plus Lebron never received the same ref coddling. Lebron still hasn't played alongside a top 10 player in their prime or had as loaded a roster. smdh. It's okay, your coņo will recover, maybe not until Dr. Buss comes back from his hiatus, but in time you will recover.Nah - PcrFan
I don't think it's so much the style of play, the Durant free throws, or getting away with illegal picks and such. Although those things just add to it. But there have been teams and players who played similarly or got similar favoritism and were still liked to a much greater degree than OKC.
IMO, it's the fact that none of the OKC players are guys anyone pull for, and maybe even relate to. Durant might be a nice guy. I don't think he's a jerk or anything. But he has zero personality or charisma. You might not hate him individually, but there's nothing in his public personality that allows you to like him. He's the guy at the office no one really talks to and no one knows anything about. He's the guy you forget to invite for drinks after work. Not that you wouldn't, but you either forget to ask him or don't care to ask him. The next biggest star on the team is a eye fashionista who literally looks like a frog and someone you want to punch in the throat when he walks out to the post game questions. Perkins is also completely unlikable and constantly has a "taking a dump" look on his face. Thabo and Serge might speak English... not sure but you don't know what kind of personalities they have. Nick Collison might be the most likable guy on the team and he's like the goofy old guy at the university gym who's kinda good for his age but never talks to anyone and you find out later he's a philosophy professor. If you're not an OKC fan, who do you pull for on that team? Who do you relate to? No one. So you add all those other annoying things like Durant's free throws or illegal picks, and that's all you focus on. There's nothing redeeming about the players themselves that lets you look past those things.
You might hate LeBron, but he has enough personality that some percentage of NBA fans like him. Same with even Dwight Howard. Same with Blake Griffin. At least they have personality, charisma. When it comes to personality and/or charisma, Durant is like cardboard.
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