Yea he was still trash at shooting unlike me in my videos these kids at the court think Shaq is faster then me YEA RIGHT He cant do what I have been doing for 15 years
If he would just put some damn arc on it he would make a lot more. But instead he stuck with the strategy of chucking the ball straight at the back of the rim.
It looks like he wasn’t gripping the ball right with his right hand. It almost looks like a knuckle ball with no or very little backspin. You won’t make too many shots by shooting line drive style. You need the ball to be more above the rim.
Weirder still is that had he managed to make all his free throws, Shaq would have tied Elgin Baylor's NBA Finals individual single-game points record of 61 points
@@user-pf9mt7tz5u ur acting like shooting at home simulates the pressure of shooting free throws in the finals. you would def shoot as bad as shaq especially being tired and playing 40 mins as well.
He made 18/39 meaning he was 46% on the line that night. Shaq really should have considered doing underhand, but he said he was "too cool" for it even though Wilt Chamberlain, another player who was bad a free throws tried it and he improved by 11%.
A RULE was invented to allow him to play in crunch time, One of the top scorers from the paint,🏅🏅 top rebounder and a most dominant defender AND among the GREATEST of elbowers Throwin em bows ✊🏼
People complaining about how Shaq doesn't have shooting form... dude was UNSTOPPABLE in the paint for a majority of his career.. he had no real need to form a jump shot until later in his career, but by then he was already struggling with his weight anyways and honestly should've retired by then, but he was ring chasing. Regardless, that's like asking why someone who does nothing but shoot 3 pointers all game doesn't have a better post-up game. Being an all-around player is one thing, but when you're in the NBA, you only really need to be good at certain things.. and Shaq was very good at certain things. (Post finishes, dunks, blocks, rebounds, shutting down the paint, etc.)
@@hjer731 that makes no sense at all, strength has nothing to do with someone’s aim trajectory. That’s just something silly you’ve heard somewhere and decided to repeat.
@@rhcp4life697He's too strong to feel the weight of the ball, most of the NBA's best shooters have a soft touch with the ball, even someone as strong as Barkley (apart from his lazy ass 3), something Shaq lacks 😂
Charles Barkley was right on point, if Shaq had the work ethic of Kobe or MJ he could of been better, never practice but play hard, wouldn't of kill himself to compensate lack of miss free-throws
Teams were trying to help him get better by giving him reps.Even that didn't help.No excuse for being a 53% career free throw shooter.Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing improved significantly over their careers.More recently we've seen Giannis get better DURING the season.
Shaqs hands too big and the balls too light for his strength. Its like a normal person shooting free throws with a tennis ball. No matter how many reps you get, guarantee you’ll never be consistent with it
@@abuDA-bt6ei no, he just had a bad form and never took the time to correct it. i copied steve nash and i shoot them at a better clip within a couple months
I watched a Whose Line episode on HBO Max where Drew Carey made fun of Shaq's lack of skill when at the free throw line, so I decided to see if it was true.
He had some amazing touch for a big guy around the paint and near the rim especially Most of his shots though were kinda like floaters and hook shots tho but he also mentioned on an open court episode or on a tnt broadcast that it was all mental for him when he got to the line
Even when he made 1 and miss the last shot it will have advantages for team to recover the rebound and make a 3 pointer make it it an 4 pointer and saved Lakers few times to win or tie the game
And even with his trash FT form, he still got 2 scoring titles No C has won scoring title since He was also the last C to win an MVP before Jokic finally did last year
My God. He missed all of those free throws and he still scored 40 points. He needed more arc on his shot. His arc was a line drive. He had one of the highest field goal percentages of all time but yet one of the worst free throw shooters.
@@tamsui2024-dl4kp embiid is too fragile to play like shaq, his health is outta his control. Shaq was 100% capable of improving his ft shot, he just chose not to.
What are you talking about? yes he will. He was getting fouled almost in every position but he didn't want to shot freethrows, thats why he didn't complain to the ref, he had a meeting with David Stern to ban the hack a shaq or he will punch the next one to do it but David said that he has 29 teams complaining about you. So if Shaq actually knew how to shot freethrows, he will get more freethrows. Look at Embiid now, he gets silly fouls just because he wants to shot freethrows and he gets to the line more than 10 times a game!!@@darthhorror0HD
@@putinsgaytwin4272 i wanted to talk shit to you because shaq is my favorite player of all time..but i definitely agree with you..stupid ass should have went to the underhand..he damn sure would have looked so much cooler had he did that. and made a lot more.
@@NateCaves Boban Marjanovic shoots 75% ftp and is a good shooter, and he is 7'4 with the biggest hands I've ever seen. If you ask me Shaq didn't bother to develop the weak parts of his game
The guy had a 53% free throw career percentage, and broke more backboards than he made 3 pointers. Truely one of the greatest centers ever.
Nah, ya gotta make free throws to be considered an overall great. That's why he's the most dominant.
@@strauqq1 nah, we talkin bout a true big man here he dont need no ft...
Yea he was still trash at shooting unlike me in my videos these kids at the court think Shaq is faster then me YEA RIGHT He cant do what I have been doing for 15 years
Brandon Fletcher seriously. People saying Shaq is better than Brandon Fletcher nowadays. Shits backwards. Brandon Flectcher for the win
@@brandonsurreyguy shut up Brandon
I like how everyone cheers when shaq made the freethrow
The fucking noise it makes every time it hits the rim always gets me 😂😂😂
They shoulda played a goomba stomp noise at the arena or something every time he missed lmao
1:59 Shaq is the only player to have his free throw form analyzed on live television. That says something 🤣
shaq 😂😂please chill...damn you can see the frustration on his face before he takes the throw, he be like “damn! who invented this rule”
Only Shaq would have a 5 minute video of him shooting free throws in *one* game.
Shaq should name his boat “free throw” so he never sinks it.
That's a good one.
4:22
Shaq: "...I missed a couple in the first half..." 😂😂😂
4:00 is my favorite. Such concentration. Barely a brick lol.
I could watch Shaq brick freethrows all day
If he would just put some damn arc on it he would make a lot more. But instead he stuck with the strategy of chucking the ball straight at the back of the rim.
Should have shot granny style
It feels like his coaches/trainers didn't even try to help him find out the problem.
It looks like he wasn’t gripping the ball right with his right hand. It almost looks like a knuckle ball with no or very little backspin. You won’t make too many shots by shooting line drive style. You need the ball to be more above the rim.
I think it’s tougher for him because he’s almost shooting the ball downwards.
The guy missed 21 free throws and still scoring 40 points 😃
That is crazy 💀
After those misses still 40 pts hahahahaha
Weirder still is that had he managed to make all his free throws, Shaq would have tied Elgin Baylor's NBA Finals individual single-game points record of 61 points
Shaq shooting the ball is the equivalent of us trying to shoot that nerf ball into that tiny basket hung on the door
Which is easy.... an old and flawed “explanation” of why Shaq stinks at shooting
@@user-pf9mt7tz5u ur acting like shooting at home simulates the pressure of shooting free throws in the finals. you would def shoot as bad as shaq especially being tired and playing 40 mins as well.
You mean to tell me Shaq could've ended up with 50 points that night
Well he got 40 points so not bad
if he made free throws he would’ve scored 70 -79 points crazzyyy!!!!
Got him doing free throw drills in game
Shaq took the free out of free throw
Interviewer : Do you practice ?
Shaq : Me? Never...
I see...
4:01 he was 17/37 😳😳😳 Gawd Damn 🥷
Mans rly just fumbled 21 free points like that thats wild
Lmaooo
Look how small the ball is man just look... it’s like a fuckin kids ball to us
imagine the pressure on him every time he had to do this xD
Hell no, there's no expectation and therefore no pressure lol
That shit look like an orange😂😂
That’s why the Shaq attack was one of the best strategies used in the nba
You mean Hack-a-Shaq?
His hands are f*cking huge!!!
He made 18/39 meaning he was 46% on the line that night. Shaq really should have considered doing underhand, but he said he was "too cool" for it even though Wilt Chamberlain, another player who was bad a free throws tried it and he improved by 11%.
The way he holds the ball is hilarious 😂 😆 😝
Why is this so interesting
The ball hits so hard it sounds like a dunk
That’s how Shaq built his mansions.
after like 20 attempts u would think he would get the hang of it
Pla dont ever try teach kobe's daughters 😂
rommel moldon no he promised he won’t teach them his free throw techniques
Too late for one of his daughters
The rim rattling has me ROLLING 😂🤣
I think Shaq should have tried a hook shot from the line to see if that would work.
that awkward moment when your Field goal percentage is higher than your Free throw percentage 🤣
When you shoot paper perfectly to bin: Kobe!
When you miss: Shaq!
That's I said at my work. If I missed badly I would say Shaq.
And this right here is why the Hack'a'Shaq technique was banned
Banned?
Ppl forget about just how dominant Shaq was. You literally had to rely on him bricking FT’s for a chance to win.
And brick them he did.
Shaq is your favorite beer pong opponent
" I make em when they count".......as Chuck would say: " They count ALL the time dummy"
💯💯🤣😂🤣😂🤣💯💯
Everyone laughs at the free throws but 24 rebounds is wild 🤣
48% at the f line 😂😂
He looks like he's left handed trying to shoot right for the first time 😅 !
Shaq said he was to cool to shoot underhanded free throws
All those missed free throws and the Pacers still couldn’t win
The ball is smaller than Shaq's head!
A RULE was invented to allow him to play in crunch time,
One of the top scorers from the paint,🏅🏅 top rebounder and a most dominant defender AND among the GREATEST of elbowers
Throwin em bows ✊🏼
In a real basketball league of that era, his team wins by 20-30 most games,
The NBA🏀🏀 is partly about brand marketing and crunch time, that's why
People complaining about how Shaq doesn't have shooting form... dude was UNSTOPPABLE in the paint for a majority of his career.. he had no real need to form a jump shot until later in his career, but by then he was already struggling with his weight anyways and honestly should've retired by then, but he was ring chasing.
Regardless, that's like asking why someone who does nothing but shoot 3 pointers all game doesn't have a better post-up game. Being an all-around player is one thing, but when you're in the NBA, you only really need to be good at certain things.. and Shaq was very good at certain things. (Post finishes, dunks, blocks, rebounds, shutting down the paint, etc.)
Fans screaming at the free throws made like it was a goal in soccer 😂🤣
They kept fouling him cuz he was missing. They said he keep dunking on niggas we just gone foul him an watch him miss
Shaq is really out here giving Wilt some competition
They did this to Shaq in the early 2000s, imagine if Simmons ever got far into the playoffs.
He just needed to throw higher to get a better arc! It’s like he’s sniping the basket or something! 😂
BRICK AFTER BRICK
🧱🧱🧱🏗🏗🧱🧱
@@shanenolan085😂😂😂
Most FT attempts in a finals game. 14 more than the 2nd most.
Shaq shot 52% through his career. That’s bad for NBA standards but way better than average people.
Well, yeah, better than some random person, but a random basketball player would shoot better.
Victor i shoot 75-85% and I’m just an average kid who plays basketball
Cb 121 An average person is someone who doesn’t play...
Victor ok average people shoot like 20-40% . Average basketball players in their teens shoot 60-90%
Miss one make one doesn't sound too bad when you put it like that but still obviously by NBA standards turrible 😉
Suprisingly he had enough power and stamina to throw a brick for 39 times in one game.
😂
Myplayer in 2k21 lol
It’s hard for him because his hands are so damn big lmao
I just noticed lmao. He holding that basketball like a tennis ball lol
Also he's so strong that he couldn't shoot an arc.
@@hjer731 that makes no sense at all, strength has nothing to do with someone’s aim trajectory. That’s just something silly you’ve heard somewhere and decided to repeat.
Bobans hands are the same/slightly bigger than Shaqs but Boban shoots 76 percent from the FT line 🤷♂️
@@rhcp4life697He's too strong to feel the weight of the ball, most of the NBA's best shooters have a soft touch with the ball, even someone as strong as Barkley (apart from his lazy ass 3), something Shaq lacks 😂
June 9th 2021 Inside the nba EJs neat o stat of the night brought me here
I think he got fouled - Send him to the line!!🤣
If i played the lakers back then i would foul shaq for no reason just to let him shoot free throws
thats what they did. apparently they changed a rule because of it.
Quake SRK yes that’s what they did, I’ve watched that game, was crazy, shaq was unstoppable.
It was called hack a Shaq
pls do not teach kobe daughter
He’s so strong he can’t control how hard he throws it
Charles Barkley was right on point, if Shaq had the work ethic of Kobe or MJ he could of been better, never practice but play hard, wouldn't of kill himself to compensate lack of miss free-throws
Probably feels trying to shoot a Little Tikes basketball into the net
this guy can foul out every pacer's rooster
His hands are so big looks like he’s just holding a kids ball
Teams were trying to help him get better by giving him reps.Even that didn't help.No excuse for being a 53% career free throw shooter.Karl Malone and Patrick Ewing improved significantly over their careers.More recently we've seen Giannis get better DURING the season.
While your argument is valid it’s invalidated because Shaq is simply shaq
Shaqs hands too big and the balls too light for his strength. Its like a normal person shooting free throws with a tennis ball. No matter how many reps you get, guarantee you’ll never be consistent with it
@@basik4439 I guess its similar to Wilt simply being Wilt.Arguably the 2 strongest, most dominate players ever.
@@abuDA-bt6ei no, he just had a bad form and never took the time to correct it. i copied steve nash and i shoot them at a better clip within a couple months
i couldn’t finish it 💀
He just needs to pump up his arc a bit
hes pretty strong to so having more arc shouldve been easy
You know the mini balls that are really small, the ball he is using is basically a mini ball to his hands.
Kawhi Leonard has hands that are almost as big as Shaq's, and he¨s a great shooter.
And as someone who has tiny hands, I would rather have huge hands.
Jesse 89 Kawhi is the exception there are many bigs with large hands that can’t shoot the ball as well due to their hand size
Clapping Turtle not anymore
Jesse 89 but Kawhi is not as big as Shaq. It’s his size that makes the ball look small.
I watched a Whose Line episode on HBO Max where Drew Carey made fun of Shaq's lack of skill when at the free throw line, so I decided to see if it was true.
A lot of these aren’t even bad misses. Some of them are just too much force
A lot of them are really flat shots
@@shermanngjazz he also doesn’t use his guiding hand, he just yeets it with one hand.
@@emmanuelpapi 😂 I think his hands are just too damn big man, it’d be like me or you using a guiding hand to shoot a tennis ball 😂😂
@@wm_9640 lmao true
@@emmanuelpapi Shaq should've done what Don Nelson did with the one-hand shot.
I don't understand of all those years playing basketball and practicing that he just never developed a touch to make a basic shot
I suppose it’s because he’s really big so this shot is hard for him to make
He had some amazing touch for a big guy around the paint and near the rim especially
Most of his shots though were kinda like floaters and hook shots tho but he also mentioned on an open court episode or on a tnt broadcast that it was all mental for him when he got to the line
@@SuperMisteryMan01 Might be mental, for me I literally can't shoot. That shit ridiculous
Ego problem everyone was begging him to practice free throws and he probably took that as an insult.
This is where I miss all my easy shots when close to the rim.
Even when he made 1 and miss the last shot it will have advantages for team to recover the rebound and make a 3 pointer make it it an 4 pointer and saved Lakers few times to win or tie the game
He missed out on 50 points
If shaq had a better free throw pct he would be one of the best scorers in the league
he was though
@@mekacrab lol right
He was the last great center
Him and Ben Wallace
After they retired, it was Tim Duncan and LaMarcus Aldridge
And even with his trash FT form, he still got 2 scoring titles
No C has won scoring title since
He was also the last C to win an MVP before Jokic finally did last year
My God. He missed all of those free throws and he still scored 40 points. He needed more arc on his shot. His arc was a line drive. He had one of the highest field goal percentages of all time but yet one of the worst free throw shooters.
I think i remember this game it took foreeeeevvvvvveeerrr.
woah so recent hello :)
He was dominant, but to not be able to have a decent free throw percentage is telling. 🤦♂️
IKR the free throw is the main blemish in Shaq's career.
I just know Kobe was pissed this game
Whos here because of hot ones?
mememememmeme!!! KD sweat
If he could make fts like embiid he’d be in goat convos
You mean the other way around. If Embiid stops whining and plays the post like Shaq, he would be in the GOAT convo
@@tamsui2024-dl4kp embiid is too fragile to play like shaq, his health is outta his control. Shaq was 100% capable of improving his ft shot, he just chose not to.
He had 2 great shooters on his team (Kobe, D Fish) why couldnt they teach him to shoot free throws?
Shaq was too lazy.
Im here because of that video, about that thing, at that place, during that time.
Shaq couldn't hit the backboard from the free throw line
Jeez how many times does he get fouled in a game?!!
Many, many times.
Hack a shaq
When the other team is losing they would foul him to get the ball
maybe if he learned to shoot a free throw people would have been reticent to foul him
Shaq would average 50 if he made his free throws 😂
And Wilt averaged 50 without making his damn free throws. These two would have so many more points if they could shoot free throws.
Shaq wouldn’t be fouled as much if he made his free throws lol
What are you talking about? yes he will.
He was getting fouled almost in every position but he didn't want to shot freethrows, thats why he didn't complain to the ref, he had a meeting with David Stern to ban the hack a shaq or he will punch the next one to do it but David said that he has 29 teams complaining about you. So if Shaq actually knew how to shot freethrows, he will get more freethrows. Look at Embiid now, he gets silly fouls just because he wants to shot freethrows and he gets to the line more than 10 times a game!!@@darthhorror0HD
@@arrowvvd the reason why they fouled cuz they knew fouling him was practically like a turnover 50% of the time
And if they didn't it will be more likely an easy bucket@@darthhorror0HD
Shaq should've did underhanded free throws or simply aim for the backboard. Honestly, have no clue why he did these lousy free throws.
Drover26 to cool for underhanded
@@Sixsince-dd2eu but if he did underhanded it would have been so much cooler. I think he’s so dumb for not doing underhand
@@putinsgaytwin4272 i wanted to talk shit to you because shaq is my favorite player of all time..but i definitely agree with you..stupid ass should have went to the underhand..he damn sure would have looked so much cooler had he did that. and made a lot more.
@@Sixsince-dd2eu he said that
@@putinsgaytwin4272 Shaq was too prideful to shoot underhand.
During FTs I didn't know players who are not lined up at the paint can be positioned below the FT line.
JDwJC11 yeah it’s usually the two guys running the backcourt. The two players who get the least amount of rebounds
Where is the shooting coach bruh literally zero arch and all wrist
@@NateCaves Boban Marjanovic shoots 75% ftp and is a good shooter, and he is 7'4 with the biggest hands I've ever seen. If you ask me Shaq didn't bother to develop the weak parts of his game
@@norcal7888 He really didn't have to. Nobody was going to pass at the opportunity of having Shaq on their team because of his lack of shooting
Shot a free throw attempt that was so bad that it hit the bottom of the rim, not once, but TWICE.
I got bricks, like Shaq at the free throw
'cuz free throws are tough!
He looks so awkward doing such a basic basketball shot
Luckily he was 8 feet tall so he didn't need talent.
Why would they let him have that many free throws in a game
Because they couldn't stop him and he was a bad free throw shooter.
Has shaq gotten better at free throws?
I doubt it.
Nope Shaq's highest FT percentage was 62% in 2003.
Whole. Team should have fouled out even head coach
according to stats he misses every second ft