On the subject of free throws

An interesting stat made the rounds today: Dwight Howard has missed as many free throws (332) this season, as Steve Nash has in his ENTIRE 17-year career.  Howard is coming in this season at 314-for-646, a balmy 49%, which is dead last among qualified players.  That is down from his career average of 57%.

Nash, on the other hand, is a 90.4% career free throw shooter, the best in history.  So maybe not the most fair comparison.  Nevertheless, still ridiculous to think about.  All that money, and you can't even count on him to make free throws.  A franchise cornerstone who is a liability at the end of close games.  Wild. 

 

Oh shit (part 6)

On Saturday night James Harden and the Rockets brought their beards to South Philly.  The Sixers picked up a great win to hopefully jumpstart their climb back into the playoff picture.  Jeremiah took a second to shake the bejeezus out of Jrue with a behind the back through the legs crossover, with about 3 double-dribbles mixed in there.  But who cares about that.  Soak this in




Absurd move, but it probably should have been called back, and they lost the game.  4/5 Paul Pierces here.