Memphis 2009 FT: 69.3% (153rd)
I've known for awhile that Memphis' FT Shooting has improved since last year - it's just been nothing to write home about until I realized today that Tyreke Evans isn't much of a charity stripe lock(69.6% on 161 attempts). The reason this struck me as awkward was that I assumed he was one of the causes for the upward movement given that the better shooters from last year's team (CDR and Rose) are now playing in the NBA.
So where is this improvement coming from?
Granted, it's a lot easier to improve in anything when you are already poor at it, but this kind of improvement, esp. from Taggart and Anderson are anything but typical. Without it, Memphis' mediocre offense (40th) would be much lower to the point where it would be something to worry about. Improving your FT shooting esp. in close games is anything but smexy, but PPP doesn't give a shit about where you get your points from. Just ask Jonny Flynn.
Oh yeah. It also helps to get rid of Joey Dorsey. 45-119 FT, 37.8%
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