JJ's FT Shooting Form

[Cuse_NYC]

He did shoot like that last year unfortunately. For those who golf, they know what’s going on…

He never brought the ball to his left shoulder like last night though. Was seriously frightening

 

[MikeSU02]

The problem is, who do you sub for him late in games? Kiyan isn’t much better.

Kiyan is four games into his college career. JJ has started 84 games. You start Kiyan. You end the game with Kiyan. He'll come around.

JJ looks like he's from an alien planet and trying to shoot a free throw for the first time without any training.

 

[23Zone]

Now time for a serious question. What is worse? Current football quarterback situation or JJ's foul shooting. Lol.

Amazingly I go for foul shooting

 

[Eric15]

The odd thing about Starling's first free throw airball (I can't believe I have to specify which of the airballs I'm referring to) is that it wasn't short the way most airballs are, it was like a foot to the right of the basket. That is very unusual. Usually misses are long or short, but at this level (college/NBA) they're very rarely left or right.

 

[Eric15]

Now time for a serious question. What is worse? Current football quarterback situation or JJ's foul shooting. Lol.

QB situation by far. At least JJ is attending SU on a basketball scholarship. He's not a soccer player that we repurposed out of desperation.

 

[whobut03]

Chuck Knoblauch comes to mind on this.

Jimmy Lee couldn't fix JJ's issues.

 

[23Zone]

QB situation by far. At least JJ is attending SU on a basketball scholarship. He's not a soccer player that we repurposed out of desperation.

Outside of scholarship status, evaluate from performance perspective

Two air balled foul shots versus a lacrosse quarterback that at least threw a touchdown last game and no pick 6

 

[Eric15]

Outside of scholarship status, evaluate from performance perspective

Two air balled foul shots versus a lacrosse quarterback that at least threw a touchdown last game and no pick 6

JJ Starling is an exponentially better basketball player than any QB on SU's roster minus Steve Angeli.

 

[23Zone]

JJ Starling is an exponentially better basketball player than any QB on SU's roster minus Steve Angeli.

Talking about foul shooting only lol

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Not in all years of doing this and all the research and experience I’ve had with this does it show it will help. Hard part is you need a fresh start and what I mean by that is a very very long break from it. However, the kid works his butt off everyday in the gym trying to get better and work himself out of it, but that’s not how you can approach this.

Is this like in A Beautiful Mind when Russell Crowe is like "All I have to do is apply my mind" and the old advisor guy is like "There's no theorum, no proof. You can't reason your way out of this?"

 

[Eric15]

Talking about foul shooting only lol

I'll still take JJ.

 

[Briancuse]

Chuck Knoblauch comes to mind on this.

Jimmy Lee couldn't fix JJ's issues.

It has to be. I dont know how any bball player could airball 3 fts in a game.

 

[Toga]

Steve Sax

 

[bigmike]

Crazy thought - not sure if it was mentiined

 

[littlereg]

Honestly his phone shooting is mind boggling. None of his foul shot attempts even look the same. He literally shoots it differently every single time. One of them he pulled all the way to his left side and then flicked it back. I think that's the one he shot far to the right air ball. And the one that he shot straight (also airballed) was so short it was unbelievable. Certainly there is a mental component but you would still think you would shoot the same way every time.

He is basically unplayable the last 8 minutes of a game. I think he should play 20 minutes max a game and none in the last 8 minutes

Then The one he made later in the game looked half normal, albeit a little flat but still relatively normal lol

 

[littlereg]

Just have him imbibe some mushrooms of a magical variety. His spirit journey will bump him over 80% when he comes back to earth.

I'm half-joking.

Let him hang out with Frank Howard before games and he’ll shoot a career HIGH from the line!!!

 

[NineOneSeven]

The odd thing about Starling's first free throw airball (I can't believe I have to specify which of the airballs I'm referring to) is that it wasn't short the way most airballs are, it was like a foot to the right of the basket. That is very unusual. Usually misses are long or short, but at this level (college/NBA) they're very rarely left or right.

Which is why I’ve said what I’ve said about it being the worst FT I’ve ever seen in my life. I was sitting in row A of 114 which is corner baseline looking down the court where he was shooting from, so got a pretty good direct look.

You can watch college basketball for the next 50 years and not match that attempt.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Shoot with the other hand. Channel your inner Bo Kimble