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[QUOTE="Jasoncuse, post: 188048, member: 470"]
It's nice having pretty much every guy on the floor capable of knocking down their FT's and no real stinker (Onuaku, Rick, Terrence Roberts, etc). With Fab, Keita and Xmas all over 60%, despite somewhat limited attempts, we see a much higher success rate. It's shocking how bad Scoop has been and how much better Dion could be.
 
Is it me, or does it seem we aren't getting to the line nearly as much as we usually do this year?  I wish there was a way to separate FTA's under 4 minutes to compare to prior years. 
Even then, we're attempting 18.7 FT's per game this year. That's definitely a drop over prior years:
2011: 20.4 FTA per game
2010: 21.3 FTA's
2009: 23.3 FTA's
2008: 24.9 FTA's
2007: 24.3 FTA's
 
Kind of crazy that our attempts have fallen each of the past 5 years. I think we're seeing a lot more jump shooting and maybe fewer guards driving all the way to the rim for trips to the line. Maybe OREB's are down?  Anybody have an answer for the declining attempts per game?
 
Also, Joseph is driving a lot less this year. Last year, he average 5.5 FTA's per game, this year it's around 4 per game. The way he's been playing over the past week, he's going to start getting more driving opportunities if he keeps knocking down jumpers.
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