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loot 03-30-2007 05:26 AM
Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
A while ago I opened a topic about Desmond Mason's free throws. During the first years of his career it seemded he was on his way to becoming a Maggette type of player:

FTM/FTA/%
0.9 1.2 73.6
2.7 3.2 84.8
2.6 3.5 74.0
2.8 3.6 76.5
4.3 5.7 76.9
5.3 6.6 80.2


Then in his first two years in NO:
2.9 4.3 68.2
2.8 4.3 65.7




Crazy. It's said he changed his form after his elbow injury.


Via nba.aolsportsblog.com:

Quote:
Wes Cox at Mavs Moneyball shared the following factoid with his readers a couple of days ago:

Fun Desmond Mason fact - he hasn't attempted a three all season and is 2 for 9 outside 12 feet. NOT a good shooter...

How is that possible? How can a player whose job is to shoot the ball have only taken 9 shots outside of 12 feet all season long? Mason, this year, is averaging 12 shots per game, and has played in 72 games so far. That means he's averaging about 0.125 shots from outside of 12 feet per ballgame, which is mind blowing.

loot 03-30-2007 05:28 AM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 

tpcslj47 03-30-2007 06:14 AM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
hideous, looks like he's scared of the ball and just wants to get rid of it before it bites him.

mhsbasketball 03-30-2007 06:14 AM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
so mason never shot like that when he wasnt in with the hornets? So that means he shot normally, but had to have that ugly form due to his elbow injury?

Sharas 03-30-2007 01:13 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
it's a shame for professional basketball player at any level to shoot like that:rolleyes: and for a nba starting small forward/shooting guard?

tmacman 03-30-2007 01:21 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
Haha wow right when he brings it up, he releases. Hilarious..

Have you guys seen Chuck Hayes free throw? HAHA LOL I love the guy, but... yeah you just gotta see it

20 Dimes A Game 03-30-2007 01:22 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
Ugly.

qwerty 03-30-2007 01:47 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
just start shooting lefty. its not that hard to switch your shooting hand on free throws with practice. and im not saying that because oden did it.

saKf 03-30-2007 02:10 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
Sucks. Mason was a really nice player to have before the surgery.

Dizzle-2k7 03-30-2007 02:19 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
poor guy. atleast he has an excuse unlike marion.

edit: and this dude STILL averages 14/5/2 :bowdown:

Diesel J 03-30-2007 03:46 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
I don't remember him shooting like that when he was on Seattle.:confusedshrug:

tmacman 03-30-2007 03:47 PM
Re: Desmond Mason's shooting form
 
1. Shawn Marion
2. Chuck Hayes
3. Marcus Camby
4. Leandro Barbosa
5. Desmond Mason


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