World Sport News

Despite his dominance, Shaquille O’ Neal was one of the worst free-throwers in the league’s history. The diesel often changed its routine on the line, but it didn’t help. Now the center explained why he didn’t want to throw his free throws from below.

“It’s just boring,” Shaq explained to the business insider why he never tried his granny style free-throwing in a game,”It’s not proven to be effective. Just because some players have succeeded doesn’t mean everyone can do it.”

One player who could was Rick Barry. The Warriors legend of the seventies is still today the fourth-best marksman of the line in history. I told Rick Barry I’d rather throw 0 percent than my free throws from below. I’m too cool for this.”

Throughout his career, Shaq hit just over half of his free throws (52.7 percent) and was the strongest weakness in the center’s game “Imagine me hitting the free throw line like Steph Curry. Better than Michael Jordan, better than Wilt Chamberlain.”