Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond struggled through the worst free-throw-shooting season in NBA history in 2015-16, but head coach Stan Van Gundy discussed potential measures to rectify the issue Thursday.
The 22-year-old UConn product was otherwise spectacular, as he averaged 16.2 points and 14.8 rebounds per game, which netted him the first All-Star selection of his career. He shot just 35.5 percent from the charity stripe, though, and Van Gundy admitted that a number of solutions will be explored, including possibly shooting underhand, according to Rob Beard of the Detroit News:
As far as shooting underhand or anything else, it's fair to say my discussion with Andre yesterday and the discussions [general manager] Jeff [Bower] and I have had and staff — everything is on the table.
It won't be a unilateral decision; we'll do some research on some things and come up with what we think is a good approach, talk to Andre and see what he thinks and develop an approach going forward.
We all know it's an important thing — Andre more than any of us — he's pretty open to anything. There's a lot o ...
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Stan Van Gundy Discusses Andre Drummond’s Free-Throw-Shooting Struggles
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