“Freebies”, free throws are often called. Or the line itself, the “charity stripe”, because the opposing team is said to be giving points away when they send a player there. But for Andre Drummond and free throws, these sayings do not apply.
Pardon my unacceptable tardiness in today’s 24-hour news cycle, but I just got around to reading Tom Haberstroh’s piece on ESPN.com on big men and free throw struggles. The in-depth piece is really insightful and I’d recommend that you take the time to read it in its entirety.
The article tries to identify reasons that big men, particularly Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, and Dwight Howard, struggle so mightily from the free throw line.