It’s been a successful start to the year for the Golden State Warriors, but a few issues have hung over their head. One of the most infuriating has been the simple act that every basketball fan mastered to some degree when they were a child: the unguarded 15-foot set shot. Yes, even the best basketball players in the world struggle with free throws from time to time, from single-game struggles, to years of mediocre percentages, to the Ben Simmons and Nick Andersons of the world.
It’s felt like the Warriors have been particularly awful at free throw shooting this year, though narratives don’t always run parallel with facts.