Over the final three games that the Oklahoma City Thunder played against the Houston Rockets in the 2016-17 postseason, Victor Oladipo never made it to the charity stripe — not even once — on 35 field goal attempts. On the season, he only attempted eight or more free throws in a single game twice.
Compare that mark to his first five games with the Pacers, in which he’s already managed to reach or surpass that benchmark three times. It’s early, but his unexpected turnaround in that particular category has ballooned his free throw rate (ratio of foul shots to field goal attempts) by more than double.