Remember how bad Shaquille O’Neal was from the free-throw line during his time with the Los Angeles Lakers? Remember how terrifying it used to be when teams would go to the hack-a-Shaq defense on him and how frustrating his responses would be on nights he shot poorly?
Little did we know there was actually another direction other than up from his ability at free points.
Lonzo Ball (43.6 percent) is a worse career free-throw shooter than Shaq (52 percent over his career). This season, Ball is considerably worse than O’Neal, shooting a frigid 41.