In this episode, I react to the wild take that "Michael Jordan was a free throw merchant!" We dive into the stats, compare eras, and give our unfiltered thoughts on whether this claim has any ...

Upon checking data from Basketball Reference, Jordan shot 174 free-throw attempts during the first 13 games of the 1989 playoffs. Meanwhile, Wade went to the line 118 times in the first 13 playoff ...

They got blown out by the Indiana Fever in their last game by a final score of 79-52 at the United Center, with Reese finishing with just four point ...

Michael Jordan’s free-throw line dunk in the 1985 Slam Dunk Contest cemented his status as basketball’s showman, and he knew he would do something special. advertisement.

Michael Jordan wasn’t a great 3-point shooter, ... After his best free-throw shooting night in five years, Robinson is up to 73.3% from the line (11-for-15) on the season.

During Jordan’s first MVP season, he averaged 10.5 free throws and 35 points. In his final MVP season, he averaged 28.7 points and 8.8 free throws each night.

The OKC Thunder put together a historic run led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the youngest team to win a championship The ...

"When you could have Michael Jordan on your right-hand side, man, on the fast break, I could throw it anywhere, he was going to go get it and dunk it," Johnson said.

Game 3 happened to be his worst free-throw shooting performance of the 1967 playoffs at 11-for-19, so he might have contended for Baylor's record if not for struggles from the line.

Jordan has a higher free-throw percentage in the playoffs at 82.8%. LeBron’s free throw percentage is 74.1%. This is one of the few areas where Jordan clearly has an advantage.

But the inherent difficulty in free-throw shooting can be found in Cousy’s excuse, ... then added four more to put away a heavily favored North Carolina team led by Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins.