Steph is the only superstar that doesn't live on the FT line.
You mean if he misses the shot and Boston scores to win, you can shyt on him for not being clutch?Yeah all those classic clutch shots we watch where the teams one point ahead to put them four points ahead. Wow how did they ever make those..
I hate that stat because Curry has at least 5 shots under 50 seconds that tied the game which should be defined as clutch too but they want to cherry pick to make Steph look worse. Within the first four minutes of this video you can see at least four of em. He also has numerous hits with the Warriors up 1 or 2 to close out games.
This one is to take the league at like 55 seconds which is why they narrowed it to 50 seconds.
Steph is the only superstar that doesn't live on the FT line.
Use paragraphs breh but other than that I agreefor as much gravity as he has and as good as a finisher he is thats the issue with being a small guard, you cant just get him the ball in the mid post like other greats. beyond that the main issue with steph and transfers over to clutch situations is steph turns the ball over too much either through being careless or trying to do too much. good defense by murray of hedging and baiting on the steal last night which imo most defenders wouldnt do in that situation but at the same time its a bad decision by steph of trying to do too much instead of making the simple play of passing it to cp3 then trusting him to make the right decision. that and trying to force that pass gave the nuggets a chance to win the game that they may have not had if he forced the 3 or swung the ball like he should have. absolute worst case scenario should have been the nuggets getting the ball with less than a second left.
Steph averages 4.7 to 6.3 fts/game the last five seasons
Bron averages 5.6 to 6.0 fts/game the last five seasons
They're virtually identical. Which is wild because Bron goes into the hole and gets hit about 5x more than Steph does.
Curry
In his career, Curry has 4 seasons with a free throw rate above league average. One is this year, in 32 games. Another is 2020 when he played 5 games. He gets to the line at a rate 8% below the league average in his career.
LeBron
Bron Bron has never once gotten to the line at a below average rate. 36% above the league average for his career including 19% above average as a Laker.
In their 15th years, LeBron had a 133 FTR+ to Curry's current 121. Of course, Curry only playing 5 games in 2020 effectively makes this year his 14th. LeBron was at a 146 FTR+ in year 14. After a down year and at his age, he's back to getting to the line at a well above average rate, which some may call "living on the line" while Curry has an outlier year.