Fifteen Feet of Time
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English-Esperanto Free shipping possible. He used at least seven different foot patterns: Sometimes he received it, threw it on his left hip and took a huge breath while staring at the rim. Other times he sifted the ball in his hands as if dusting it off, or stood behind the line and began his dribbles while walking to the stripe.
Sometimes it was a slow, deep crouch. Other times he didn't bend his knees at all. Occasionally he rhythmically gyrated like a man on a bouncy ball, or simply bent and straightened out. All in all, James employed 18 distinct free throw variations with countless combinations throughout the season.
In November, James altered his routine at least 21 different times, cycling through various adjustments on the fly. During his worst month, when he converted just 62 percent in March, he changed his routine in every single game. The only constant was change. LeBron James employed 18 different free throw variations this season -- and shot a career-low The yips -- the malady that dare not speak its name.
But as long as oversized NBA players have been around, the free throw yips have afflicted them. And while many fans don't think of James as a big, at 6-foot-8 and pounds, he's no shrimp. He's the same build as yips-afflicted center Ben Wallace -- a career 41 percent free throw shooter. For whatever reason, the free throw line can be the loneliest place on earth for large human beings. Heart rates go up. Minds short-circuit nervous systems.
These qualities had never defined James, but it appears he might be prey to the same collection of symptoms they suffer. Much studied by everyone from NASA to academics obsessed with putting, yips are a known psychological condition called focal dystonia. When in effect, completing a task -- free throw shooting in James' case -- triggers a short circuit in the body's neurological network. The root of the problem isn't physical, even if James cycles through dozens of physical patterns. The breakdown happens upstairs. For his part, coach Tyronn Lue, who played for Van Gundy in Orlando's Finals run, doesn't think more tinkering is the solution for James.
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You're the best player in the world, do what you do, have confidence doing it -- that's it. Earlier this year, James summoned Kyle Korver to help tweak his routine even more. But it wasn't the first time James had taken up tutelage from a teammate. In the Eastern Conference semis, he began to mimic teammate Ray Allen's routine.
Instead of bending his legs almost to a degree angle, James dipped only slightly, just like Allen always did. At the time, Allen and James discussed the elusive 80 percent threshold, a mark James hadn't cleared in his storied career. Two games later, after shooting 4-for-8 in Game 2, James abandoned the Allen project altogether. The Heat worked with James to keep his routine consistent, but nothing seemed to work. It got so vexing that at one point the Heat coaching staff would show video of James' routine to the entire team and jokingly ask if this particular one would stick.
As we now know, none of them would.
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Prior to a surprisingly strong four-game stretch in the Cavs' recent sweep of the Raptors, James managed a mere of Indiana in the playoffs. Prior to that, he'd shot at least 35 free throws over a four-game stretch 88 times in his playoff career. Never during one had he shot that poorly -- so poorly that one began to wonder if the Pacers might opt for the nuclear option. And then it came.
Two days later, reporters asked James if he was worried about his free throws. This season, James' average shot distance in clutch situations was In other words, he's settling for jumpers. Up by one point with And that's where James heads next. For this free throw, he dribbles three times, spins the ball into his left palm, simultaneously takes a step back with his left foot 18 inches behind his right foot while raising his right fist and blowing into it, and then steps back into the shot, complete with a shoulder shrug.
It's enough movement to make a juggler sweat. It's almost as if he's trying to distract himself from thinking. James pauses as he bends his knees. He rises and flicks his right wrist. He misses the shot, back iron. He blows into his right fist, looking at the clock. He blows into his left fist, then his right again.
He wipes his shooting hand on his chest. He blows into his hand a third time. Then he raises his fist again for a fourth blow. The ref passes him the ball. He repeats the step-back sequence and swishes it. With James splitting the free throws, the Cavs would go on to win by six.
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Why is this worth mentioning? Those were the only free throws James would take all regular season in the final minute of a one-possession game. Now read that sentence again and consider what it means. Just two do-or-die free throws during an entire regular season is the outlier of all outliers. Last season James took 15 such shots.
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In , he took 21, the second-highest total in the NBA. In , he took In fact, he's averaged 18 such shots per season since and never fewer than 11 -- until this season's total of two, which placed him tied for th in the NBA with Tim Quarterman, Luc Mbah a Moute and Marcus Georges-Hunt. How does one explain this?