LeBron James is making a career-low 67% of his free throws this season.
LeBron, via Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com:
“Yeah it’s killing me, it’s killing me,” James said
But I’ll be fine for the playoffs. For the rest of the regular season I’m going to end up shooting in the 60s, which is a career-low for me, but the postseason I’ll be up there in the 80s.
LeBron has never shot better than 78% in any regular season. He has only once eclipsed 78% in a postseason, shooting 81% in 2014.
If he could simply decide to shoot better from the line, why hasn’t he done it already?
That said, the Cavaliers look like they’re just biding their time until the playoffs. Their focus should increase, and LeBron’s free-throw percentage should rise with it.
But to 80%? Though I’ve learned never to count out LeBron, I’m skeptical.
