Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is about to be named the Most Valuable Player in the league. He's also the biggest flopper, if you believe what many are saying about him. It's become enough of a talking point ...

Free throw shooting, also known as foul shots, are unopposed attempts to score points from behind the free throw line in the game of basketball. Free throws are typically awarded to a player after ...

The Los Angeles Lakers’ massive free throw attempt edge is well-documented. This season, per 100 possessions, the Lakers enjoyed a plus-6.1 free throw attempt advantage against their competition. The ...

For most of Karl-Anthony Towns’ life into his first several NBA seasons, he did the same thing every time he made a trip to the charity stripe — a deep breath, two dribbles and then a deep squat ...

Despite struggling on their home court occasionally this season, the Sacramento Kings hosted the star-studded Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers on a back-to-back home stand, impressively winning ...

Getting to the free-throw line has become an increasingly important part of the game. What used to be an incidental side effect of playing hard has become a core directive for many players over the ...

Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey went to the free throw line against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs at Paycom Center. The Grizzlies ...

The final day of the 2023-24 regular season saw several playoff teams jockeying for seeding, other teams trying to improve draft lottery odds and a few just hoping to end the campaign on a high note.

Basketball fans are often frustrated when players miss free throws, because it seems like they'd be so easy to make. Most of the notorious "brick layers" at the free throw line are centers, the big ...

The NBA summer leagues will have a new look to them with two new features being tested. The NBA will test the one free throw rule and a connected basketball with an embedded sensor at this month's ...

The idea took hold in 2013 at Arizona State. Why wave your arms to distract opponents at the free throw line, students wondered, when one of them could leap from a cardboard box at the right moment?