{"id":141118,"date":"2025-05-23T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=141118"},"modified":"2025-05-23T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:50:54","slug":"sga-free-throw-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/05\/23\/sga-free-throw-attempts\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Champion Defends SGA\u2019s Free Throw Attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Jefferson spent 17 years in the NBA playing for eight different teams. He won a title with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, coming back from a 3-1 deficit. After his retirement from the league, he spends more time on his podcast with Channing Frye, another player on the 2016 Cavs team. In the latest episode, they talk about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s MVP season<\/a> and the free throw merchant title fans have given him. His take about SGA and free throws is definitely one worth thinking about.<\/p>\n

Former NBA Champion Defends SGA\u2019s Free Throw Attempts<\/h2>\n

Speaking on the Road Trippin Show, Richard Jefferson tried to defend SGA and the topic of free throws (around minute 29 of the video). He said,<\/p>\n

\u201cShai is one of the most impressive people that I\u2019ve ever talked to. I asked him about the free throws, and he\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah. You know what\u2019s crazy about it is that two years ago, I averaged almost 11 free throws a game but we finished 10th and no one cared. When I wasn\u2019t sending their best favorite player home when I wasn\u2019t sending their team home, then no one cared that I was shooting 11 free throws a night and scoring this amount of points\u2019. To me, this is the type of sickos that we love.\u201d<\/p>\n