The top free-throw shooters in NBA history (Part 2)
Continuing the list of players who are among the best free-throw shooters in the history of the NBA, continued is the list mentioning the 8th and 7th slot players in the list. Free throws are one of those talents in the NBA that require
a lot of practise and loads of concentration.
The number 8 spot in the list of the best free-throw shooters is Reggie Miller who was able to maintain a free-throw percentage of 88.8%. The amazing player was also voted as one of the most annoying players in the NBA, according to many fans and polls that
have made over the past few seasons. Nonetheless, this player is one of the best free-throw shooters that the NBA history has seen. This extravagant player extends his talents to the three-point shooting. One of the best shooters of the league, this player
is top of the three-point shooters after bagging a huge 2560 three pointers.
This spectacular thrower was one of the best players who made it into the elite group of shooters by becoming a specialist from the free-throw line. Miller managed to be widely known as one of the most productive players, when it came to the fact of drawing
fouls from the opposition. Critics say that the thing that allowed him to draw loads of fouls was the smart move during which he pulled out his leg that usually hit the opposition and the referee gave the foul in his favour. Some say this was a cheap way of
gaining fouls, other say it was just part of the game. Whatever the case, this player is one of the great players that the NBA world has seen for quite some time. One of the efficient players in the NBA managed to make seven thousand twenty six free throw
attempts. Out of these attempts, Miller managed to make a huge six thousand two hundred and thirty seven free throws.
The 7th spot in the list is occupied by one of the Hall of Famers of NBA, Calvin Murphy. This extremely talented player was able to spend thirteen seasons with the Houston Rockets out of which every passing season proved to be more successful
than the previous one. This extravagant player was one of the most successful, when it came to making successful free throws. Out of the three thousand eight hundred and sixty four free-throw attempts that this player made, he was able to confirm three thousand
four hundred and forty five. This truly amazing player is among the best that only the NBA world has seen, and Houston Rockets have come across.
Coming to the career statistics of this Hall of Famer, this spectacular shooter was able to come up with a shooting percentage of 89.2% at the end of his career. Coupled with this is one of the truly amazing and brilliant records that this player was able
to come up with during his career. This was regarding the free-throw shooting, which according to speculators is one of the key reasons in being inducted in the Hall of Fame.
One of the greats of the Houston Rockets, Calvin Murphy managed to make a record for the longest streak of consecutive free throws and also the highest percentage of free throws, both during the course of the 1980-81 NBA season. This is one of the big records
in the NBA that to date no one has broken. Not only this, but none has been able to even match it by any standards. Although Murphy was not among some of the tallest men around, he still was able to shoot like 7 feet player by only standing at 5’9. Coupled
with this were his abilities of being fast and being able to cut through players that make him one of the quickest and successful players in the NBA.
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