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From: 8ants
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Date: 3/7/2012 12:54:40 PM
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Hypothesis: Poor free throw shooting skill results in drawing less fouls. The idea is that a player is less likely to try to draw fouls (e.g. less aggressive) because he doesn''t want to shoot (bad) free throws. I don't think this type of psychology is part of BB, but has anyone seen any trends that might support this?

From: CrazyEye

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212243.2 in reply to 212243.1
Date: 3/7/2012 2:07:33 PM
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poor free throw shooting skill results in sligthly less fouls, cause he won't have the ball in his hand when the opposing teams fouls in the last second.

That my good free throw shooters draw fouls more often during regular game time, i didn't noticed yet. And when you like an explanation, for the good ft shooter have a higher desire to draw fouls should be correspending to the desire of the defender to foul a player(you will never see hack a nash).

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Date: 3/7/2012 3:04:52 PM
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My worst free throw shooter seems to be 2nd best foul drawer in my team despite his inept shooting too:D i think driving influences drawed fouls.

From: Wakes

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212243.4 in reply to 212243.1
Date: 3/7/2012 3:18:45 PM
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Haven't found anything to this end. My three worst free throw shooters are right up with the most likely to draw fouls on my team.

I think free throws are somewhat random, with a number of factors built in; what tactic you're using, skill level of the offensive player versus the defense, and the hidden aggression skill, among others, all likely play a role.

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Date: 3/7/2012 4:04:19 PM
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The more you drive to the paint (inside-oriented tactics), the more likely you will draw fouls.

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212243.6 in reply to 212243.2
Date: 3/7/2012 4:29:55 PM
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This means that FT would be considered in the shot making decision for the last minutes of the game (or the entire game... or never). Perhaps one of the gurus in analytics (Moutlinho, Josef_Ka) can give us some insight on this.

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212243.8 in reply to 212243.7
Date: 3/8/2012 10:29:08 AM
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Maybe he was beating 3-2 zone and then poor shotblockers pf and c used to foul against him?

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212243.10 in reply to 212243.9
Date: 3/8/2012 11:36:12 AM
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After he beats man, who guards him, he drives to the rim. So pf or c tries to close the window and fouls..