Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander unstoppable because he shoots a ton of free throws, or does he shoot a ton of free throws because he’s unstoppable?
SGA is second in the NBA with a healthy 8.9 free-throw attempts per game and that has become the subject of a pretty misleading online discussion. Yes, he leans into contact, and yes, his scoring is buoyed by tons of free throws. But his 8.9 is not actually an outlier in the history of the NBA’s top scorers, as free-throw attempts pretty routinely get above 10 for the top guys (check out these James Harden numbers).
However, that’s also not the point. Because if
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