re: MBB: Lack of fundamentals, where does the buck stop?

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With the limited practice time? Absolutely. That is up to each individual player.

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I'm no Jones fan, AT ALL. But this is the one area I'm not going to put the blame on him. FT shooting is all about practice, repetition and muscle memory. Show me a bad FT shooter and I'll show you someone who really doesn't give a shite about being a good FT shooter and doesn't want to put the hours upon hours of individual work it takes to be a good one. I promise you, every good FT shooter puts in hundreds of hours on their own to make themselves a good FT shooter.

I have no doubt that Jones emphasizes the importance FTs. He can't hold a guy's hand though and make him shoot 200, 300 FTs in an empty gym in June. You don't become a good FT shooter in the 20 minutes after practice. You become a good FT shooter when no one is around to watch you. That's on the players.