“Is SGA a free throw merchant” (by JxmyHighroller)

Sadly nba discourse is ruined cause if MJ played today he would be called a shot chucking free throw merchant. That's just in Twitter though, all real humans know SGA is the mvp.

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Funniest part of that video is he tries to say that SGA isn't a FT merchant than proceeds to show a graph of SGA having the 2nd highest percentage of points from the FT line ever in a season and completely ignores it.

Yes, SGA had a great whistle 2 years ago. He also drove to the rim more than anyone ever had that season, in the last 3 decades and probably for decades to come. How’s that even relevant to right now anyways. They didn’t even call him a free throw merchant back then cuz they still didn’t accept how good he is

He's averaging 9fta now but it's not about the amounts, it's the way he gets the fouls.

It’s not about how he gets fouled. It’s not even about how many attempts he has. It’s just about narratives. Luka shot the same amount of FTs a game as SGA did last year with some of the most egregious flopping and baiting clips you’ll ever see. Yet he not once was called a free throw merchant. Instead, his defense was what people attacked Shai has no weakness, so people created some narrative that he needs free throws in order to be effective when anyone who’s seen him play knows that isn’t true

If he played on any team that wasn’t in Oklahoma, no one would care. It’s all market bias

when did harden ever escape the claims

Here’s why he’s not. D Mitch shot 18 FT last night on only 24 points. The Cavs had 51 FUCKING FREE THROWS. This is the dumbest shit to call SGA a FT merchant when he averages less FT’s than MJ and Kobe did. Absolutely sickening. The cavs only won by ONE point with 51 FTA

the answer is no.

Forget all this: that Jordan clip is egregious 😭😭😭