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Has Calipari ever had a team that shot free throws well? When you recruit a selfish point guard who prefers long jump shots to driving and almost any shot to an assist, contested shots for his teammates are a natural outcome.

Gilgeous-Alexander should have been the starting point guard from the beginning of the season - and he should have been told that job one was to run the offense and create open looks for his teammates.

This team does have shooters, but you can't expect freshmen to hit a high percentage with so many shots being contested. Gabriel, Knox, Gilgeous-Alexander, and Green can all hit open perimeter jumpers, but as you said, this team lacks a true point guard. That places a heavy burden on young players to create their own shots, which can be mistaken for selfishness.

Whatever the weaknesses this team has, it is crazy to blame a bunch of freshmen. These are Calipari's recruits - the players that he thought would be the foundation of a great team. If he can't get freshmen basketball players that he recruited to play hard, then he is not earning his salary.

We disagree on free throw shooting. Almost anybody can be taught to shoot a decent free throw percentage. Guys with huge hands, such as Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O'Neal may be an exception, but free throw shooting is like any other skill - it can be taught - and it is a skill worth learning.

No, I can't recall any team that was a good foul shooting team.
It is funny that you mentioned Shaq, he was one I was thinking about as I was responding.
What do you think of Vanderbilt? I love how he gives 110%, but he is so bad on offense that I don't know if I would play him many mins.