Check out Rockets Center, Chinanu Onuaku, knock down two free throws using the Rick Barry, granny style, under hand shot.About the NBA: The NBA is the premie. Still, Onuaku is no Rick Barry. Barry was an NBA star in the '60s and '70s. He shot 89 percent from the free throw line during his career -- a top-10 mark in league history. And he shot them.
Chinanu Onuaku makes Rockets debut with underhand free throws (Video) Holdout Sports
Chinanu Onuaku of the Rockets took us back to the George Mikan and Rick Barry days with his under handed free throw.About the NBA: The NBA is the premier pro. Chinanu Onuaku has revived the underhand free throw and has been knocking them down! With Clint Capela on the shelf, Houston Rockets rookie Chinanu Onuaku has been called up from the D-League to contribute. And he has brought the underhand free throw back to the NBA. Via the Score. As a freshman, Onuaku shot 46.7 percent from the line but then started shooting free-throws underhanded as a sophomore and improved to 56.9 percent: Onuaku's form is a throwback yet it works and.
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Onuaku finished his sophomore campaign by raising his free throw percentage to 58.9. In just one season his efficiency at the charity stripe jumped 12 percentage points. The sample size was quite small — he made 33-of-56 attempts — but the rapid improvement was there for all to see, and it was enough to keep Onuaku working at making it better. Meet Chinanu Onuaku, Houston Rockets big man who was so displeased with his 46.7 free throw percentage as a freshman at the University of Louisville, he decided to shoot them underhand. It worked. There's no shame in Chinanu Onuaku's free throw game. The Rockets center impressed in his NBA debut Monday night after making two free throws underhanded in Houston's 131-115 win over the Phoenix. When Harrell hit the bench, the coach inserted rookie Chinanu Onuaku, recently called up from the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League, to man the five spot. The Houston Rockets never trailed.
Rockets draft pick Chinanu Onuaku shoots free throws underhanded
For Onuaku though, it really wasn't doing the job. In college at Louisville, the Rockets big man struggled from the free throw line, shooting 46.7 per cent in his freshman year. This was a year ago when Onuaku, a 6' 10", 230-pound sophomore from Lanham, Md., was finishing a freshman season in which he would convert just 46.7% of his free throw attempts. After practicing.
After Onuaku made his free throws, there was a loud roar from the crowd at the Toyota Center. Hall of Famer Rick Barry (1965-80) was the last NBA player to attempt underhanded free throws in a. Houston Rockets/RGV Vipers rookie Chinanu Onuaku explains the art of the underhanded free throwThe NBA Development League, the NBA's official minor league, s.
Rockets draft pick Chinanu Onuaku shoots free throws underhanded
Dec 27, 2016. Houston Rockets rookie center Chinanu Onuaku made quite an impression in his NBA debut after he made two free throws underhanded. With less than three minutes to play in the Rockets. With 3:22 remaining in the 4th Quarter, Rockets rookie Chinanu Onuaku stepped to the free-throw line. He bounced the ball three times, bent his knees, and shot… underhanded. And it went in.
