Even though they traded him, Derek Fisher is still the Warriors' best free throw shooter. At least the Warriors seem to think so. This image advertising the Free Throw Fridays contest is up on Warriors.com right now:
Are these really tryouts to play for the Warriors?
I'm not sure if this is an error or if this is intentional. I mean take a look at some of the god-awful free throw shooting on display at the Arena last season:
- Andris Biendrins: 30.6% (yup, you read that correctly)
- Zarko Cabarkapa: 71.4% (a 10% drop from the previous season)
- Baron Davis: 67.5% (that hurts)
- Ike Diogu: 81% (it puzzles me why Monty didn't play him more last season- he's a high % scorer)
- Mike Dunleavy: 77.8% (this just might be the strongest part of his game)
- Monta Ellis: 71.2% (fine for a rook)
- Adonal Foyle: 61.2% (admit it- this is higher than you expected)
- Troy Murphy: 78.7% (not bad)
- Mickael Pietrus: 60.8% (what's a mid-range game?)
- Jason Richardson: 67.3% (if he can bump this up he'll be an elite scorer)
Now that Fish is gone who do you think will be the Warriors' best free throw shooter next season? And no- Thunder and Chris Mullin don't count.
(Why is this article in the Humor section? Well, like DJ Fuzzy Logic always says when it comes to the Warriors- "laughing keeps us from crying." Man, there's a reason why they're called FREE throws.)