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[BoomSoon]

Can I pick Lonnie Kruger or Steve Henson?

 

[StatGeek]

Hollis is the answer, however the 2nd choice is tougher, players I would consider (that haven't been mentioned):


In order
2. John Ontjes
3. Steven Pledger
4. Nate Carter
5. Jeff Webster (As good, if not better FT shooter than B Price & they played together)

Honorable Mention
Omar Leary
Michael Neal

 

[hoopsaustin]

Jonnie Gilbert or Ryan Humphreys for sure

HM-- Spangler

 

[DenverSooner]

Hollis, but Nolan Johnson is a good answer too.

I think this is the right the answer for first and second based on career percentages. I say think because Soonerstats doesn't rank by percentage but provides percentages for several people.

 

[KBaden145]

I wouldn't go strictly on %. Hollis was my pick just because he was icy at the line in tight circumstances.


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[pksooner20]

freshman cade davis

 

[BoulderSooner]

i change my mind hollis as a senior is the only correct answer .. 92.9%

 

[DenverSooner]

I wouldn't go strictly on %. Hollis was my pick just because he was icy at the line in tight circumstances.


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I would. Would you like to play poker in my poker group?

 

[IndySooner]

Hollis is the answer.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I saw pledgers name...I would not feel confident with him up there.

 

[soonerborn77]

Didn't Ontjes miss two free throws that could have given us the win against Missouri (at Missouri), I faintly remember that game.

edit, found it

http://newsok.com/somethings-amiss-free-throws-doom-ou-at-missouri/article/2494375

1 for 4 in the last 17 seconds, the last two was when we were up 2 with 11 seconds.

Hollis is the answer, however the 2nd choice is tougher, players I would consider (that haven't been mentioned):


In order
2. John Ontjes
3. Steven Pledger
4. Nate Carter
5. Jeff Webster (As good, if not better FT shooter than B Price & they played together)

Honorable Mention
Omar Leary
Michael Neal

 

[SoonerSpock]

If you want to select the career FT percentage leader you select Hollis Price 358/416 for .8606 followed by Bo Overton with .852 and John Ontjes with .846. Hollis also ranks at number 10 on the number of free throws made.

 

[KBaden145]

I would. Would you like to play poker in my poker group?

With Hollis you are covered on both ends. Admittedly bad at poker but I used to beat my grandmother at Old Maid. I think she let me win.


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[thebigabd]

No love for Corey Brewer. The guy only made 378 free throws in 2 years. More than Hollis Price made in his entire career. I see people throwing out Cade Davis, Omar Leary, Nate Carter, Steven Pledger, etc.

Corey Brewer is about 276% better than all those guys ever thought about being.

 

[JDSooners]

Who owns the consecutive string record?

Thought it was someone in the Capel or Kruger years that passed minor

 

[dksooner]

Who owns the consecutive string record?

Thought it was someone in the Capel or Kruger years that passed minor

Nate Carter I believe. Around 33 straight

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

John McCullough.

 

[skyvue]

Wayne Speegle.

 

[DenverSooner]

With Hollis you are covered on both ends. Admittedly bad at poker but I used to beat my grandmother at Old Maid. I think she let me win.


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That is likely because you don't go with the percentages. In poker if you have three of a kind and there is a flush or straight draw on the board, if you make a large enough bet (laying worse pot odds than the odds of the opponent hitting the hand) it doesn't matter if your opponent calls and hits his hand. Your opponent made a mistake and you made the right play. The reason is because if you play the hand an infinite number of times you win money. (There is a second more advanced concept in poker called implied odds but I am going to ignore that for this discussion)

Now basketball. If Hollis takes the shots an infinite number of times, he will make them more often than the next guy on the list. You can't really predict the future so trying to guess when Hollis will miss his 8% versus when the next guy will miss his 12% is not a wise move. All you know with any real certainty is that Hollis will make his shots more often than the next guy on the list.

 

[DenverSooner]

No love for Corey Brewer. The guy only made 378 free throws in 2 years. More than Hollis Price made in his entire career. I see people throwing out Cade Davis, Omar Leary, Nate Carter, Steven Pledger, etc.

Corey Brewer is about 276% better than all those guys ever thought about being.

You are looking at who is better at getting to the line, not hitting the free throws.

End of game who gets the ball is a different question and I might say Nolan Johnson but Corey Brewer is certainly a guy in that discussion.