Becoming a superstar in the NBA is not an easy task by any means. The top 20 players in the league have all gone through years of hard work to reach their current skill level. Most stars tend to ...

Tom Thibodeau likes to regularly repeat the statistic that his team ranked third in the NBA in free-throw attempts last season, but converting them with consistency continues to be a problem for the ...

Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum is no stranger to the spotlight on a basketball court. Plum, a three-time All-Star and two-time WNBA champion, has been in plenty of high-pressure situations dating ...

EAST LANSING – First, the good news: After placing an increased emphasis on free throw shooting throughout the offseason, Michigan State has raised its team average to 75.8 percent on the year. That ...

BOSTON -- Through the first 10 games of the season, Jayson Tatum looks like someone who has activated a cheat code. The Celtics forward has unlocked an important element of his game, and it's leading ...

LOS ANGELES — It was a first quarter that no one had ever seen before from LeBron James in the postseason: no field goal attempts. James saw D’Angelo Russell score the first 11 points of Game 3 for ...

I went looking for a photo of a free throw to accompany this story. Finding an appropriate image is tougher than you’d think. A search for “Free Throws NBA” on Getty Images yields about 25,000 results ...

ATLANTA -- Right foot toeing the free throw line, standing at a slight angle to the basket. Three dribbles. Right arm lifted to a 90-degree position. Line up the shot. Pause. Flick of the wrist with a ...