On April 12, Beijing time, with the NBA's 2021-22 regular season season coming to an end, the Lakers, who have missed the playoffs, held the last press conference of the season, and the core of the team, James, answered a question about the offseason key practice plan in an interview with reporters.
James said: "I want to stand more on the free throw line, so my practice is how to fool the referee, I want to find such a way, I also have to find such a way, I see a lot of statistics about the score of the penalty area, I am in the box per game to lead the league in points per game, but my average number of free throws per game is the bottom of the league, so I have to find a solution to the problem, before I went to Miami I averaged free throws per game was at the top of the league, but then the situation changed, hahaha" (Ridiculing yourself about the fact that free throws are less likely to be related to joining the Heat)
According to a previous statistic, james topped the list of non-free throw scores this season with an average of 25.5 points per game, followed by Irving with 24 points, Durant with 23.1 points, Doncic with 22.5 points, and Mitchell's 22.2 points in fifth place. James has played in 56 games for the Lakers this season, averaging 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shooting 52.4% from the field. James averaged 21.8 league no. 1 shots per game and no. 2 in the league in points per game, but averaged only 6 free throws per game and ranked 13th in the league.
The league attended the new rules for the action of making fouls in the offseason last year, which to some extent restricted the deliberate foul making, of course, in the current situation, the "foul master" led by Harden is also gradually adapting to the new rules. Taking this season's data as an example, Embiid averaged 11.8 free throws per game, alphabet brother averaged 11.4 times per game, and Ha appeared on the third place 8.2 times, it is obvious that in the skill of creating fouls, the "technical flow" players are becoming more and more popular, like James, Westbrook, such breakthrough, strength players are no longer popular, so I think James really needs to learn in this regard, it is also a practice to keep up with the trend.
With the increase of age, James's athletic ability gradually began to decline, the number of breakthroughs also decreased, and the shooting rate near the basket also declined, so he gradually increased the number of outside shots, and if he could learn the skin of foul making techniques, it would also be a supplement to his extended career.