TJ Campbell: The Difference

2008-09:
36-44 (81.8%) from the FT line through 32 games.

2009-10:
35-41 (85.4%) from the FT line through 6 games.

What are our team averages at the FT line? Have we improved there too?

66.8% --> 75.8%

And that number would be MUCH higher if Nik can get his current 52% closer to his career average of 71%

Wait - Are you saying TJ only took 44 foul shots all last year?

I was joking to a friend the other day that TJ had already hit more FTs this year than he had last year. I knew he didn't hit a ton last year, but I didn't realize how close I was to the truth. I love that TJ is attacking and driving this year. He has stepped up and it is great.

That is correct... I guess I kind of forgot how passive he was at getting his own shot last year, but now that I think about it...

On another note, it would have been fun to watch him play football, during one of the broadcasts they mentioned people kind of stayed away for b-ball recruiting because they thought he wasn't going to play football. I think Mesa said he was an All State DB in HS. Makes sense though, that Nate Robinson kid (who is built VERY similarly to TJ) was no slouch at football either, and obviously he was talented at that basketball thing too...

I think they said he was also a WR. What a killer athlete.

Nate Robinson and TJ can both dunk as well.

Nate might have the upper hand in that category...