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Ben Wallace shot only 42% free throws over his career, the worst percentage in the history of the NBA among players with 1000 attempts. Bruce Bowen was also among the game's best defenders but among its worst free throw shooters. Because of their struggles at the free throw line, each man has at times become a target of the Hack-a-Shaq strategy.
The NBA Defensive Player of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1982–83 NBA season to the best defensive player of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of 124 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and ...
Conspiracy to defraud the NBA's health plan [361] 10 years Qyntel Woods: Portland Trail Blazers: Animal abuse Probation Woods pleaded guilty and agreed to donate $10,000 to the Oregon Humane Society. He was sentenced to 12 months of probation and 80 hours of community service. [362]
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LeBron James is one of the most decorated players in NBA history. But it still bugs the Lakers star that he has never won the league's defensive player of the year award.
The Philadelphia 76ers, with their loss Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, now own the NBA’s worst record (2-12). ... The defense has taken a hit, too — especially because Durant ...
The NBA All-Defensive Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1968–69 NBA season to the best defensive players during the regular season. The All-Defensive Team is generally composed of ten players in two five-man lineups, a first and a second team.
Defensive rating or defensive efficiency is a statistic used in basketball to measure an individual player's efficiency at preventing the other team from scoring points. It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver. [1] Oliver introduced the defensive rating statistic in his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper. [2]