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Monday, December 10, 2012
Worst free throw in the history of mankind shot by an App State player
On Saturday, Appalachian State center Brian Okam launched the free throw seen 'round the world.
His so-bad-it's-funny free throw has already gotten close to 4,000,000 views on YouTube, going viral in a spectacular way. The humor is helped by the announcers, who say: "Second free throw -- my goodness!"
And: "I'm not sure what that was. Good Lord!"
For background, Okam is a 7-foot-center from Nigeria who transferred from Rutgers and doesn't play much for 1-7 Appalachian State -- about 10 minutes per game. He has made 2-of-5 free throws this season. A free throw is 15 feet, and his attempt arched high and got maybe six feet. You've got to see it, really. It's also ironic that it was the second of two free throws, and he had made the first.
The Bobcats' Gana Diop still holds the unofficial record for worst free throw in a pro game. It's on YouTube too -- of course -- and has gotten around 1.8 million page views. But it's better than Okam's attempt -- Diop's probably is only five feet short of the rim. Check them both out and see what you think.
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Diop is still worse because he is supposed (I stress supposed) to be a NBA Pro.....Of course he plays more like someone who has never seen or touched a basketball.
Go Catamounts!
I hate when they slap skin with a dude after he misses a free throw.
So Okam's shot went, what, 12 feet in the air and 6 feet toward the basket? That was indeed awful.
I will say that it looked like Okam's shot slipped out of his hands whereas Diop's shot looked like it didn't. Diop's aim was just that bad.
So it was the same trajectory and distance as a typical Brad Nortman punt?
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