The Oklahoma City Thunder have had their ups and downs the past several seasons, making the most out of their talented pool of athletes in a stacked Western Conference. The Thunder were fortunate enough to earn a playoff spot in this past season, but were ultimately knocked out by the Houston Rockets in the first round.
The team so far has made stellar moves in acquiring Paul George in free agency, but some players feel there needs to be more to give OKC an extra edge. For 24-year-old center Steven Adams, he is pushing his body to it's limit and then some to give him a competitive advantage over any other opponent.
The University of Pittsburgh-product has lackluster free throw shooting abilities, averaging 56.7% from the charity strip across four regular seasons, so he is trying to find out how to improve that statistic. According to the Norman Transcript, Steven Adams has put his free throw training on berserk mode.
Adams has asked that his assistant coach Darko Rajaković should “come out of nowhere and, every once in a while, [and] upper-cut him in the stomach just when he least expects it.” As a formidable center accepting of the physical position, he is training his body to make free throws while taking blow after blow in the paint.
Adams is hoping to increase that FT% of his before the new season kicks off, as they have good chance to make a deeper postseason run this coming year.
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