So you know what that means?

Oh, yes, it is the SAT market opening bell.

We give you the stats you buy or sell whether the trends will continue.

First up.

M v P Anderson Cooper, who is struggling from the free throw line this season, averaging a career worst 59%.

His career high.

77%.

He was 70 two seasons ago when he won his first M v p.

It has gone down since.

There, Richard.

Do you buy or sell these struggles from the charity stripe continuing through this season?

Mhm.

I'm gonna buy it.

Ultimately, I think he will improve.

I don't know if he's going.

I don't think he's going to go down.

But I think he's still gonna end up with a career worst.

Mainly because, you know, I think the pressure is starting to mount.

And look, there's no fans in stadiums.

You're not traveling as much.

You're a little bit less fatigue, so it's like all of these things should mean your body's pressure.

You're more familiar because you're playing like two games in one arena, right?

You know, against the same team, so I just think he's going to continue to struggle.

But, you know, ultimately, that's why there question marks about whether the Bucks can finish like he had a game where he was one for 10 are one for nine.

Like that's That's absurd like that.

For a guy of that caliber that works as hard as he is, that's more mental than it is physical.

Exactly.

I agree that is highlighting the mental aspect, especially when it comes to the free throw line.

And for that reason I'm going to continue to sell this because I feel like we all sort of bear little bit of responsibility when it comes to you.

Honest on to decompose and his, you know, shooting percentages just because, like, I think we tend to think about what he should be, not what he actually is in this moment.

We all know that he's Ah, freak athlete with good handles that cannot be stopped in the paint and can hit occasionally.

You know that mid range that's working on his free throws, but we all know that he will give you 30 point tonight.

You know whether it is attacking the rim or just getting it in transition.

And so I feel like the expectations and the conversations and are sort of forcing him to play this mental game.

That's probably not his best versus appreciating what he actually does well, and that's just getting to the rim and scoring and improving his game over time.

But today, who he is, at least for a while, was a 70 something percent free throw shooter.

So we know that that's not looking for him to be something he can't be.

It's looking for him to be what he was just a few years ago.

Okay, your girl.

When I started at Stanford, I would think I was like a 60% free throw shooter, So I've been through the works.

Girl is now at 80% and working her way up.

So some seasons it's hard.

Some seasons, it's it's, you know it's easier.

But this is one of those things where I think this season it just maybe has gotten into his head and we feel like he'll get back toe at least better than average.

And that's not what we're seeing right now.

Given her that stink eye, Richard Come on, he's improving.

No.

Well, my, my, my my only thing.

My only thing about it is like when you talk about bearing the responsibility.

I hear you and I understand what you're saying.

But part of being a professional athlete, as as you know, is tuning out all the noise.

Don't listen to what everybody else is saying.

His free throw line.

His free throw percentage was something that was a compliment to his game because he was such a great pain attacker.

One of the best guys in the paint was amazing in transition and he knocked down his free throws.

That was like, Wow, like he's shocked with that.

That could knock down free throws.

But he has die Greste and sometimes it is like we talk about.

It's always about the mental aspect of the game.

He should not be regressing and going backwards, you know, on his free throw percentage.

And I think someone have todo struggle on Lee.

No one is a million to the struggle and everyone is like, Yo, the Onley thing that is going to stop you guys from winning a championship is the ability to either shoot outside shots or knock down free throws, and his jumper is not progressing the way he would like.

And it's starting to affect his free throws from a mental aspect.

That's really just the cold, hard truth.

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