The Joventut de Badalona center began to bet on this particular way of shooting from the personal line already at the University of Louisville, when he verified the low effectiveness of his shots following the usual mechanics
Beyond its imposing plan, with itss 2.08 meters of pure muscle, and the power of his game under the hoops, there is one thing that powerfully draws the attention of Chinanu Onuaku, the imposing center of Joventut de Badalona: the unusual way he has take free throws, as was clear in Penya’s debut in the ACB season, this Sunday, against Barça. His shooting mechanics are spoon style, as unorthodox in professional basketball as it is effective, at least according to her statistics at the Palau: two shots scored from two attempts.
New mechanics for basketball books.
Chinanu Onuaku’s 𝙘𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖!
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Onuaku began to bet on this particular way of throwing from the personal line already in the University of Louisville, when checking the low effectiveness of his shots following the usual mechanics. Behind his decision was his coach at the aforementioned university, the renowned Rick Pitino who suggested he try that technique to see if it made him feel more comfortable.
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And the figures showed that yes. In one season he saw effectiveness increase by around 12%, going from 46.7% to a somewhat more reasonable 58.9%. And since then he has opted to maintain that mechanics from the personnel line that surprises locals and strangers wherever the center of Nigerian origin plays.
The impact of the unusual image could be seen on the NBA courts, after its ephemeral passage through the Houston Rockets, franchise that selected him 37th overall in the 2016 draft.
“People know me from this release, I know that. It’s not something I’m looking for. I neither like it nor dislike it. It is a technique like any other,” Onaku himself commented in a recent interview in ‘El Mundo’.