Let’s forget everything else that’s wrong for a moment…
In 226 minutes, PWill has 12 free throw attempts. This is insane for a 6’8 power forward.
He start driving to the basket like crazy and attack strong. And seriously… do almost nothing else for a bit. He will get two points or go to the line, the latter potentially helping him find his stroke that’s gone missing.
This is my armchair advice for a guy who’s shutting down in real time. Stop overthinking and start manufacturing points. His career is in the balance, mind as well start with something simple.
Tuesday, November 14: Pat W sees this post and a previously untapped neuron activates. For the next few weeks PWill continues to increase his FTA each game. By the all star break he is shooting nearly 15 a game. Rumbling of an all star appearance start, but are quickly shut down by “ft merchant” accusations.
At the end of the season PWill has continued to increase his FTA and is now averaging nearly 30 a game. All advanced stats are broken. His FGA have not gone up, but defenders seem magnetized to his arms. Any hint of a shooting motion and an unexplained phenomena causes all nearby played to hack PWills arms. The NBA analysts community is in disarray, but one thing is clear PWill is revolutionizing basketball. He makes all-NBA 2nd team. The Bulls miss the playoffs.
Starting the 2024-2025 season the Bulls have brought PWill back after a sudden unexplained surge in his FTA last season. The world watches to see if he will continue to improve.
He does, every game seems to bring more FTA. PWill is averaging nearly 50 FTA a game, he has taken over the league. Opposing teams cannot even stay on the court as PWill can foul a player out in less than 3 minutes of game time. The rest of the roster was gutted in an attempt to rebuild but it matters not. PWill carry the Bulls to the second seed, and then the championship.
In the 2024-2025 season, PWill continues dominating the game, he has now mastered the art of foul baiting. He averages 90 FTA a games. All 15 opposing players foul him 6 times then the game is automatically forfeit. Fans abandon the NBA in droves as PWills dominance continues to make the sport unfun. But he wins another championship.
2025-2026 season, PWill is known as the man who killed basketball.
Honestly Pat’s game is almost a mirror of DeMar, minus the pure touch on the shot. PWill’s better (in theory) from 3 but he’s a good mid range player and decent enough at getting separation. His issue is that he’s trying to play like Zach or Coby, driving down the lane at full speed or poping off 3s. What he should do is dribble to the line and take a middy. He’d have a lot more success at that and it’s clear that this was a focus of his training camp with DeMar.