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Barstool's record breaking run: • We Broke an NBA Record...

[@YP2016]

“But was it worth it? I don’t know.” If I had a nickel for every time I felt this way lol

[@ChinChong-h1v]

I felt the same watching this video

[@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo]

Would you have two nickels?

[@YP2016]

@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@RafitoOoO]

that post nut clarity lmao

[@thenoahmorgan]

@@DeadwaveCarrier-oc1wo​​⁠​​⁠ men of culture 🤌

[@Fezziekid]

In another video on KZbin, a retired Ateve Nash knocks down his first 34 free throws as a demo of his technique. NBA players when away from the pressure of a game shoot far higher than their percentage during games.

[@Yerocco]

Same for kickers in the nfl. Without anything on the line it’s pretty much automatic. Crazy how good players can be without really trying. I’ve been fortunate enough to play with/against Chris Paul twice at the ymca. He didn’t miss.

[@willsomerville6065]

After 16 hours they probably have just as much pressure and fatigue.

[@SmurfyBoi2227]

That’s pretty obvious… they shoot free throws during the course of a 48 minute pro-level high intensity game with tens of thousands of people watching them. When a regular hooper is in just a gym shooting nothing but free throws with fresh legs, hitting 41 in a row isn’t as difficult as Jxmy made it seem here with “analytics”. Cuz I watched the video of these guys doing this, and they all suck and do not hoop whatsoever.

[@ruairimcgarrigle8378]

@@SmurfyBoi2227mantis would cook you

[@viconthebeat_158]

​@ruairimcgarrile8378 mantis slow tho

[@SergioRodriguez_101]

Jimmy, I need a video about the MVP race ASAP, It's getting rlly interesting

[@TransKidsMafia]

my newborn was assigned trans at birth

[@splifrock3805]

@@TransKidsMafiaw

[@trelllmaoyessir]

His last 2 videos was him unnecessarily slandering Embiid, I thought he was gonna go for the 3 peat. Wonder how he talked himself out of that

[@zmeicorp]

@@TransKidsMafia congrats !

[@rileygreen8563]

​@@trelllmaoyessirnah embid barely plays

[@AVJ4560]

Embiid has his eye on this record 😂😂😂

[@mungriyaw]

he can probably accomplish this record in 1 game too haha

[@keithtorrence2487]

Giannis 😂

[@JackFreeze-n6w]

Don't forget about Shai too hahahah

[@thelenegus]

Me and my homies do this after every hoop sesh, we make a three, an off hand lay, and a free throw all back to back everytime before we leave. So that's 9 consecutive shots at the end of every hoop sesh, and trust me, free throws become the hardest shot when you're freedom depends on it😂

[@DannyMexen9]

In college, had to make a free throw to leave practice. It was harder than it sounds. After all that running and shooting and just wanting to hit the sack, everything was on the line LOL

[@MoralesCorner]

Yup, you never leave the court on a miss.

[@exeterra4825]

Me and my homies have to make consecutive wide open 3s at the end of basketball session. That would be 6 straight 3s between us. Let me tell you, the pain of making 5 and then the last guy bricks it is real.

[@impjbtw]

@@exeterra4825me and my brother would make 10 free throws in a row each before we could leave😭 we would be stuck out there for hours lmaoo

[@ognjenminjovic1253]

9:51 Looking for a free throw in a haystack that got me laughing really hard 😂😂😂

[@brosickness]

Free throws aren’t something a player should easily make consecutively since you have to account in game pressure, stadium noise, fatigue, rhythm etc. If you put NBA players in a gym they could do it but in a game is a whole different stratosphere. Everyone’s human at the end of the day

[@littlesmallworld123]

Yea this was my first thought. I love Jxmy but with all due respect this video just seemed like filler. There's absolutely no way an open gym is comparable to an NBA game, its like watching Ben Simmons sink threes in practice. They don't shoot 41 consecutive free throws and rotate guys out as it happens. Its quite literally apples and oranges. Not sure what's been going on but there's been several of his videos over the past 6mo/year that just feel like reaching for content.

[@owennkirk]

@@littlesmallworld123 You seem like a very fun person to be around

[@littlesmallworld123]

@@owennkirk For criticism?

[@P2damian]

It’s their job they good

[@RenaldyCalixte]

​@@littlesmallworld123Maybe Draft Kings paid Jxmy for this video. 😂.

[@bballanalytics1552]

Jimmy, this 45 FTs record is now on Wikipedia's "List of NBA regular season records", thanks for sharing!! tons of articles were written about it. Surprising you didn't stumble upon them before the search

[@josephmother2659]

How is this in any way related to the nba?

[@ItsGamingFancy]

​@@josephmother2659 Did you watch the video?

[@iBreakinlol]

@@josephmother2659are u rly asking how a record set in an nba game is related to the nba?

[@josephmother2659]

@@iBreakinlol my fault I thought he meant the barstool “record” I read the number wrong

[@angry_impgaming131]

Goat of basketball commentary on KZbin.

[@RK-so1cc]

JJ Redick is up there too

[@Saladinthefridge]

Chris smoove👏

[@winegums1]

GOATiology coming for that title

[@Oogywooohey]

@@Saladinthefridge do u know why he stopped posting

[@darrengordon-hill]

Dude, it's just an advert

[@wc4201]

I’ve mentioned this before in the comments on your channel but I’m 2002-2003 season in San Antonio prior to the Lakers/Spurs game I saw Kobe hit hundreds of free throws without missing. He shot about 1k and missed maybe 5 or 6. That was after he got to the gym at 5am, worked out, did his own shoot around, ate, worked out again and did a second shoot around.

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: The world's largest cat is the Siberian tiger, which can weigh up to 700 pounds.

[@AhmedTheLazer123]

ok

[@Anchlous_TTV]

literally

[@TransKidsMafia]

Today’s fact: brothas h8 Caitlin Clark for being better than all her peers and being richer than Angel Reese. Good for Caitlin.

[@Logan24-77]

Real

[@BuckledFrame2187]

Nearly as much as your mother

[@ddfann]

Now that's what you call story telling!! You took a record I don't care about by a team I've never heard of in a sport I have only a passing interest in and made me watch a 14 minute video about it, and enjoy it. Well done sir!!

[@rickybobbysdriver555]

Here I was expecting some all star weekend recap or analysis, instead I see a video about consecutive free throws and I'm still glued to the subject matter. You are a warlock sir.

[@CurtisFaded]

tbf @rickybobbysdriver555 I am from Indy and you didn't miss much with all star weekend. The game was slow and all the Saturday night events were lackluster outside Sabrina vs. Steph.

[@rickybobbysdriver555]

@@CurtisFaded I'm sure the city was jumping. Also, I kind of liked the LED court. I'm sure it isn't new but I haven't seen it before.

[@Kurczu]

I found one more game, 2012 NBA Western Conference Semifinals Game 3: Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers, May 18, 2012. There were 49 consecutive free throws.

[@qazimunibsabir4143]

When we needed him the most, the GOAT of YT Basketball Commentary is back

[@Saladinthefridge]

Chris smoove

[@tusharbinda1631]

Hell no

[@Marjoss1]

This is your goat? Lmao pathetic

[@ryanbarber4362]

He posted 2 weeks ago

[@TheTopStarz]

"THAT BOY BENT" 😂😂😂😂🤣 if you know, you know 😂

[@owningsince99]

¿

[@sondo303]

I came lookin for the mantis comments lol

[@TheTopStarz]

@@owningsince99 it took me a minute to remember he did describe him as a “reversed question mark” 😂😂🤣

[@khkhkhkhkh0]

Draft Kings be sponsoring the most random things🤣

[@codygoldie1796]

The event he was talking about in the video was sponsored by draft kings

[@darrengordon-hill]

And this video is an advert

[@edlike]

@@darrengordon-hillyeah seriously one of the most transparent promo vids ive seen in awhile. At least jimmy got a huge payday for it lol

[@MoralesCorner]

Anywhere where there's young people willing to be separated from their money, they will be there

[@renzoaraujo]

Jimmy can really make a video about anything. A genuine great storyteller!!

[@galarook6151]

Seeing Pat Bev talk bout Mantis before this dropped makes it even more special

[@BB27823]

The elephant in the room is that you're comparing in-game attempts to a collaborative effort in a gym. Add in fatigue, crowd noise, sledging and the pressure of performing on the international stage and these random guys 100% never achieve this.

[@FBerserkerF1]

3:30 Jimmy, mate, that is not at all how that probability math would work 😅 That math is implying that a free throw attempt is pure chance, no skill involved and that someone wouldn't get better at free throws as they're attempting the record

[@josephmother2659]

Yeah I don’t understand what he was going for with this one. Actually I do, big number=big

[@jackhaynes8944]

Also during the actual event they would probably just restart the series so they had way more attempts at getting 41 in a row than he calculates

[@komfona_zyg7196]

I’m not sure what you mean. If someone’s skill leads them to shoot 70% from the line, then the theoretical chance of them making a free throw is 70%. The skill level is the chance

[@thanasismilios7224]

So like quick video idea. Since the regular season is coming to an end in a month or so... What is the maximum amount of wins possible a team can get and miss a guaranteed spot at the playoffs (finish 7th) and whats the minimum possible amount of wins a team needs to barely make it there (finish 6th)

[@IMacSports75]

The max to be 7th seed is probably somewhere around 54-56 wins and it would likely be the Kings. The minimum to make the 6th seed would probably be around 34-36 by the Pacers, the Heat, or the Magic. For this season.

[@tarzanindianman6375]

I got u bro. ​​⁠​⁠Say the Celtics start losing for some reason and drop to the 6th seed. Seeing as they are the team with the best record they have the most wins of any team which means to drop to the 6th seed they would need the least amount of wins. This is of course assuming every other team is actively trying to win games. Figuring out how many games would depends on the expected record of every team by the end of the season. It’s not that hard to do. Since seeding is based on fg %, all u need to do is take the 6th team in the east and figure out how many more games they are likely to win (fg% times games left), add that to their current wins and that gives u how many games the 6th seed will win. They have 25 games left so multiplying that by their win rate u get 14 more wins. Adding this to their current wins u get 46 wins. Celtics rn have 44 wins. So realistically they only need 1 more win to get the 6th seed (they need to have less wins than the pacers would so the pacers jump up to 5th seed). This is assuming fg% stays the same. Hard to factor in things like injuries and changing roster dynamics. I can’t be bothered to calculate the other one.

[@thanasismilios7224]

​@IMacSports​75​@@tarzanindianman6375 thnx brothers 🙌

[@tarzanindianman6375]

@@thanasismilios7224 Yee nws bro

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

A 14:14 ad for Draft Kings... they must have paid you a fortune, Jimmy.

[@eric8146]

I was a little upset when I saw it, but I kind of understand:(

[@ibrahim-sj2cr]

jimmy has to get paid and i can just skip the video

[@yoloyo7019]

Yeah this was massively disappointing, can't even lie.

[@allonisaacs8765]

bro, Jimmy going insane looking for the most consecutive free throws is very funny🤣🤣

[@kobegoat_24-8]

You know it is a good day when you see jxmyhighroller upload

[@Masterpie10]

Yo for real dude I appreciate the visual and talking style of these. They look like they could take forever to make I really appreciate the effort. For someone who doesn’t always have the time to stay tapped in, these are the best to watch. Appreciate you man you inspire me and a lot of others!

[@vince7207]

The 'Mulligan' takes away from it somewhat.

[@Arrica101]

The mulligan literally breaks the streak, as far as I am concerned they never did it

[@sgttomas]

41 without missing, except for the miss!!! 😂😂💀

[@marek9741]

Yeah I don't understand that at all

[@dpgerarddp]

"Somewhat". Not even, it's just straight up not a thing.

[@sondo303]

They had to let Dave be involved for sure

[@xtackett3728]

“Todays video is sponsored by draft kings?” REALLY???? NO WAY

[@youthought6999]

Would love to see a vid about how big of an epidemic sports gambling has become 😬

[@cormacmcmahon5456]

10:31 his face had me me dying 😂😂

[@_MrMoney]

I mean these stats are fun and all, but you can't really compare doing this in the middle of an NBA game to just doing specifically the free throws in a gym. Put practically any random NBA players to do this in a gym and they'll have it done in 10 minutes

[@SmurfyBoi2227]

Doesn’t even have to be nba players, just any decent hooper can probably do this in much less than 16 hours. Those guys were the most unathletic non hoopers I’ve seen attempt something like this. Which is pretty ironic for their name…

[@paws27]

@@SmurfyBoi2227 Ironic or apt? Barstool implies un-athleticism to me.

[@Goatlikeitornot]

But nba players are pros, they've been doing it their entire lives. These guys got nothing to do with basketball so it evens out.

[@RhinoSea]

@@SmurfyBoi2227 saying that average "decent hooper" could shoot 90% FT avg with no game fatigue or crowd pressure, the odds of 41 consecutive makes would be 0.9^41=0.013 or about 1%. now lets say that the average time to rebound, pass to the next guy, let him do his routine and shoot, is about 20 seconds. 20*41=820 seconds . so, every 820 seconds, they have about a 1% chance of winning, therefore a 99% chance of losing. following this, we can see that the odds of continually losing are (0.99)*(0.99)*(0.99)*... etc. Now we can define that the amount of attempts "x" needed to reach 50/50 odds of winning / losing by: 0.5=0.99^x, where x=69 attempts. Therefore, the average time it would take 41 "decent hoopers" to make 41 consecutive free throws would be about 69*820=56,580 seconds or 943 minutes, or about 15 hours and 43 minutes, pretty much the same time that the barstool employees took

[@VClll]

Bro the amount of work, time and energy he puts into these videos are absolutely insane. This man deserves way more subs !

[@durpshady7751]

It was still impressive, but my only critique is the use of the mulligan.

[@joeyhernandez7908]

What’s a mulligan

[@TheSoppakulho]

@@joeyhernandez7908 a retry

[@durpshady7751]

@joeyhernandez7908 A mulligan is basically a redo. Retry. Redraw. So during the challenge someone missed, and instead of restarting from the beginning, they all agreed not to count that miss. They continued with the challenge even though technically they had failed it. They only did it once, but it changed the context I feel. In the NBA, there is no mulligan. So I wonder how many games had 41 free throws made with one miss in-between.

[@joeyhernandez7908]

@@durpshady7751 wow that completely changed everything! Thx for the context bro. I agree lol. Does a full 180 on how I found this impressive at first 💀

[@Essu510]

It's still insane. Just watch their live video and you'll get the idea. 16hrs straight is insane.@@joeyhernandez7908

[@real_Ghost-the_Dom]

The ads are becoming content. All you need is a highly creative, hardworking and talented person to make it entertaining. Genius!

[@prOGamer-ul5zc]

Great work. But, the dude got a mulligan? Doesn't count in my book if that's the case.

[@sgttomas]

41 without missing! …except for the miss, but it’s the boss so we won’t count that 😂😂😂💀

[@bpdmf2798]

Tell me more about this mulligan they used please

[@mikeyk730]

Rules: -Each round Dave and Dan will select 5 teammates to participate with them as a team to reach 41 free throws in a row -Every person on this team must make a minimum of 2 free throws -A player on the team can make a max of 10 free throws in a row -Dave will have to hit the 15th, 30th, and 41st free throws -Group starts with 75 mulligans. They can use 1 per round -After all mulligans are used, the group only gets one mulligan every 3 rounds

[@codypospisil7833]

This dude is a fantastic data analyst. Seriously impressive the amount of work he puts into a video

[@narxzios2423]

I will make five 3 pointer’s for every like this comment gets

[@homeofsports3295]

No one knows you lil bro

[@gabe6530]

No you won't

[@tylerdaperson]

Quit begging for something that means nothing and get a job instead

[@DESOUSAB]

Draft Kings employees shooting free throws...? Seriously??

[@UltraclapsCR]

I will make 1 three pointer for every like this comment gets

[@jimreti]

Love the amount of research and how it's presented 🙏🏼

[@Justin_R20]

Worst video I’ve ever seen

[@t_xxic8814]

The f*ck? First scene I was like: "is this gonna be a pizza review?" People and their hobbies...

[@trumani13]

Chat gpt got me the answer in about 10 seconds 😊

[@eric8146]

That takes the fun out of the search lol then he wouldn’t have a video

[@jadude119]

"This video is sponsored by King of the Drafts, use this promo-code to be a King Kong of the Drafts!" 😂

[@thefirepenguins74]

I once was part of a similar crazy event like this, it happened during the first training for the basketball team of the company I was working for, so there was a mix of amateur players and random people that wanted to exercise, one of the drills was each one will shoot a free-throw and if you miss everybody else has to run around the court 1 time, NOBODY missed, we were at least 20 people!!! at the end the couch was kind of pissed because he was expecting us to run a lot so he went to the free-throw line and just flip the ball with one hand to miss it on purpose and HE ALSO MADE IT!!! we were screaming and jumping around like monkey too.😂😂

[@ikGREENY]

With the factor of human error always being taken into account it almost makes those type of world records more luck than skill once you get to a certain point.

[@eulogiojegantonio7302]

I think this video isnt about freethrow streaks but he just showcased his patience, resarching skills and effort in making a video. Great job

[@radualexandru1250]

I like your use of the Gymnopédies as background songs, feels so rare to hear them on youtube ❤

[@ZayAgka]

Jxmy single handedly keeping basketball reference in business

[@youngmelo1841]

I won't pretend like a ft in an open gym is the same as a ft in a NBA game

[@ItsBLADE42]

It’s wild, Tate was my English Teacher in 8th grade at Windham High School in Ohio. Swear on my life😂

[@ItsBLADE42]

Roy Tate Moore.

[@fakename5015]

Wow

[@innovic6391]

I think we also have to factor in the amount of energy it takes to make a free throw after running up and down a basketball court. What would have made this comparable was if the record breakers were playing a tournament of a 5 v 5 scrimmage against each other, and counting the free throws in game. That would have taken ages, but it’s also not to take away what they did. 41 basketball players coming together just to do free throws? Well that’s gonna take inside 10 attempts

[@l.j.6495]

0:52 didnt have to violate me like that man

[@egg.8320]

It is pedestrian, nba players dont go out there to score 41 freethrows in a row, that's never crossed their minds lol

[@spencerburt3426]

I thought you were going to have found recordings of all the pre play-by-play games and watched them to tally up free throws based off your committment levels hahaha

[@AeroBlaze777]

Feels like this is something that could be automated very easily if you had a text file of the play-by-play of every game lol

[@AdamNamdar]

This is the exact type of random videos that makes JxmyHighroller amazing

[@SportsGuyChris]

Take a second to appreciate Jimmy. WOW. Seriously bro.

[@atom5341]

I feel bad saying that publicly available Ai could have given you the answer in seconds if you asked the right prompt.

[@PlexFanatic]

In a game you’re tired, mentally drained, the pressure you feel & the point decides games sometimes. Difficult to do for sure. But it does make the record more impressive seeing these stats

[@dwbya]

Kinda wish that the recaps of the season would come back, the season has been electric and so much has changed since the last one

[@aszhara2900]

Curry once hit 104 (somewhere around that number) consecutive 3-point cornershots in practice. They did an entire ESPN segment and just had the tape of Curry throwing 3-pointers in the lower left corner.

[@AidanS99]

Oh sweet Jimmy’s back. I wonder if he’s gonna talk about the MVP race… oh… well this is neat too I guess.

[@maxdobasquete]

You are the greatest! I'm 29 years of basketball 🏀 guy ! I'm an average Joe, but I'm a 75per cent free throw shooter ' cause I take everything about basketball very serious!!! Love STATISTICS!!! And say this to MY PLAYERS!!!

[@maxdobasquete]

We play 20 points games... One night I was being guarded by my BEST defensive guard... I hitted 26 mid range shots IN A ROW (heat check) just like HIS AIRNESS only to show my players I still CAN GIVE YOU PROBLEMS....

[@Diamante777]

I think a good idea for a video would be if jxmmy found out which nba season was the most competitive based on record that year and also which season had the most closed games

[@jetdragon3213]

The less than 16 hours were amazing but the games were truly a unicorn since we know how much pressure there is in an NBA game and you add on the mental game in FT shooting and fatigue.

[@Niziolek1000]

The best free throw shooter ever comes from the Big East, Brian Baptiste. Even in his 50’s, coaching in a button down and dress shoes, he could lace 10 straight without a sweat, no guide hand needed. UMD coach is brilliant.

[@aidanknight]

Okay, but they missed a shot. So get back in there and find all the games with 41 makes and 1 miss lol. You can't say you hit 41 consecutive shots if you missed one imo. But also, they attempted this over 7600 shots? Steve Nash has 3384 FTA in his CAREER. And he had streaks of 74, 53, 49,48, 47, and 45. Also, Rick Barry had 23 straight (underhand) in one game in the ABA which is absolutely insane.

[@misterhat6395]

This is why I’m not in leadership position, if I was in charge of a team we would focus on this to the absolute detriment of the company.

[@N0bodyn01]

I like your content bro. You’re passionate about something and you share it with the world. And acknowledge its silliness when it is silly. And most of the time it’s definitely not silly and really valuable information. But, even with something like this, although a little silly, it still offers value, and keeps it light. It’s unique. Dope.

[@TheMysteriousGunner]

draft king sponsors the barstool record and the video analysis

[@user-zb9jn8fl7v]

You would really benifit from hiring a python developer to do all the web scraping and data sience for you. What manually took you days could have been automated and done in an hour. Or you could learn python yourself, it's much easier than people think.

[@philipwinchester324]

I was thinking this!

[@DavidLombana]

I've just watched 14:14 mins of absolutely irrelevant information, and I've enjoyed every single second. Amazing storytelling.

[@VeeHeeOfficial]

Make a video (or series) on how to fix the All Star game.

[@julianvargas9464]

Only jimmy could find I completely useless stat and have me intrigued for 14 minutes 😂😂 love you homie

[@wordsinahandle]

1:13 that Steph compliment to Giannis jibe was sly indeed. 😂😂😂

[@GhostGorillaTagVR]

Giannis be taking 16 hours on 1 attempt

[@tjdouk4267]

They never missing a mid range shot ever again. Have them in a pick-up game and watch them give buckets. Lmao. 🤣🤣

[@ConfidentToaster]

The average guy is NOT shooting 60% from the line, I’ve played enough with non hoopers to know that they MABYE hit 50%

[@scarramakesmemoist739]

I started playing two months ago and hit 65% ish. Best streak is 12 in a row.

[@NotEveryoneCanRead]

In intermural basketball I went 10 for 10 over three games

[@milesanthonygarrison5578]

Funny how the boss gets a mulligan

[@franciskeys9810]

Love this one. You put a big smile on my face on a day when I needed it. Thanks man.

[@connorward1501]

I remember watching that hawks game in 2021 when I first got into basketball and I was going crazy because I realized that neither team had missed a free throw but nobody even seemed to notice or care

[@guillaumelrt9176]

Another way of finding those games was to look at the list of free throw in a row for 1 team (like at 5:13) and you know that at least one of the team had a streak of at least 21 FT (to reach the 41 FT combine)

[@leonardonoguera5589]

I'm the only one stressed to see if Jimmy found that 41 consecutive FT game. You are amazing dude!

[@richatlarge462]

I immediately recalled and soon found the playoff game from May 21, 2003, when the Mavs made 49 FTs in a row (after missing the first one). However this was a streak by players of only one team, not both teams. The Spurs shot 31/48 FTs that game. The teams thus combined for 98 FTs. Doesn't sound like much fun to watch. In that game for the Mavs, Dirk hit 17/17, Finley hit 10/10, Van Excel hit 7/7, Najera hit 7/8 (missed the first FT of the game), Nash hit 6/6, and Walt Williams hit 2/2. The Spurs lost by three points because Tim Duncan shot like an Average Joe from the line lol (12/19 - even though he shot 14/20 from the field).

[@benkesler487]

Something to keep in mind is that the exhaustion and pressure make NBA players miss much more than they would in practice. Nash hit 98% years after retiring when working with someone on a KZbin video, but his career average is just a bit over 90%

[@jesusalvarez1829]

Never thought I’d see jxmmyhighroller doing a video on barstool sports

[@brodesto22]

This was way longer than it needed to be. But he still my fav youtuber. No one is perfect

[@SlyAngel911]

There is a good reason why during practice we make players run a lot before practicing free throws to reproduce a bit the game situation. It's way different to shoot without running up and down many times and shooting while having the heart working hard just before. Percentage is way different.

[@cboogie2323]

This is wild. I’ve been a Jimmy fan for years and now my cousin (a barstool employee) is in his video

[@zacharycontino590]

“This is considering they are average free throw shooters…..they are not” 😂😂

[@xxbeatuupzz]

I think a big factor why it doesn't happen a lot in games is that between each free throw in an actual game you also have to play NBA level basketball, so at least half the time you're going to the line you're majorly fatigued, which is gonna have a massive effect on the accuracy of your shots. Same reason why the barstool guys were shooting at 80% for the challenge; a person that is just shooting free throws, no matter how good they are, is gonna be pretty good at them; definitely not 60%. Give a group of NBA players an hour and I think they could as a group have a streak as long as or longer than 41.

[@CipherSerpico]

Jmy: “0:49” Shaq: ‘I got a question. _Does the back of my hand smell like Icy Hot?’_

[@dantevilloch7784]

I wouldn’t say remarkable. The NBA players were playing an intense game of basketball in between their free throws. The regular guys only objective was to make free throws. I think it shows that determination was key, but I don’t think it’s surprising that the NBA doesn’t have 41+ free throw streaks often.

[@thecoreyalexander]

Can we appreciate jimmy’s math😭😭 I be like wtf

[@kode-man23]

The fact that a collection of random guys shot an average of 80% on over 7000 attempts is mind boggling.

[@karbur5680]

Love your videos so much. thanks for the hard work and your mental health one this one !

[@abelnyamori]

It’s worth noting that it’s not a perfect comparison because for the NBA the streak is ended by the end of the game while the guys at BarStool could just keep shooting indefinitely. The ‘chunking’ created by NBA games ending makes it harder for them since it doesn’t matter if they hit 21 in a row to end the previous game then 21 to start the next one. Once the game ends the streak ends, so it makes sense that it doesn’t happen often

[@TechN9cian01]

Jimmy you my guy but if you think it would take even the worst free throw shooting team in the league more than two hours to hit 41 in a row in a closed gym, ya buggin. Don't forget: Your data is of players taking free throws while they're trying to do one of the most difficult tasks there is - beat other professional athletes at their sport. Not all free throws are the same. Get the Bar Stool guys shooting free throws while they're also trying win a game against the Pistons. They'll be shooting until Cunningham retires.