Real Flemfilers (read: smart readers with a sense of humor) got the column and
responded to my challenge to beat Shaq at their own odd free-throw contest.
Here's a sampling of the
responses.
I shot lefthanded and hit 6-out-of-10 from the line.
-- Robert
Ayala
My boys shoot hoop while jumping on a trampoline and from about 7-10 feet
back they make 7-of-10 on an average. Wonder if Shaq could do that? Oh yeah, my
boys are nine and 11 years old.
--
Debbie
I shot a free throw with my little girl. She got stuck. I had to end the
competition with Shaq. Still, one out of one beats Shaq.
-- Bombim Cadiz
Drop-kicked the basketball from the free throw line. The final score? Drum
roll, please: Shaq 4.5, Me 6.
--
Micheal
Tried shooting it like a long snapper in football. Did it, hit 4-of-10.
-- Mike Hildenbrand
I positioned myself at the free throw line like an NFL center with the
basket behind me. With my eyes closed, I snapped a deflated rugby ball. The
verdict? Five out of 10!
-- Nick Stavropoulos
Come on! Cut Shaq a break! He has, and I quote the man himself here,
"won at every level except college and the pros." With credentials
like that, why should he bother practicing free
throws?
-- Steve
Shooting free throws during a snowstorm (I live in Quebec City, so it was a
real snowstorm, not one of those one-inch snow drops you Americans call storms).
Five out of 10.
-- Dominic
Deblois
Bounced free throws. From the line, you take the ball in two hands and spike
it off the ground (driveway, in my case) and up and through the hoop. I hit
7-out-of-10. Somebody call Jerry West.
-- Stu Davidson
Your story on Shaq is probably the worst story I have incountered at cnnsi.
I give you a 0 out of 10. What a waist of space.
-- Marvin
My 4-year-old brother could have wrote a more entertaining article than
that.
--
Justin
You scare me Mr. Fleming, a great deal.
-- John
Wright
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