When NBA Players SWITCH Shooting Hands...

Last year Mason Plumlee, a miserable 39.2% free throw shooter for the season, tried switching hands on some free throw attempts and shooting them with his left hand. And now in preseason he seems to be fully committed to it. He now joins other players like Lebron James, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook, all of which were born lefties but later on switched hands. Didn’t know that Kyrie was born a lefty? Stick around to see what he said. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it. In 2013-14, in his third NBA season Tristan Thompson became the first player to attempt the unthinkable and change his shooting hand for both free throws and jump shots. While he shot 55 and 60% in his first 2 seasons from the line, his field goal efficiency especially in that second year was 48.8% so this was a big risk. Fortunately for Thompson, he continued to progress, and has always been above the 50% mark, and has carved out a nice career, now playing in his 12th season in the league. The free throws however didn’t really improve, as he’s always been somewhere in the 50-60% range. His former teammate Lebron James has said it himself that he is left-handed. And you can see this any time he’s signing autographs. Another high profile player that you can see signing autographs with his left hand is Russell Westbrook. However the opposite is the case for Mike Conley and Luke Kennard. Tho they're natural right handers, these 2 players shoot with their left. And recently, Kyrie Irving revealed in an interview that he was actually forced to switch hands. And since we’re on the topic, I gotta give a shout out to this famous moment when Tracy Mcgrady got his shoulder injured so he shot a free throw only with his left hand. And of course the iconic Kobe Bryant left handed turnaround three pointer. And many of you also know that my jumper is so broken that I shoot threes with my left hand and inside shots with my right. Thanks for watching and look at how close we are to 600k subs. Hit that button if you haven’t and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.