NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry had arguably the most unorthodox, yet effective, free-throw deliveries in the history of professional basketball.
Shooting them underhanded — “granny style” — he drilled 90 percent of his career chances from the stripe, good for the fourth-best mark in NBA history. And Thursday, his son, former Florida and Cheyenne Mountain High School guard Canyon Barry, was putting the same motion on display during a Nuggets pre-draft workout at the Pepsi Center.
“I kinda always knew I was gonna switch (to underhand),” Canyon Barry said. “Logic would dictate (it), if you have one of the greatest free-throw shooters of all-time as your personal free-throw coach.