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Pistons news: Andre Drummond's free-throw shooting; the "Burke over Pope" comparisons have ended

Hack-a-Dre might become a thing of the past.

Stan Van Gundy: Drummond could "start pushing 60%" from the charity stripe as soon as this year

David Hopla joined assistant coach Malik Allen in California just over a month ago to help rectify Andre Drummond's free throw woes, and Stan Van Gundy is confident that the shooting coach's efforts could yield Drummond's first +50-percent free throw shooting season. The big man, who turns 22 on August 16, has averaged 39.7 percent from the line so far in his three year career, with his best season coming in 2014, where he hit 41.