The Funniest Free Throw Disasters in NBA History

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These are the 23 funniest free throws in NBA history. And coming in at number 23, one player got pantsed by himself?

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Belly just pulled his shorts out a little bit.

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Sheesh, saved that shit for the locker room. But Shaq must have thought he was still in the locker room because he did this. I expected more arguably from the most dominant center ever. Come on, Shaq, you know better. The same goes for Jettie Ousmane, who once disgraced Quicken Loans Arena.

SPEAKER_5 (0:35)

What happened here?

SPEAKER_2 (0:36)

Jettie's mouthpiece fell out of his sock.

SPEAKER_6 (0:42)

All right, that's a new one.

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Spitting out a mouth guard. Ugh, dude knows better. But at least he didn't get ejected, which is exactly what happened during this next free throw. It was the middle of an intense matchup between the Grizzlies and the Cavaliers. And let's just say, Tristan Thompson and J. Crowder were not getting along. So Thompson decided to settle their beef by doing the unthinkable. Smacking another grown man in the ass? Save that for the bedroom. Dude needs to learn some boundaries. And so do the Houston Rockies, because one time, they went as far as to mess with the game ball.

But hey, if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. While putting a sticky substance on a basketball is pretty baffling, number 18 is arguably way worse. The time Joe Kim Noah shot a free throw so badly that even he couldn't help but be embarrassed.

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Oh my goodness.

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Damn, Noah gets paid millions of dollars, and he can't even shoot a free throw. That's crazy. Want to know what else is embarrassing? Anytime Ben Simmons shoots a free throw, or honestly, anytime Ben shoots. What a bum. But on February 23, 2019, things were different, and Simmons almost didn't make it to the free throw line because after Yusef Nurkic fouled him, this happened.

SPEAKER_8 (2:15)

Hey, Nurk, are you talking a lot of shit for me?

SPEAKER_4 (2:17)

I asked the what? I just feel better when he's in the building.

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Simmons may have earned a technical for a smack talk, but at least he wasn't afraid to shoot a shot. If only that was still the case today. Speaking of which, Tony Parker has never shot away from shooting, even after this hideous free throw.

Come on, bro, even a three-year-old can shoot farther than that. This has to be the worst free throw ever, but it still doesn't come as close to the funniest free throw. Imagine doing your free throw routine when a referee randomly chucks the basketball at your no-no zone.

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So that would have been his fourth miss of the season just a moment ago. The official, John Goble, threw the ball to Nash for his ready.

SPEAKER_4 (3:04)

Hit him in the mat, Aaron. What's up with that?

SPEAKER_7 (3:05)

Alvin Jets are getting a little lucky.

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Geez, I can't blame Nash for missing that free throw. The dude almost lost his ability to have kids. Anyhow, it isn't as bad as the time Dame's trash-talking came back to bite him in the ass. See, back in 2020, Dame Time was taking the world by storm. Buzzer-beaters, breaking ankles, and even late-game heroics, as Damian Lillard was shocking everyone in the NBA bubble. That was until the Clippers decided to do something about it. In the playoffs on August 8th, Dame's fantasy season came crashing down. It became so bad that even free throws became challenging. With 18 seconds remaining, trailing by one, Dame missed not one, but two potential game-winning free throws.

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Dame misses both of Amuseb Nurkish fighting for the rebound, and the Clippers will get it.

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