3 goals for Houston Rockets forward Ryan Anderson this season

3. Shoot 85 percent or better from the free-throw line

Anderson is a career 85 percent free-throw shooter and even shot 95 percent during the 2013-14 season. Furthermore, Ryno has shot 85 percent or better from the charity stripe in six of his eleven seasons in the NBA.

Despite that, his free throw shooting over the course of tenure with the Rockets was 82.7 percent, which is the lowest average Anderson has had for any team he’s played in for multiple seasons. In addition, Anderson’s free-throw shooting has taken a tumble in each of the last two seasons, as he failed to shoot better than 77.4 percent from the line in both years.

During his Rockets’ tenure, the team averaged 77.4 percent from the charity stripe and finished 20th and ninth in the league in free-throw shooting in each of Anderson’s two years in Houston.

Since the arrival of James Harden in 2012, the Rockets have averaged 74.4 percent from the free-throw line, and the Rockets will be without four of their top six free-throw shooters last season in Chris Paul, Marquese Chriss, Gerald Green and Brandon Knight. Each of those five players shot 81.8 percent or better, so the Rockets will certainly be in need of Anderson’s contributions in that regard.

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