Does the ball lie? Testing the Rasheed Wallace hypothesis
Posted Aug 12, 2022
Former NBA all-star Rasheed Wallace popularized the catchphrase "Ball Don’t Lie." This paper aims to test whether the basketball was less likely to go through the hoop during free throws following questionable foul calls. Our findings do not support Rasheed’s prediction. In fact, we find a small increase in free throw percentage after a technical foul call.
(Degruyter.com)
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