I like this one a lot. Good job submitter.

FTFA: once amassing 21,000 makes during one day

Shenanigans.

24 hours * 60 minutes * 60 seconds = 86,400 seconds/day. He averaged one make every 4.11 seconds?

Damn good headline.

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Golf claps...+1

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I can't quite remember what year it was, but I remember seeing Game 7 of a playoff series between the Lakers and Trailblazers where they employed the Hack-a-Shaq technique for the entire fourth quarter. That period took well over an hour to play. It was excruciating, but for some bizarre reason, I couldn't stop watching.

And the thing is that it almost worked. Shaq was so shiatty at the line that it kept the Blazers in the game, though they did lose.

jake_lex: I can't quite remember what year it was, but I remember seeing Game 7 of a playoff series between the Lakers and Trailblazers where they employed the Hack-a-Shaq technique for the entire fourth quarter. That period took well over an hour to play. It was excruciating, but for some bizarre reason, I couldn't stop watching.

And the thing is that it almost worked. Shaq was so shiatty at the line that it kept the Blazers in the game, though they did lose.

A couple years ago the Spurs and the Suns played each other for the season opener. The first play of the game, Gregg Popovich called for a Hack-A-Shaq. It was quite amusing. Video [pops]

Allow me to be a dick for a moment here...

How does shooting free throws like this earn money? Couldn't he just solicit donations without the need for some sort of stunt? Or is he just raining "awareness" of veterans. I had no idea what a "veteran" was, but now that he's made a million free throws, I've become aware of them.

I have the same reaction to Walk for the Cure. I fully support donating to cancer research, but before I give you money, I want you to walk around in a circle for eight hours. What's the point of the public spectacle? "Hey, I want to support this cause, but I want to do so in a public way so people will pat me on the back and tell me I'm doing a good thing"?

Donnchadha: Allow me to be a dick for a moment here...

How does shooting free throws like this earn money? Couldn't he just solicit donations without the need for some sort of stunt? Or is he just raining "awareness" of veterans. I had no idea what a "veteran" was, but now that he's made a million free throws, I've become aware of them.

I have the same reaction to Walk for the Cure. I fully support donating to cancer research, but before I give you money, I want you to walk around in a circle for eight hours. What's the point of the public spectacle? "Hey, I want to support this cause, but I want to do so in a public way so people will pat me on the back and tell me I'm doing a good thing"?

THIS

Good on the guy for having dedication and evidently some ability to sink a basket. But really, what the hell? And after 2 years, an hour and a half a day, he only made $66,000? That seems like more of a disappointment than anything for the amount of time/energy invested.

1.5 hours a day (average) times 7 days a week times 52 weeks a year = 1092 hours invested

He raised about $60 an hour, which sounds great on paper when you realize it was $630 a week ... but ultimately, in the end... big picture... what is that $6.6k gonna buy? Its a fair bit of money they didn't have before - but do they NEED the money? What do they need the money for? And what ambitious item would that money be used towards? Its an idea without a goal.

Pratty: I'm pretty sure they get the money because they do that. Event people want to see -> Money given -> Money donated. No event -> nobody gives their money -> no donations.

I could be wrong though.

Sometimes that makes sense. This was a 2-year ordeal. I'd bet nobody really paid that close of attention to the whole thing. Similar thing for the cancer walks -- do you really want to see a bunch of middle aged women walking around in a circle?