Free Throws Should Be Easy. Why Do Basketball Players Miss?

Steve Nash, who has met me at a court in Manhattan Beach on a cloudy Monday afternoon to shoot free throws, glances over and chuckles at his miss. "It's been a while," he says. When he retired from the NBA in 2015, Nash, a two-time MVP, left with a career average 90.43 percent from the line--the highest in league history. But he hasn't worked on his foul shot since. For an instant, I feel anxious for him.