When NBA Players SWITCH Shooting Hands...

Last year, Mason Plumlee, a miserable 39.2% free throw shooter for the season, tried switching hands on some free throw attempts and shooting them with his left hand. And now, in preseason, he seems to be fully committed to it. He now joins other players like LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook, all of which were born lefties but later on switched hands. In 2013-2014, in his third NBA season, Tristan Thompson became the first player to attempt the unthinkable and change his shooting hand for both free throws and jump shots. While he shot 55 and 60% in his first two seasons from the line, his field goal efficiency, especially in that second year, was 48.8%, so this was a big risk. Fortunately for Thompson, he continued to progress and has always been above the 50% mark, carving out a nice career now playing in his 12th season in the league. The free throws, however, didn't really improve as he's always been somewhere in the 50-60% range. His former teammate LeBron James has said it himself that he's left-handed, and you can see this anytime he's signing autographs. I have no idea how I became a right-hand basketball player. I think it was probably Michael Jordan, Penny Hardaway, guys that I looked up to growing up, seeing those guys shooting righty, so I was like, I guess I'll shoot righty. But yeah, I'm pretty much a left-hand guy. Another high-profile player that you can see signing autographs with his left hand is Russell Westbrook. However, the opposite is the case for Mike Conley and Luke Kennard. Though they're natural right-handers, these two players shoot with their left. Honestly, I think my better ball-handling hand is my right hand now. It's kind of something that I've just worked on a lot, especially when I was younger. When I'm outside shooting, definitely my left hand. Inside, I kind of like to work with my right hand a lot. And recently, Kyrie Irving revealed in an interview that he was actually forced to switch hands. Catholic school didn't let me stay left-handed. Oh, you were left-handed at first? Absolutely. Oh, that's why you couldn't even tell. I was getting slapped on the hand for writing with my left hand. Oh, wait, I never knew this. Yeah, that was old school. This was in 96. Do you write lefty? Yeah, I can do both. Wait, so when you put a ball in your left hand, how does it feel now? Natural. And since we're on the topic, I gotta give a shout out to this famous moment when Tracy McGrady got his shoulder injured so he shot a free throw only with his left hand. And of course, the iconic Kobe Bryant left-handed turnaround three-pointer. And many of you also know that my jumper is so broken that I shoot threes with my left hand and inside shots with my right. Thanks for watching and look at how close we are to 600k subs. Hit that button and talk to you in the next one. Peace out. Let me give you a left-handed one-handed three. Peace.