Is the granny shot illegal in the NBA or . . .

[Charmonium]

. . . are people just too embarrassed to use it?

 

[Itchrelief]

I would think embarrassed, plus too easy to block. I think Shaq was encouraged to try it for his freethrows, but he was too embarrassed to do so.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Perfectly legal. And a hell of a lot more guys should be using it.

 

[balloonshark]

I guess it's more embarrassing than scoring more points and having a better free throw percentage which they are getting payed big bucks to do.