Shaq Making Them Pay: From the Charity Stripe?

I think Shaq's finally figured it out.  Reportedly, he's going back to his high school form of shooting free-throws, and for all extensive purposes, it's paying off.  Since the beginning of December Shaq has been 77 for 111 at the free throw line, that's 69% (he's 17 for 20 so far this year), we're talking about a career shooter of 58%.  Now take these numbers with a grain of salt (like they might not have used hack-a-Shaq), but 69%!  Here are the implications of these numbers, if Shaq had figured this out earlier...

In his highest scoring 1999-2000 season with the Lakers, he would've made 140 more free throws, resulting in an almost 2 point increase in his scoring average raising it to 31.5 ppg as his career high scoring average.

His career low scoring average would be a whole point higher (13.9 ppg rather than 12.9 ppg).

Overall, it would've probably raised his scoring average by at least 1 point per game per season (i.e. averaging 24.3 ppg in his rookie year instead of 23.4 ppg). 

His scoring average would be 26.6 ppg to its current 25, because he made 1731 more free throws.  Wow.  Of course, this is all in retrospect, but that's the difference that it's making right now.  Hope he can keep it up.  Kudos to the big man.