You really do just need to add his free throw stats and take a discount for free throw attempts because Hack-a-Shaq wouldn't have been an option. It's that simple, stupid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719325&forum_id=2],#48896899)

And Shaq disagrees about not working on them:

“I was a Steve Kerr practice free-throw shooter. I shot it like Steve Kerr in practice, 88% or 85%. I really did practice it because I was tired of people saying he could not hit them. Because of my practice, I was hitting them when I needed them.”

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/old-school/shaquille-oneal-on-how-better-he-could-have-been-if-he-hit-his-free-throws

But regardless, sounds like you care a lot more about the NBA than I do, so think what you like.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719325&forum_id=2],#48896959)

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-ncaa-college-basketball-news-shaquille-oneal-recalls-historic-free-throw-performance-in-finals-game-for-lsu-tigers/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719325&forum_id=2],#48896849)

You have to think about this dynamically in terms of points per possession. If Shaq shot 80% the defense would've had to get far less physical on him, which would've allowed him to take a greater percentage of his shots in the restricted area, where he was nearly unstoppable. The EV of a Shaq post-up would've been so astronomically high that it would have been dumb to run essentially anything else in the half-court offense, short of uncontested dunks. Thus he would've probably taken 30+ shots a game.

Defenses would've had to adjust but (1) remember that prior to 2001 it was illegal to double an off-ball offensive player, so they couldn't just front the post. Help would be regularly coming after a drop step where it's far less effective and (2) true double-team defense throughout the entirety of the clock is so low-value that you could not possibly win a game doing it.

So the answer is that almost every single possession in the half court would be a Shaq post-up and he would've converted them at a higher level of efficiency than he did IRL. The teams also would've probably abandoned perimeter lineups and maximized rebounding in those circumstances, which would've further increased the number of possessions. The only limiting factors would've been (1) fatigue/injury (especially further on in his career) and (2) his teams would probably have won many games by such big margins that he'd regularly not play 4th quarters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719325&forum_id=2],#48925976)