Any league that doubles in size in its first five years will experience growing pains, and there's really no way to avoid this.
For the bj-league, free-throw shooting mediocrity has been a constant problem during its infancy.
Consider: only two teams shot 70 percent or better at the line last season. The Tokyo Apache (70 percent) and the Osaka Evessa (71.1 percent), both teams advanced to the Final Four.