Why can't NBA Centers and Big Men shoot Threes or Free Throws?

Why is it that Shaq or Ben Wallace or nearly all of the NBA's big men cannot shoot threes. Also, why is it more difficult usually for Centers and tall guys to shoot free throws?

Why can't NBA Centers and Big Men shoot Threes or Free Throws?knicks

because if you're tall and you try to shoot beyond 10 feet, the coaches cuss you out and force you to be a low-post player

look at foreign players, big guys can shoot the three. even yao ming can shoot the three when he was playing in china. now in the nba they don't let him

Why can't NBA Centers and Big Men shoot Threes or Free Throws?sports ,nba teams

Shooting takes touch, and they're just too big and clunky.
because shaqs hands r too big for the ball. seriously, his hand literally engulfs the ball. thats y he cant shoot worth ****.
big men have bigger hands so they cant get that good of a grip on the ball
Its because they have lots of power that they might not be able to control. if they practice and manage their power into their shots like the other players that can shoot 3's they can shoot any shoot. They also have bigger hands so it is harder for them to shoot.
their hands are too big, try shouting a free throw with a soft ball
Because they dont have that much aim.

Or there had position when they shoot. idk..

free throws?? hmm. Inever heard that before.

well.. they can be very tired. because they have to

run and they dont have that much energy because there so big.

THAT MAYBE WHY.

not looking for best answer. just answerin some questions to get to LEVEL 3.
bro , there are 1 billion possible gaurds

and 1000 possible centers in the world (based on size)

shooting isnt easy............and the big men have to have other skills

law of averages my friend
they can but they aint good at it.
That is a great question and I would also like to know the answer
because shooting takes teqnique that they never learned cause they were always right under the basket. its a lot different shooting a close shot then on 10-15 feet away.
Because some clearly can. Do some reading on this.

Some big guys restrict their development based on their position. Some guards can't rebound either.

Check out Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Garnett, both seven-footers.
Some big men (like Yao Ming) actually are good at free throws.

But centers usually are bad at 3 pointers, because they're not supposed to shoot from there. If they did,the coach would throw the riot act at them. Their job is to score from up close, not stay out at the 3 pt line. If they miss a 3 pointer, the other team has an easy fastbreak going.

So we don't expect centers to hit threes, same as how we don't expect pitchers to be good hitters in baseball. They're not paid to do things which their teammates are paid to do.

There are exceptions, like Nowitzki or Bargnani. But generally, a seven footer shouldn't be lofting shots from 25 feet out. He's robbing himself of a chance to go for offensive boards, to say the least.