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Ultimately however, O ' Neal ceased his work with Palubinskas and was unable to maintain the level of success he found late in that 2000 – 01 season.

O ' Neal managed to consistently shoot free throws slightly better for the next two seasons than he had earlier in his career.

However, he only managed to break 60 % over a full season just one time: in the 2002 – 03 season.

And after that season, his free throw shooting got much worse, remaining consistently below 50 %.

Despite his regression, O ' Neal eschewed the idea of any further special coaching to improve his free-throw shooting.