Franchise.

A professional team.

Franchise Player.

A star player around which a franchise is built.

Free Agent, Restricted.

An NBA player whose contract has expired and who has received a "qualifying offer" from his current club which provides a salary level predetermined by the collective bargaining agreement. While this player is free to negotiate an offer from a any new team, his current team retains the right of first refusal to match that offer at least 125% of the player's previous salary or $250.000 (whichever is greater) within 15 days of another team making an offer, thereby obligating him to remain with his current team.

Free Agent, Unrestricted.

A player who has completed his 3rd. NBA season (or 4th. season, if his current team exercised its "option" to have him play for a 4th. year), and have more than 5 years in the NBA, or he must have been fired ("put on waivers") and is free to negotiate a contract with other NBA teams without his current team having a right of first refusal.

Free Throw.

An uncontested shot taken from free throw line, 15 feet -4.60 meters- distant from the backboard. A successful free throw is worth one point. Fouls shots are awarded when the opposing teams fouls a player in the act of shooting, or when the opposing team commits a foul against a team that is already in the "bonus". A player who is fouled while in act of shooting receives two or three free throws, depending on whether the shot was taken from inside or outside the three-point line. Players from the two teams line up alternately on both sides of the free throw lane, with two players from the team that committed the foul closest to the basket. Also: foul shot.

Free Throw Circle.

The 12-foot circle, sometimes used for jump balls, that is bisected by the free throw line, creating a dotted semi-circle below the foul line and a solid semi-circle above the foul line.

Free Throw Lane.

See: Lane.

Free Throw Line.

One of the two lines (one at each lane), 16 feet long at NBA, 12 feet at NCAA, 3.60 meters at FIBA and ULEB , and 2 inches wide, marked 19 feet from and parallel to the baseline (15 feet - 4.60 m - from the backboard), from which a player attempts a free throw. Also: Charity Line; Charity stripe line; Foul Line.

Free Throw Line Extended.

An imaginary line drawn from the free throw line to the sideline to determine the location of certain throw-ins.

Free Throw Modifier.

Basketball analysts express statistics in terms of possessions, so they need to make an adjustment for the fact that two free throws do not always constitute a possession. Three-point plays, three-shot fouls, and technical all increase the number of free throws per possession. Therefore, those analysts need to use something less than 0.5 when multiplying by free throes to calculate possessions and revealed that the appropriate multiplier is 0.44.
eBA System doesn't uses "Free Throw Modifier" but the exact number of times reached the line by each team and player.

See: Possessions.

Freeze.

Dribble at a defender, make him guard you before you pass.

Freezing.

See: Keepaway Game.