07-09-2026, 07:13 AM
(07-08-2026, 09:31 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: I started by asking Gemini if there was a correlation between blocked shots and defensive rebounds. Yep.
If a player is aggressively trying to block shots, he’s less likely to get the defensive rebound.
Do blocks matter?
Nice analysis:
https://www.markhw.com/blog/2017/9/22/blocks-over-time
Maybe I am missing something but the methodology is kinda flawed. Comparing the impact of blocks vs a metric that uses blocks in its formula (bball refs defensive rating is boxscore based).